C(i XO.MKNCLATUKE. 



Chartaceous (cfmrtaceus), is a firmer variety of the fornier, 

 as in tlie fruit-cover of the Notola^na, Vcnten. 



Inflated {infatus), wlicn a part has thin extended sides, 

 and is internally hollow. Calyx inflatus Silenes Hermannin? ; 

 Faux hnjlata Dracocephah. An inferior degree of tliis is ven- 

 tricose, {ventricosu^i). 



Crustaceous {critstaceiis^JragWhs)^ when a part is dry, and 

 is composed of small pieces or scales ; as in the Peridiae of 

 Physarum, and the fruits of Lcucopogon, R- Br. 



Dry (cvsTiccus), is used chiefly with regard to fruits, and is 

 opposed to juicy, (pulposus^ or ,succulcntus). 



Bony (osseus), or stony {lapideiis)^ denote the highest de- 

 gree of hardness ; as in the fruit of Scleria, Lithospermum, 

 Styphelia, and Ventenatia, Cav. 



Cartilaginous {cartilagineus)^ is an inferior degree of hard- 

 ness, but which still allows the parts to be separated witli dif- 

 ficulty ; as the margins of many leaves, and the albuminous 

 parts of seeds. 



Cork-like {suherosus), and spongy (spongiosiis)^ explain 

 themselves. 



Leathery (coriaceiis), expresses the union of a certain de- 

 gree of hardness vnth elasticity, as in many leaves, and in the 

 corolla of many Styraceae. 



Horny (corneus), is something harder than the cartihigi- 

 nous. It is applicable chiefly to seeds. 



If we attend to the substantial configuration of the Organs, 

 we employ the following expressions. 



A part is said to be round (teres, cijl'indriais), of whicli 

 the section is more or less circular. From the gradations of 

 this form, there arise the ideas of half-round {scmitere.s), and 

 roundish (teretktscidus). If the cylindrical body is very fine, 

 it is ca]\ed capillaceous (capHl(wcu.s\ 16.), or fil'iform, (JU'i- 

 formis) ; in which last case, the thickness may be somcw hat 

 greater, and the section does not always exhibit a circle. 



Compressed {romprcS'ms)^ when the body has two flat sur- 

 faces, which meet in projecting angles. AV'hen these angle^ 



