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INTRODUCTION TO BOTANY. 
Leatherlike, eoriacea. Camellia Japonica, Hura cre- 
pitans. 
Fungous, corklike, fungosa , suberosa . Tulipa, Lilium, 
Iris. 
Pulpy, pulposa. Juicy externally, giving the seed the 
appearance of a stone-fruit. Ixia Chinensis, Punica Gra- 
natus, Magnolia. 
Bladdery, vesicularis. Membranaceous, and much larger 
than the parts they cover. Philadelphus coronarius. 
„ Flesh of the Seed. 
Sarcodermis. A parenchymatous substance , placed between 
the outer and inner skin of the seed, frequent ly scarcely visible, 
but sometimes very apparent . Iris faetidissima. 
Inner Skin. 
Tegmen, Endopleura, Tunica interior, Xntegumentum, 
Hiloferus. A thin pellicle placed next the kernel , scarcely 
separable from the flesh of the seed, and which, notwithstand- 
ing its appearance, is not permeable to moisture . PL 15, 
fig. 2£ b. 
Membranaceous, Tegmen membranaceum. Nymph ma 
alba, Amygdalus, Cerasus, Castanea vesca, Fagus sylvatica. 
Paperlike, chartaceum. Dry, smooth, flexible, tough 
like a card or parchment. Pyrus communis. 
Leatherlike, coriaceum . Cocos nucifera. 
Crustaceous, crustaceum. Areca Faufel. 
. Cobweblike, arachnoideum. Ixia Chinensis. 
Partition-bearing, septiferum . Expanding internally in 
the form of incomplete partitions, that divide the kernel 
into several lobes. Castanea vesca, Juglans regia. 
Gummy, gummatum. Covered with a gummy substance. 
Pyrus Cydonia. 
"Distinct, a loricd distinctum. Separable from the outer 
skin, without any tearing. Nymphaea, Hydrocharideae. 
Coherent, loricce cohmrens. Not separable from the outer 
skin without tearing. Citrus, Murraya. 
