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Nectar. Juices secreted by glands placed upon the organs 
of fructification. 
Glaucous bloom, Pollen glaucum . Prnina . A substance 
like wax, upon certain leaves and fruits, to preserve them 
from moisture. 
Milk, Lac. An emulsive liquid, usually white and opake. 
4. Race . 
Primitive, Plantce priniigenice. Species originally created, 
and not formed by crossing from others. 
Mule, hybridce. Species not originally created, but 
formed by the pollen of one species being absorbed by the 
female organ of another species. Veronica hybrida, Pri- 
mula cortusoides, Delphinium hybridum, Sorbus hybrida. 
5. Consistence. 
Spumescent, Plantce spumescentcs . Like a scum. Spu- 
maria Mucilago. 
Gelatinous, gelatinosce. Like jelly. Tremella. 
Fungous, fungosce. Solid, elastic, soft. Boletus igniarius. 
Corky, suberosce. Solid, elastic, hard. Many Fungi. 
Fleshy, carnosce. Thick, juicy, but firm. Tuber ciba- 
rium. 
Membranous, membranacece , membranosce. In a thin 
flake, flexible, rather juicy. Many ulvse and fuci. 
Leathery, coriacece. Tough, flexible, rather thick. 
Many fuci. 
Horny, corner. Dry, hard, compact, flexible, semi- 
transparent. Many fuci. 
Crustaceous, crustacece. Dry, hard, friable, in form of 
a crust. Lepraria, Variolaria. 
Filamentous, jilamentosce. In long, slender threads, 
either simple or branched. Conferva. 
Flerbaceous, herbacece. Stem and branches do not form 
a solid wood, but perish after a few months’ vegetation, 
and are covered with a bark, usually green, of the same 
consistence as the leaves. 
Woody, lignosce. Stem and branches at first weak like 
herbs, but form a solid wood, and vegetate for several 
years. 
Succulent, succulentoe . Thick, juicy, with much cellular 
texture, and few fibres. Sedum, Sempervivum tectorum. 
Milky, ladescentes. Containing a milky juice. Euphorbia, 
Lactuca virosa, Sonchus. 
