LEAF-TEXTURE 



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soft or rough feel. 

 A leaf is therefore 

 described according 

 to its surface as 



glabrous if quite 

 smooth, as in 



FICUS RELIGIOSA 



(Peepul), FICUS 



BENGALENSIS 

 (Banyan), VINCA 

 RO SE A, HIBISCUS 

 ROSA SINENSIS 

 (common Shoe- 

 flower) ; 



pubescen t if 

 there are a few 

 short soft hairs; 



villous if the 

 hairs are long and 

 weak ; 



hispid if they 

 are rather stiff; 

 scabrid if the hairs are very short and stiff, 

 making the surface feel rough to the touch, as in 



LANTANA, TRICHODESMA INDICA, CLEOME FELINA 

 (very scabrid like a cat's tongue), LEUCAS ASPERA, 

 NYCTANTHES ARBOR-TRISTIS, POUZOLZIA SCABRA ; 



tomentose if the hairs are branched and matted 

 close together, covering the whole surface with a 

 soft, often brown, coating, as in the young parts 

 and buds of many trees STERCULIA, GUAZUMA, 

 ZIZYPHUS (fig. 39) and CAPPARIS HORRIDA ; 



FIG. 37 

 CARDIOSPERMUM HALICACABUM, L. 



