xl. BOTANIC TERMS. 



663 Eqaitant, (equitantia) approaching with their oppo- 



fite margins, fo that one includes the other. 



664 Obvoluie, (obvoluta) with refpect to the upper fur- 



face with the fides approaching, fo that each 

 I le fhews a different leaf. 



665 Plaited, fplicatum) bent into various folds. 



666 Spiral, (ch rinnale) bent into a tranfverfe fpiral line, 



fo thai the point is in the center. 



MEASURES. 



667 A Line, (linearis) the breadth of a moonlet, at the root of the fin- 



ger nail, (not the thumb.) 



668 Half an Inch, (unguicularis) length of a nail. 



669 An inch, (poHicaris) length of the laft joint of the thumb. 



670 A band, (pabnaris) the length of the breadth of the hand. 



67 1 Six inches, (fpithamaus) the fpace between the points of die thumb 



and the firfr. finger when extended. 



672 A Span, (dodrantalis) the fpace between the points of the thumb 



and leaft finger when extended. 



673 A Foot, (pedalii) from the bend of the elbow to the bafe of the 



thumb. 



674 Six feet, (orgyalis) the length of a man. 



INDEX. 



