BOTANICAL TERMS. 
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Azureus; sky-blue, a lively blue, pure and 
light. 
Badius ; chestnut -brown, dull brown tinged 
with red. 
Blanched ; made white by being grown in 
the dark. 
Brunneus ; a deep pure dull brown, nearly 
the same as umber-brown. 
Csesitis ; lavender-coloured, a pale blue 
intermixed slightly with grey. 
Calcareus ; same as cretaceus. 
Candidus ; pure white, but not so clear as 
snow-white. 
Camcs ; hoary ; this is caused by white 
hairs overlaying a green surface ; canescens is 
somewhat hoary. 
Carneus; flesh-coloured, a paler red than rosy. 
Cerascinous ; deep red, cherry-coloured. 
Cerinus ; waxy yellow, dull yellow with a 
slight admixture of red-brown. 
Cervinous ; dark tawny, deer-coloured. 
Chloro- ; in composition means green. 
Chryso- ; in composition means golden. 
Cinereus; ash-grey, an intermediate mix- 
ture between pure white and pure black ; 
c'meraceus is the same, but somewhat whiter. 
Cinnabarinus ; cinnabar-coloured, scarlet 
somewhat intermixed with orange. 
Cinnamomeus ; cinnamon-coloured, bright 
brown mixed with yellow and red. 
Citreus, citrinus; lemon-coloured, the most 
pure yellow without brightness. 
Coccineus ; scarlet, pure carmine slightly 
touched with yellow. 
Cceruleus; a blue less dense and clear than 
indigo-blue, that is, lighter and duller. 
Concentric ; applied to lines when arranged 
at an equal distance from a common centre. 
Coracinus; raven-black, black with a strong 
lustre. 
Costatus ; ribbed ; the same as nervosus. 
Cretaceus; chalk- white, dull white, some- 
what greyish. 
Croceus ; saffron-coloured, deeper than 
orange, with a dash of brown. 
Cupreus; copper-coloured, brown-red with 
a metallic lustre. 
Cyaneus; clear bright blue. 
Cyano- ; in composition means blue. 
Bealbatus ; whitened, covered slightly with 
white on a dark ground. 
Biscoidalis ; discoidal ; when a single large 
spot of colour is situated in the midst of some 
distinct colour. 
Braconis ; spotted like a serpent. 
Eborinus ; same as eburneus. 
Eburneus; ivory-white, cream colour, white 
verging to yellow. 
Fasciatus ; banded, when transverse stripes 
of one colour cross another. 
Ferrugineus; rusty, light brown with a 
mixture of red. 
Flammeus ; flame-coloured, a fiery red, or 
very lively scarlet. 
Flavovirens ; yellowish-green, green a good 
deal intermixed with yellow. 
Flavus, Jiavidus, fiavescens ; pale yellow, 
pure but paler than luteus. 
Fuligineus, fidiginosus; sooty, dirty brown 
verging to black. 
Fulvus ; tawny, dull yellow mixed with 
grey and brown. 
Fumeus, fumosus ; smoky, grey changing 
to brown. 
Fuscus ; brown tinged with greyish or 
blackish. 
Gilvus ; Isabella-yellow, dull yellow mixed 
with grey and red. 
Githagineus ; greenish red. 
Glaucus ; sea-green, dull green with a 
greyish-blue tint ; thallasicus and glaucescens 
are synonymous terms. 
Grammicus ; lettered, when the marks of 
colour have the appearance of letters. 
Griseus ; pearl-grey, pure grey tinted with 
blue. 
Guttatus ; spotted, when colours are dis- 
posed in small spots or dots. 
Gypseus ; same as cretaceus. 
BZcematiticus ; same as ndriginoms. 
Melvolus ; greyish yellow mixed slightly 
with brown. 
Hepaticus; liver -coloured, dull brown 
mixed with a little yellow. 
lanthinus ; violet-coloured, same as vio- 
laceus. 
Igneus ; flame-coloured, same as flammeus. 
Incarnatus; flesh-coloured, same as carneus. 
Indigoticus; deep — the deepest — blue, in- 
digo-coloured. 
Kermesinus ; carmine, pure red without 
admixture. 
Lacteus ; milk-w r hite, dull white verging 
to blue. 
Lateritius ; brick-red, vermilion mixed 
with grey. 
Leuco- ; in composition means white. 
Lilacinus ; dull violet mixed slightly with 
white, lilac-coloured. 
Lirnbatus; bordered, when one colour is 
broadly margined by another. 
Luridus ; lurid, dirty brown somewhat 
clouded. 
Luteolus, lutescens ; same as jiavus. 
Luteus ; yellow, clear yellow, the colour of 
gamboge. 
Maculatus; blotched, when colours are 
disposed in broad irregular patches. 
Marginatus ; edged, differs from lirnbatus 
in having a narrower margin. 
Marmoratus; marbled, when colours are 
disposed in irregular veins. 
Melano- ; in composition means black. 
Meleagris; freckled, speckled. 
