CLASS I. 
INDIVIDUAL ABSOLUTE TERMS. 
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21. Bearded (barbatus, 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, or parcels ; 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, Alche- 
milla alpina, &c. 
24. f Peronate (^peronatus) ; laid thickly over with a woolly sub- 
stance, ending in a sort of meal. W. This term is only applied 
to the stipes of Fungi. 
25. Cobwebbed (arachnoides) \ covered with loose, white, en- 
tangled, thin hairs, resembling the web of a spider ; as Cal- 
ceolaria arachnoidea. 
26. Ciliated (ciliatus); having fine hairs, resembling the eye- 
lash, at the margin ; as the leaves of Luzula pilosa, Erica 
tetralix, &c. 
27. Fringed (^fimhriatus) ; having the margin bordered by long 
filiform processes thicker than hairs ; as the petals of Cucuba- 
lus fimbriatus. 
28. Feathery {plumosus) ; consisting of long hairs, which are 
themselves hairy ; as the pappus of Leontodon Taraxacum, the 
beard of Stipa pinnata. 
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 (lepidofus, leprosus); covered with minute peltate 
scales ; as the foliage of Elaeagnus. 
32. Ramentaceous (ramentaceus) ; covered with weak, shri- 
velled, 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 {paleaceus) ; covered with small, weak, erect, mem- 
branous scales, resembling the paleae of grasses ; as the 
receptacle of many compound plants. 
