270 CONSERVATIVE ORGANS. [LECT. VI. 



hairs ; as in Mouse Ear, Myosurus minimus ; 

 Hawkweed, Hieracium pilosilla ; Meadow Sage, 

 Salvia pratensis, &c. 



[3. Hispid (hispidus) (Plate 5, fig. 2), when the 

 hairs are stiff or bristly *, as in Borage, Bo- 

 rago officinalis; and Common Viper Bugloss, 

 Echium vulgare. 



y. Downy (tomentosus) , when the hairs are 

 soft to the touch, like down, and so matted 

 together, that the particular hairs cannot be 

 distinguished ; as in Shepherd's Club, Verbas- 

 cum thapsus ; and round-leaved Crane's Bill, 

 Geranium rotundifolium, in which the pu- 

 besrence is white ; and Marsh Ledum, Ledum 

 palustre, in which it is of a rust colour. 



S. Shaggy (villosus) (Plate 5, fig. 3), when 

 the pubescence consists of long, soft hairs ; as 

 in Villose Speedwell, Veronica villosa; and 

 downy Hedge Nettle, Stachys germanica. 



s. Woolly (lanatus) (Plate 5, fig. 4), when 

 the fine hairs are long and matted ; but easily 

 distinguished from each other; as in woolly 

 Hedge Nettle, Stachys lanata, and woolly Hore- 

 hound, Ballota lanata. 



i. Silky (sericeus) (Plate 5, fig. 5), when the 



hairs are shining, and so arranged as to give the 



stem the appearance of being covered with silk. 



Instead of pubescence, the covering is in some 



* " Hispidits, setis rigidis adspersus." Phil. JSot. 82. 21. 



