[2008] For further information on these tints, see B. ix. cc. 64, 65.
[2009] Belonging, probably, Fée thinks, to the Cruciferæ of the genera Hesperis and Cheiranthus.
[2010] “Flammeis” The “flammeum,” or flame-coloured veil of the bride, was of a bright yellow, or rather orange-colour, perhaps.
[2011] The Celosia cristata of Linnæus.
[2012] “Spica.” The moderns have been enabled to equal the velvety appearance of the amaranth in the tints imparted by them to their velvets. The Italians call it the “velvet-flower.”
[2013] The real fact is, that the amaranth, being naturally a dry flower, and having little humidity to lose, keeps better than most others.
[2014] From the Greek ἀ, “not,” and μαραίνεσθαι, “to fade.”
[2015] Being the Greek for “blue” or “azure.”
[2016] The Centaurea cyanus of Linnæus; our blue-bell.
[2017] Meaning “all gold.” It has been identified with the Gnaphalium stœchas of Linnæus, the immortelle of the French, which forms the ingredient for their funereal chaplets.