Signs and Measures
SIGNS AND MEASURES
| ♂ | staminate flower |
| ♀ | pistillate flower |
| 0 | absent |
| × | indicates hybrid plant or joins names of parents |
| = | equal to |
| > | more than, greater than |
| < | fewer than, less than |
| ± | more or less, approximately |
| § | section |
| ‡ | first recorded in this volume as adventive to N.Z. |
| * | adventive species |
| † | genus represented by native spp. only and treated in Vol. II |
| ζ | discussed in note below key |
Metric measures are used, with the usual abbreviations. Numbers connected by the multiplication sign refer to length by breadth, the numbers enclosed in brackets indicating dimensions beyond the usual range, e.g. 10–15–(20) × 5–10–(12) mm.
