168 VEINS AND RIBS OF LEAVES 



many species of Sunflower or Helian- 

 thus, Laurus Cinnamomum and Cam- 

 phor a y as well as Blake a triplinervis, 

 Aublet Guian. t. 210. 

 Coloratum, coloured, expresses any colour 

 in a leaf besides green, as in Arum bi- 

 color, Curt. Mag. t. 820, Amaranthus 

 tricolor, and others of that genus, Jus- 

 iicia picta, Hedysarum pictwn, J acq. 

 Ic. Bar. t. 567, Tradescantia discolor, 

 Sm. Ic. Pict. t. 10, Pulmonaria offici- 

 nalis, Engl. Bot. tf. 118. 



Variegation, variegated, is applied to a 

 sort of variety or disease, by which 

 leaves become irregularly blotched with 

 white or yellow, like those of Striped 

 Grass, A r undo color at a , Fl. Brit. ; as 

 also the Elder, the Mentha rotwidifolia, 

 Engl. Bot. t. 446, and the Aucuba ja- 

 ponica, which last is not known in our 

 gardens in its natural green state. 



Nudum, naked, implies that a leaf is desti- 

 tute of all kinds of clothing or hairiness, 

 as in the genus Orchis. Nudus applied 

 to a stem means that it bears no leaves, 

 and to a flower that it has no calyx. 



