CLASS I. 
INDIVIDUAL ABSOLUTE TERMS. 
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body, which is hollow, but closed at each end ; as the leaves 
and stems of the Onion. 
8. Cubical (f cuhicus) ; having or approaching the form of a 
cube : a very rare form, chiefly occurring in some seeds, as 
that of Vicia lathyroides. 
9. Club-shaped (^clavatus, f claviformis) ; gradually thickening 
upwards from a very taper base ; as the appendages of 
the flower of Schwenkia, or the style of Campanula and 
Michauxia. 
10. Turbinate,,, or top-shaped {turhinatus) \ inversely conical, with 
a contraction towards the point ; as the fruit of some Roses. 
1 1 . Pear-shaped {pyriformis) ; differing from turbinate in being 
more elongated ; as in many kinds of Pears. 
12. f Tear-shaped (f laclirym(Bformis)\ the same as pear-shaped, 
except that the sides of the inverted cone are not contracted ; 
as the seed of the Apple. 
13. f Strombus-shaped (-j- strombuliformis) ; twisted in a long 
spire, so as to resemble the convolutions of the shell called a 
S trombus ; as the pod of Acacia strombulifera, or Medicago 
polymorpha. 
14. Spiral (spiralis) ; twisted like a corkscrew. 
15. Cochleate (cochleatus) ; twisted in a short spire, so as to 
resemble the convolutions of a snail-shell ; as the pod of 
Medicago cochleata, the seed of Salicornia. 
16. Turnip-shaped (napiformis) ; having the figure of a de- 
pressed sphere ; as the root of the Turnip-Radish, &c. 
17. f Placenta-shaped (\ placentiformis); thick, round, and con- 
cave, both on the upper and lower surface ; as the root of 
Cyclamen. 
18. Lens-shaped (lenticularis, lentiformis) ; resembling a double 
convex lens ; as the seeds of Amaranthus. 
19. (scutatus, scutiformis) \ having the figure of 
a small round buckler; as the scales upon the leaves of 
Elaeagnus : lens-shaped, with an elevated rim. 
20. Bossed (umbonatus) ; round, with a projecting point in the 
centre, like the boss of an ancient shield ; as the pileus of 
many species of Agaricus. 
21. Gibbous (gibbus, gibbosus) ; very convex or tumid; as the 
leaves of many succulent plants : properly speaking, this term 
should be restricted to solid convexities. 
22. f Melon-shaped ( j- meloniformis) ; irregularly spherical, with 
projecting ribs ; as the stem of Cactus Melocactus : a bad 
term. 
