1 12 OF THE SURFACE OF THE STEM. 



Tomentosus, downy, as Geranium rottindifolium, t. 157^ 



very soft to the touch. 

 Villosus, shaggy, as Cineraria infegrifolia, t. 1 52. 

 Lanatus^ wooUy, as Verbascum pulverulentum^ t. 487, 



V. ThapsuSy (30) t. 549, and Santolina maritima, t. 



141. 

 Incanus, hoary, as Wormwood, Artemisia Absinthium, f, 



1230, ^n6. Atriplex portulacoides, t. 261, in the for- 

 mer case from close silky hairs, in the latter from a 



kind of scaly mealiness. 

 Glaiicus, clothed with fine sea-green mealiness which 



easily rubs off, as Chloi-a perfoliata, t. 60, and Fid- 



monaria maritima, t. 368.(31) 

 Striatus, striated, marked with fine parallel lines, as 



Oenanthe Jistidosa, t. 363. 

 Sulcatiis, furrowed, with deeper lines, as Smyrnium 



Olusatrum, t. 230. 

 Maculatus, spotted, as Hemlock, Conium maculatum^ t. 



1191. (32) 



The spines and prickles of the stem will be explained 

 hereafter. 



Internally the stem is either solidus, solid, as that of 

 Inula crithmoides, t. 68, and numerous others ; or ca- 

 viis, hollow, as in Cineraria palustris, t. 151, as well as 

 Hemlock, and many umbelliferous plants besides. (33) 



(30) [Common Mullein.] 



(31) [Likewise Rubus occidentalism the common Black 

 Raspberry.] 



(32) [Native.] 



(33) [Some botanists use the terms solidus, solid; i««m*,pithy; 

 And ^stidosusf fistulous or hollow.] 



