VEINS AKD RIBS OF LEAVES. 129 



as ill Burdock, Arcthnn Lappa, Eno-l. Bof. 

 t. 1228, Tussilago, t. 430 and 43 j, and the 

 Great Annual Suniiovver. 



Triplhierve^ f. 92, triply-ribbed, when a pair of 

 large ribs branch off from the main one above 

 the base, wiiich is the case in many species of 

 Sunflower or Hdiantlius, Lauriis Cinnamomum 

 and Camphora, as well as Blakca tripiinervis, 

 Auhlet Guian. t. 210. 



Coloratum, coloured, expresses any colour in a leaf 

 besides green, as in Arum hicolor, Curt. Mag. 

 t, 820, Amaranthus tricolor^ and others of that 

 genus, Justicia picta, Hedijsarum pictum, Jacq. 

 Ic. Rar. t, 567, Tradescantia discolor, Sm. Ic, 

 Pict. t. 1 0, Pulmonaria officinalis, Engl. Bat. 

 t. 118. 



Variegatum, variegated, is applied to a sort of 

 variety or disease, by vvhich leaves become irre- 

 gularly blotched with white or yellow, like those 

 of Striped Grass, Arundo color ata, FL Brit. ; 

 as also the Elder, the Mentha rotundifolia, 

 Engl. Bot. t. 446, and the Aucuba japonica, 

 which last is not known in our gardens in its na- 

 tural crreen state. 

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Nudum, naked, implies that a leaf is destitute 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 flovrer that it has no 

 calyx. 



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