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20. Glandular (glandulosus) ; covered with hairs bearing glands upon their 

 tips ; as the fruit of Roses, the pods of Adenocarpus. 



'21. Bearded (barbattis, crinitus) ; having tufts of long weak hairs growing from 

 different parts of the surface ; as the leaves of Mesembryanthemum 

 barbatum. It is also applied to bodies bearing very long weak hairs in 

 solitary tufts ; as the filaments of Anthericum, the pods of Adesmia. 



22. Strigose (strigosus) ; covered with sharp, appressed, rigid hairs. W. Linnaeus 



considers this word synonymous with hispid. 



23. Silky (sericeus) ; covered with very fine close-pressed hairs, silky to the 



touch ; as the leaves of Protea argentea, Alchemilla alpina, &c. 



24. f Peronate (perotiatus) ; laid thickly over with a woolly substance, ending 



in a sort of meal. W. This term is only applied to the stipes of Fungi. 

 2-5. Cobwebbed (araehnoides) ; covered with loose, white, entangled, thin hairs ; 

 resembling the web of a spider ; as Calceolaria arachnoidea. 



26. Ciliated (ciliatus) ; having fine hairs, resembling the eyelash, at the margin ; 



as the leaves of Luzula pilosa, Erica Tetralix, &c. 



27. Fringed (fimbriatus) ; having the margin bordered by long filiform processes 



thicker than hairs ; as the petals of Cucubalus fimbriatus. 



28. Feathery (plumosus) ; consisting of long hairs, which are themselves hairy ; 

 as the pappus of Leontodon Taraxacum, the beard of Stipa pennata. 



29. Stinging (urens) ; covered with rigid, sharp-pointed, bristly hairs, which 

 emit an irritating fluid when touched ; as the leaves of the Urtica urens. 



30. Mealy (farinosus) ; covered with a sort of white scurfy substance ; as the 



leaves of Primula farinosa, and of some Poplars. 



31. Leprous (lepidotus, leprosus) ; covered with minute peltate scales ; as the 



foliage of Elseagnus. 



32. Rameutaceous (ramentaceus) ; covered with weak, shrivelled, brown, scale- 



like processes ; as the stems of many Ferns. 



33. Scaly (squamosus) ; covered with minute scales, fixed by one end ; as the 



young shoots of the Pine tribe. 



34. Chaffy (pdleaceus) ; covered with small, weak, erect, membranous scales, 

 resembling the palese of Grasses ; as the receptacle of many Composites. 



C. With respect to Polish or Texture. 



1. Shining (nitidux) ; having a smooth, even, polished surface. 



2. Smooth (glaber, Icevis) ; being free from asperities or hairs, or unevenness. 



3. Polished (Icevigatus, -^politus)', having the appearance of a polished sub- 



stance ; as the testa of Abrus precatorius, and many seeds. 



4. f Glittering (f spkndens) ; the same as polished, but when the lustre is a 

 little broken, from slight irregularity of surface. 



5. Naked (nudits, dmudatus) ; the reverse of hairy, downy, or any similar 



term : it is not materially different from glaber. 



6. Opaque (opacus) ; the reverse of shining, dull. 



7. Viscid (yiscidus, glutinosus) ; covered with a glutinous exudation. 



8. Mucous, or slimy (mwcosus); covered with a slimy secretion ; or with a coat 



that is readily soluble in water, and becomes slimy. 



9. f Greasy (f unctuosus) ; having a surface which, though not greasy, feels so. 

 1 0. Dewy (roridus) ; covered with little transparent elevations of the parenchyma, 



which have the appearance of fine drops of dew. 



