104 LATIN TERMS USED IN BOTANY TO DENOTE COLOUR. 
Betulinus, the brownish white of birch-bark; amiantus, greenish- 
ite; cycaceus, ‘ sago-grey”’; Aegi rinus, the grey of last year’s 
cae twigs ; slay the ‘colour of the seeds of Strychnos Nuzx- 
mica ; foeninus, ‘* hay-gre Age morinus, mulberry-black ; ureaceus, 
aes a black ; cascarillus, the colour of the inner foc of Cascarilla ; 
guajacinus, greenish br rown ; juniperinus, bluish brown; ranunculaceus, 
Pakiceoin yellow ; laureolaceus, the tint of the flowers of Daphne 
aureola ; pomaceus, apple green ; pisaceus, the green of unripe peas ; 
populeus, the blackish green of poplar leaves; capparinus, brownis 
green ; endiviaceus, light blue; nubilus, greyish blue; myrtillinus, 
bilberry blue ; pruninus, plum lue; parellinus, litmus violet : 
infumatus is the same as fumigatus. 
Brsur 
I purposely abstain from including those works which deal with 
the subject from a purely artistic point of view, such as quality an 
pigments, ee and harmony. The following appeal especially 
to natura. 
1. ay iin (Walter) Exercitationes de differentiis & nomini- 
bus animalium ; quibus accedunt . . . differentiis & nomini- 
bus saleap. Ed. 2. aianke, 1677. Fol. Cf pp. 66-73. 
. Hayne (Friedrich Gottlob). Termini botanici TT illustrati, 
etc. Berlin, 1807 [i. e. 1799-1812]. 2 vols. 
Vol. i. p. 7-9, t.1,nn. 1-36. Small but paca examples 
of the colours mentioned, ae are described in parallel 
columns in Latin and Germ 
De coloribus corporum nara precipue animalium 
vegetabiliumque, etc. Berolini, 1 
or an a of the nana er suggested, see last 
paragraph of te 
Canpottz (Augustin oe de), Thee élémentaire de la 
botanique, ete. Paris, 1818. 8vo. — ‘ Modifications des 
84-494, 
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» 
ically the same account will be found in ed. 2 (1819, 
p- 519-528) and ed. 8 (1844, p. 429-486). These terms 
with condensed descriptions are given by Germain de St. 
Pierre in his ‘ Guide du botaniste ’ (1852), vol. ii. p. 495-6 ; 
and the second edition, re-entitled ‘Nouveau dictionnaire de 
 botanique’ (1870), p. 887-8. 
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6. Mirsex (Charles Francois, nommé Brides au). Tableaux chro- 
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