ON THE BOTANICAL TERMS FOR PUBESCENCE. 233 
Hook. f.—When the hairs are long and s scatt _ 
Hensl.—Synonym for “hairy.” Hairy (hirsutus). 
A. Gr.—Hairy in pore with any sort of pent ; in particular, with soft 
and distinct 
Hietvs 
DC.—Synonym of hi i oa 
Lindl.—Synonym of shir 
G. St. P.—Couvert de polls. courts et roides. 
Hensl._Shaggy : when d of long 
A. Gr.—Hairy : nearly the same as hirsutus. 
Himsvre 
DC. Garni de poils longs et nombre 
Lindl.—Covered with long, tolerably distinct basi 
Benth.—When the hairs are dense, and a stiff.* 
G. St i i 
Hook, f—When the hairs are long an aa 
Hensi, —_ When the hair is ote soft, and paee hei in the form meee 
pubescence”’ or 
A. Gr. BS eerie with Ba dty coarse or stiff hairs. 
ane wi 
Benth.— When re thickly covered with rather stiff hairs. 
Goat: tose andy an de presque 
trés fins, setacés ou subulés. 
ke ke When he hairs are erect and stiff. : 4 
Hens nha some the pubescence is composed of long and rigid hairs. 
A, Gr. —Beset with rigid or bristly hairs, or with bristles. 
Srricosus. Soe : 
Linn. setae lanceolatis rigidis armatus. Strige = pili rigidiusculi 
cull. 
ts, ou d’aicuil- 
’ s 
DC. ae = petite a wigs allongée et qui ressemble 4 un poil. 
Lindl. Sova red with stri sharp close-pressed rigid hairs. Linneus 
co ae beni ant oo iy mots Wi with hispid 
Benth.—When the hairs are a agua and stiff, grey" lie close along the 
surface alls ca the same direct 
G. St. P.—Rude et presque piqua re en raison de poils roides et robustes ; 
r set ay la tige et = feuilles de la Bourrache, et d’un gr 
bre d’autres Boraginée 
Hensl. —Covered with s a <a for hispidus. Striga=a small 
ight hair-like scal 
A. Gr. ie with strigm, or agnor re and appressed straight and stiff 
hairs or bristle 
It is plain enough from these extracts that, even for terms 
as to which there ought to be little —— mo otanists, the 
definitions are vague or contradictory, or they so overlap each 
ag that it is hard to choose the Gentopriata word for any given 
Hirtus, for instance, defined by Germain St. Pierre as ‘‘couvert 
de poils courts et roides,”’ means, acc ording to Henslow, the exact 
opposite, “shaggy: when the pubescence is composed of lon g but 
= stiff hairs.” And when we find that ——— — ils 
same as hirsutus, which Lindley had g as a synon 
hivtw, which DeCandolle had fiends i alacia idloctiail mae 
Sette ee 
* T.e,, “not so stiff” as in hispidus. 
t I.e., ‘more thickly covered” than in pilosus, — 
