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Incomplete, incompletus. Covering the seed only par- 
tially. Evonymus verrucosus, Bocconia frutescens. 
% Cuplike, cupular is. In form of a hollow cup. Evo- 
nymus verrucosus, Bocconia frutescens. 
Caruncular, strophiolate, caruncularis , slrophiolatas . 
Formed of one or more caruncles. Polygala vulgaris. 
Parted, partitus. Divided into several broad parts. 
Three-parted, tripartitus. Polygala vulgaris. 
Many-parted, inultipartitus. Myristica. 
Jagged, laciniatus. Divided into narrow strips. Rave- 
nala. 
Pulpy, pulposus. Texture cellular, very fine, full of 
juice. Bocconia frutescens. 
Fleshy, carnosus. Texture thick, juicy, but firm. My- 
ristica. 
Elastic, elasticus. Extending as the seed enlarges, to 
a certain length, then tearing open, and retracting, in con- 
sequence of its tenacity. Oxalis. 
Tearing, ruptilis. Tearing irregularly when the seed 
enlarges. Meliacese. 
Pellicle. 
Pellicula, Epidermis. A very thin arill which hears the 
hairs that accompany some seeds. Bombax, Gossypium. 
Tuft. 
Coma. A small tuft of hairs growing at one end of some 
needs. Asclepias, Epilobium, Tamarix. 
Skins of the Seed. 
Spermoderme, Spermodermis, Perispermum, Episper- 
mum. The coats of seeds in general , surrounding and co- 
vering their kernel , including the outer and inner skin , and 
the flesh of the seed. 
Outer Skin. 
Shell, Testa, Lorica. The smooth , scalelike , external 
covering of the kernel , which , notwithstanding its appearance , 
easily imbibes moisture . PL 15, fig. 22 a. 
Crustaceous, Lorica Crustacea. Thin, dry, brittle like a 
snail-shell. Papaver orientale, Ricinus. 
Bony, ossea , lapidea. Dry, solid, thick, and resembling 
a bony or stony substance in its appearance. Nymph sea 
alba, Nuphar luteum. 
