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TOMENTOSUS CauUs, Folia [Omentum, 

 flaort wool, fhorn ofF] villis intertextis vix con- 

 Jpuuh tegitur, ergo fapius albidum^ vt'i plants mO' 

 rina fjf ca>npejhes venlis expo/it a, covered witli a 

 whitilli down, whofe hairs are interwoven, 

 and hardly diflinguifhable ; exemplifie(i in the 

 Cerajiium tomentofum, and in the leaves of the 

 Origanum on'ites, & Althaa officinalis. 



TOMENTUM [T«^„o., frujium, a frag- 

 ment, feu quod feSlione ejt ablatum'] fliort wool, 

 flocks : a fpecies of pubefcence, which covers 

 the furface of many plants, defending them, in 

 fome degree, from the violence of the wind ; 

 gaudet fapius colore incanc^ as in the Tomax, Mt- 

 dicago, HaVunus. 



TOROSUM Pericarplum [a Torus, a protu- 

 berance or fweUing, as of the veins] bunched 

 put in knobs by the inclofed feed. 



TORTA Corolla {torqueo, to writhe, torture] 

 twifted, as in the Nerium, Jfclepias, Vinca. Sec 

 Contort!. 



TORTILIS Jri/Ia, [a torquso, to writhe, 

 or twift] twiftcd, 



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