punctate

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Corolla dotted or streaked with purple or brown; leaves punctate with dark spots — 12. 11b.

From The Plants of Michigan Simple Keys for the Identification of the Native Seed Plants of the State by Gleason, Henry Allan

P. 1.5-2 cm. campan. striate, at first glabrous then cracked into squamules, sooty black; g. adnate, equally narrowed from stem to edge of p. pallid grey; s. 4-5 cm. blue, not punctate; sp.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George

P. obtuse, violet then umber, squamulosely punctate; g. adnate, purple-umber; s. clavato-bulbous, firm, juiceless, reddish violet then pallid. albo-violaceus, Fr.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George

All three shell specimens are edge-incised, and two have punctate designs.

From A Burial Cave in Baja California The Palmer Collection, 1887 by Massey, William C.

Texture.—Succulent, fleshy; scarious, dry and chaffy; punctate, having translucent glands, so that the leaf appears, when held toward the light, as though full of holes; membranous, thin, soft, and rather translucent; thick, thin, etc.

From Trees of the Northern United States Their Study, Description and Determination by Apgar, A. C. (Austin Craig)