232 §—sSOON:- THE BOTANICAL TERMS FOR PUBESCENCE. 
oll. longis — ue petiolo 14-pollicari, ie uniparibus 
Boars laxe ainefion a age as caulem ramulosque terminantes 
dispositis, bracteis foliis conformibus sed parvis, packohes setaceis, 
inflorescentia rachibus glanduloso-villosulis, —_ 6 lin. longis, 
calycibus campanulatis glanduloso-tomentosis obscure 10- — 
op — = — corollis Si 4—5-plo Foidart tomente 
vis galea purpurea labii inferioris lobo medio 
ceo penitalihns exsertis a shaweic, nuculis glabris tenniseliah 
sulis. 
PSone Ying-tak, ad fi. North River, prov. Cantonensis, “co at 
p-. a metropoli, substrato 2287.) m. Noy. 1883, leg. rev. 
Henr Herb. propr. n. 22287 
hie id =i species seems quite distinct from any 
described. The leaves are in shape much like those of Pert 
ocimoides Linn., and Mr. Henry tells me the odour of the plant is 
very strong and unpleasant. 
ON THE BOTANICAL TERMS FOR PUBESCENCE. 
By F. B. Forses, F.L.S. 
Ir is to be regretted that M. Alphonse DeCandolle, in ee 
xiv. of ‘La Phytographie,’ did not extend his discussion of diffi- 
did with glaucus, pruinosus, and lanceolatus. 
Mr. Bentham, in his well- ora wh ‘ _— duction to Local Floras,’ 
had already drawn attention to the ueness in the use practi- 
cally made by different Serie = the terms for pubescence ; 
but the oe ueness has not dit 
would have ee ee the o 
ords. 
as will be best shown by a shot list of definitions, 
ealnbe in the pues: works :— 
rod. to Flora Hongkongensis (1861 ae 
Germain ae St. Pace —Nouy. Dict. de Botanique (1870). 
ooker fil— English Ed. of Lemaout & Decaisne vats ape (1873). 
Henslow.—Dict. of Bot. Terms (1875). 
Asa Gray.—Bot. Text-Book (1880). 
or 
Pm 
DC “G ni de ri peu couchés et legdrement roe 
Lindl.—Covered with somewhat erect 
Benth ae aye ig 
thinly sprinkled with pare long si 
de 8 peu cdi assez longs, inégaux, ni sos ni 
apprinise: plutot are que fins. 
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