346 GLOSSOLOGY. [BOOK in. 



CHARACTERISTIC TERMS are either * INDIVIDUAL or $ COLLECTIVE. 

 CHARACTERISTIC INDIVIDUAL TERMS are either Absolute or Relative. 



* Individual Absolute Terms relate to, 



1. Figure. 



A. with respect to general form. 



B. outline. 



C. the apex or point. 



2. Division. 



A. with respect to the margin. 



B. incision. 



C. composition or ramification. 



3. Surface. 



A. with respect to marking or evenness. 



B. appendages. 



C. polish. 



4. Texture. 



5. Size. 



6. Duration. 



7. Colour. 



8. Variegation. 



9. Veining. 



* * Individual Relative Terms comprehend, 



1. Estivation. 



2. Direction. 



3. Insertion. 



A. with respect to the mode of attachment or of adhesion. 



B. situation. 



t Collective Terms relate to, 



1. Arrangement. 



2. Number. 



Class I. OF INDIVIDUAL TERMS. 



The terms which are included in this class are applied to the parts of a plant 

 considered by themselves, and not in masses ; they are either absolute, being 

 used with reference to their own individual quality ; or relative, being employed 

 to express the relation which is borne by plants, or their parts, to some other 

 body. Thus, for example, when we say that a plant has a lateral ovate spike of 

 flowers, the term lateral is relative, being used to express the relation which the 

 spike bears to the stem ; and the term ovate is absolute, being expressive of the 

 actual form of the spike : and, again, in speaking of a nigose terminal capsule, 

 rugose is absolute, terminal is relative. 



I. Of Individual Absolute Terms. 



These relate to figure, division, surface, texture, size, duration, colour, 

 variegation, and veining. 



