CLASS I. 
INDIVIDUAL ABSOLUTE TERMS. 
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22. Mealy {farinaceus) having the texture of flour in a mass; 
as the albumen of Wheat. 
23. Tartareous (tartareus) ; having a rough crumbling surface ; 
like the thallus of some Lichens. . 
24. Berried {haccatus)\ having a juicy succulent texture; as 
the calyx of Blitum. 
25. Herbaceous (Jierhaceus) ; thin, green, and cellular ; as the 
tissue of membranous leaves. 
5. Of Size. 
Most of the terms which relate to this quality are the same 
as those in common use ; and, being employed in precisely the 
same sense, do not need explanation. But there are a few 
which have a particular meaning attached to them, and are 
not much known in common language. These are, — 
1. Dwarf (nanus, pumilus, pygmceus')', small, short, dense, as 
compared with other species of the same genus, or family. 
Thus, Myosotis nana is not more than half an inch high ; 
while the other species are much taller. 
2. Very small (pusillus, perpusillus) ; the same as the last, 
except that a general reduction of size is understood, as well 
as dwarfishness. 
3. Low (humilis) ; when the stature of a plant is not particularly 
small, but much smaller than of other kindred species. Thus, 
a tree twenty feet high may be low, if the other species of 
its genus are forty or fifty feet high. 
4. Depressed (depressus) ; broad and dwarf, as if, instead of 
growing perpendicularly, the growth had taken place hori- 
zontally ; as some species of Cochlearia, Coronopus Ruellii, 
and many others. 
5. Little (exiguus) ; this is generally used in opposition to 
large, and means small in all parts, but well proportioned. 
6. Tall (elatus, procerus) ; this is said of plants which are 
taller than their parts would have led one to expect. 
7- Lofty (exaltatus) ; the same as the last, but in a greater 
degree. 
8. Gigantic (giganteus) ; tall, but stout and well proportioned. 
To this class must also be referred words or syllables 
expressing the proportion which one part bears to another. 
1. Isos, or equal, placed before the name of an organ, indicates 
