NATHANIEL LORD BRITTON
\nɐθˈanjə͡l lˈɔːd bɹˈɪtən], \nɐθˈanjəl lˈɔːd bɹˈɪtən], \n_ɐ_θ_ˈa_n_j_əl l_ˈɔː_d b_ɹ_ˈɪ_t_ə_n]\
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An American scientific writer; born on Staten Island, N. Y., January 15, 1859. He is director of the New York Botanical Garden. Among his works are: "Geology of Staten Island" (1880); "Catalogue of the Flora of New Jersey" (1882); and "An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada, and the British Possessions, from Newfoundland to the Parallel of the Southern Boundary of Virginia and from the Atlantic Ocean to the I02d Meridian", in collaboration with A. Brown, - a very authoritative work, and published by Charles Scribner's Sons.
By Charles Dudley Warner
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Snake's-head
- Guinea-hen flower; -- so called in England because its spotted petals resemble the scales of a snake's head.