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INTRODUCTION TO BOTANY, 
APPENDAGES. 
Appendices, Appendicula. Small accessory parts of 
plants added to other organs . The following have had 
special names given to them. 
f Wing, Ala . A membranous or leaflike appendage. 
Ear, Auricula . A short, roundish appendage, placed on 
the side of any part. 
Tail, Cauda , — ura . A long, soft, flexible appendage, 
placed at the end of any part, like the tail of an animal. 
Wart, Verruca. A small, roundish protuberance, rather 
soft and compact. 
Nipple, Papilla. A small, long, soft, compact protu- 
berance. 
Papule, Papula . A roundish, soft protuberance, con- 
taining a fluid. 
Lens, Lenticula . A roundish or oblong spot on the 
smooth bark of young trees. 
Pit, Fovea. A slight depression. 
Fleeciness, Villosity, Villus. Numerous soft hairs, 
placed close together. 
Down, Pubes. Soft hairs, not very close to one another. 
Rough coat. Hirsuties. Numerous long hairs. 
Wool, Wooliness, Lana, Lanugo, — erion . Long, soft 
hairs, much interwoven together. 
Cotton, T omentum. Long, crisp hairs, much inter- 
woven. 
Velvet, Velumen. Very close, soft, short, even-topped 
hairs. 
Fringe, Ciliurn. Rather stiff hairs, placed on the edge 
of any part. 
Beard, Barba , — - pogon . Hairs disposed in a tuft, or in 
any regular order. 
Awn, Arista , — athera. A stiff hair, or threadlike point 
inserted at the end, or on the back of any part, and not 
arising from the lengthening out of any rib. 
Bristle, Seta , — cficeta . A stiff hair, usually attached to 
the end of any part, and appearing to be the prolongation 
of a rib. 
Crine, Crinus. Stiff’ hair, like that of horses’ tails, grow- 
ing on any part. 
Apicule, Apiculus . A hair, or hairlike point, not very 
stiff, but acute and short, placed at the end of any part. 
Cusp, Cuspis . A long, needlike, rather stiff termination 
of any part. 
