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Incomplete, incompletus. Covering the seed only par- 
tially. Evonymus verrucosus, Bocconia frutescens. 
q] Cuplike, cupularis. In form of a hollow cup. Evo- 
nymus verrucosus, Bocconia frutescens. 
Caruncular, strophiolate, caruncularis, strophiolatus. 
Formed of one or more caruncles. Polygala vulgaris. 
Parted, partitus. Divided into several broad parts. 
Three-parted, éripartitus. Polygala vulgaris. 
Many-parted, multipartitus. Myristica. 
Jagged, laciniatus. Divided into narrow strips. Rave- 
nala. 
Pulpy, pulposus. Texture cellular, very fine, full of 
juice. Bocconia frutescens. 
Fleshy, carnosus. Texture thick, juicy, but firm. My- 
ristica. 
Elastic, elasticus. Extending as the seed enlarges, to 
a certain length, then tearing open, and retracting, in con- 
sequence of i its tenacity. Oxalis. 
‘Tearing, ruptilis. Tearing irregularly when the seed 
enlarges. Meliacez. 
PELLICLE. 4 
Pellicula, Epidermis.. 4 very thin arill which bears the 
hairs that accompany some seeds. Bombax, Gossypium. 
Turt. 
Coma. A small tuft of hairs growing at one end of some 
seeds. Asclepias, Kpilobium, Tamarix. 
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SKINS OF THE SEED. 
Spermoderme, Spermodermis, Perispermum, Episper- 
mum. The coats of seeds in general, surrounding and co- 
vering their kernel, including the outer and inner shin, and. 
the flesh of the seed. 
OuTER SKIN. 
Shell, Testa, Lorica. The smooth, scalelike, external. 
covering of the kernel, which, notwithstanding its appearance, 
eastly unbibes moisture. Pl. 15, fig. 22 a. 
Crustaceous, Lorica crustacea. Thin, dry, brittle like a 
snail-shell. Papaver orientale, Ricinus. 
Bony, ossea, lapidea. Dry, solid, thick, and resembling 
a bony or stony ‘substance in its appearance. Nymphaea 
alba, Nuphar luteum. 
