Manual of British botany, containing the flowering plants and ferns / arranged according to the natural orders by Charles Cardale Babington.

  • Babington, Charles C. (Charles Cardale), 1808-1895.
Date:
1881
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Manual of British botany, containing the flowering plants and ferns / arranged according to the natural orders by Charles Cardale Babington. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    named which will assist them in their studies. Koch's Synopsis Flora} Germankce, ed. 2, and Grenier and Godron's Flore de France arc strongly recommended,—also, although in a rather less degree, Lloj'd's Flore de VQuest de la France, Brebisson's Flore de la Normandie, and Cosson and Ger- main's Flore des environs de Paris, ed. 2. Boreau's Flore du Centre de la France, ed. 3, and the scattered papers of M. Alexis Jordan of Lyons are valuable for the study of varieties ; for many of their species can claim no higher rank. But, above aU, the works of Fries deserve careful study—especially his Novitice Florce Smcicce, with its three Mantissce, and Summa Vegetahilium Scandinavice. It is necessary to warn students against the very common error of supposing that they have found oue of the plants de- scribed in a foreign Flora when in reality they have only gathered a variety of some well-known British plant. The risk of falling into such errors renders it necessary to con- sult such works as those of Messrs. Boreau and Jordan with great caution, lest we should bo misled by descriptions, most accurate, indeed, but often rather those of individuals than species. Amongst plants so closely allied as arc many of those called species in some continental works, it is scarcely possible to arrive at a certain conclusion Avithout the inspection of authentic specimens. The Author takes this opjjortnnity of returning most sincere thanks io his botanical friends and correspondents (far too numerous to record l)y muno) for I ho groat assist- ance they have again rendered to him by the coininunioa- tion of valual)lc suggestions, observations, and sjieciuiens. The book has been again carefully revised throughout, 30 as, if possible, to keep paco with tlu; ra,])i(lly advancing knowledge of British plants. As many as possible of the real l^nglisli names arc given. All the genera and species could not be thus named, owing