CLASS I. 
INDIVIDUAL ABSOLUTE TERMS. 
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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 (f 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 glaber. 
6. Opaque (^opacus) ; the reverse of shining, dull. 
7. Viscid (visciduSf glutinosus) ; covered with a glutinous ex- 
udation. 
8. Mucous, or slimy (mucosus) ; 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. f 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. t Dusty (']' 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 (membranaceus) ; thin and semitransparent, 
like a fine membrane ; as the leaves of Mosses. 
2. Papery {jpapyraceus^ chartaceus^ having the consistence of 
writing-paper, and quite opaque ; as most leaves. 
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