96 OF THE SURFACE 



precise number makes a specific difference, as in 

 the genus Cactus. 



Alatus, f. 36, winged, when the angles are extend- 

 ed into flat leafy borders, as Passiflofa alata, 

 Curt. Mag. t. 66, Lathy r us latlforius, EngL 

 Bot. t. 1 108, and many others of the Pea kind, 

 besides several Thistles, as Carduus acanthoides, 

 t. 973,palustriS) t. 974, and Centaureasolstitialis, 

 J.243. 



The surface of the Stem is 



Glaber, smooth, opposed to all kinds of hairiness or 



pubescence, as in Petty Spurge, Euphorbia Peplus, 



EngL Bot. t. 959, and numerous plants besides. 

 Ltevis, smooth and even, opposed to all roughness 



and inequality whatever, as in the last example, 



and also Euo-nymtis eurvpceus, t. 362. 

 Nitidus, polished, smooth and shining, as Charo- 



phyllum syl-cestre, t. 752. 

 Vistidm, viscid, covered with a clammy juice, as 



Lychnis Viscaria, t. 788. 

 Vcrrucoms, warty, like Euonymus verrucosus, Jacq. 



Ft. Austriaca, t. 49, and Malpighia volubilis, 



Curt. Mag. t. 809- 

 Papillosus, pa[)illose, covered with soft tubercles, as 



the Ice plant, Mcsembryanthemiim cnjstallinum, 



Dill. Elth.t. 180. 

 Scabcr, rough to the touch from any little rigid 



inequalities, opposed to Itevis, as Caucalis An- 



