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GLOSSOLOGY. 
BOOK III. 
C. With respect to polish or texture, 
1. Shining (nitidus); having a smooth, even, polished surface; 
as many leaves. 
2. Smooth (glaber, or Icevis) ; being free from asperities or hairs, 
or any sort of unevenness. 
3. Polished (Icevigatus, f politus) ; having the appearance of a 
polished substance ; as the testa of Abrus precatorius, and 
many seeds. 
4. f Glittering (-)• splendens) ; the same as polished, but when the 
lustre is a little broken, from slight irregularity of surface. 
5. Naked {nudus^ denudatus^ ; the reverse of hairy, downy, or 
any similar term ; it is not materially different from glaher, 
6. Opaque (opacus) ; the reverse of shining, dull. 
7. Viscid (yiscidus, glutinosus); covered with a glutinous ex- 
udation. 
8. Mucous, or slimy (mticosus) ; covered with a slimy secretion ; 
or with a coat that is readily soluble in water, and becomes 
slimy ; as the fruit of Salvia Verbenaca. 
9. t Greasy (f unctuosus); having a surface which, though not 
actually greasy, feels so. 
10. Dewy (roridus) ; covered with little transparent elevations of 
the parenchyma, which have the appearance of fine drops 
of dew. 
11. f Dusty (f lentiginosus) ; covered with minute dots, as if 
dusted ; the calyx and corolla of Ardisia lentiginosa. 
12. Frosted (pruinosus) ; nearly the same as roridus, but applied 
to surfaces in which the dewy appearance is more opaque, as 
if the drops were congealed ; as the surface of the leaves of 
Rosa pruinosa and glutinosa. 
13. Powdery ( pulverulentus) ; covered with a fine bloom or 
powdery matter ; as the leaves of Primula farinosa. 
14*. Glaucous (glaucus); covered with a fine bloom of the colour 
of a cabbage leaf. 
15. Caesious (ccesius) ; like glaucous, but greener. 
16. Whitened (dealbatus) ; covered with a very opaque white 
powder ; as the leaves of many Cotyledons. 
4. Of Texture, or Substance. 
1. Membranaceous (monbranaceus) ; thin and semitransparent, 
like a fine membrane ; as the leaves of mosses. 
2. Papery (^papt/raceuSf ckartaceus) ; having the consistence of 
writing paper, and quite opaque ; as most leaves. 
