DIFFERENT ARMATURES. 45S 



2. Conic, like a cone. 



3. Hamose, hooked. 



4. Glanduliferous, bearing glands, 



5. Furcate, forked. 



6. Securiform, hatchet-shaped, as in Humulus. 



7. Aggregate and starry, as in ALYssuM...and Helicteres; or 



8. Aggregate and simple, as in Hippophae. 



III. Scabrities Articulata, a jointed roughness; when it is in 

 joints, which are either, 



ti Simplices, simple. 



2. Nodose, knotty. 



3. Caudate, tailed. 



4. Ramose, branching, as in Verbascum ; or, 



5. Plumose, feathery. 



IV. Lana, wool, is a protection to many plants against the 

 scorching heat, as in Sideritis Canariensis, ... Salvia Cana- 

 RiENsis,...the Salvia called iETHiopis,...MARRUBiuM,...VERBASi- 

 cum,...Stachys, ... the Carduus called ERiocEPHALUs*,..»and 

 Onopordum. 



V. Tomentum, down, is a defence for plants against winds % 

 it has commonly a whitish, or hoary appearance, as in Tomex>..* 

 MEDiCAGO,...and Halimus. 



VI. STRiGiEf, with their stiff bristles, are of use to prevent 



* There is a genus entitled Eriocephalus, but the plant here meant is the Car- * 

 duus Eriophorus of Lin. Species Plant, page 823, which is the Carduus Capite 

 Rotundo Tomentoso of Casp. Bauhine. It was formerly called Corona Fra- 

 trum. Author. 



f Linnceus has omitted the definition of this term. It signifies properly a row, 

 er ordinate disposition of things of any sort; and appears, by the instances here 



