BOTANICAL TERMS. 
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Stupose (stuposus) ; filamentous, bearded, 
as in the filaments of Anthericum. 
Suberose (suberosus) ; corky, having the 
texture of cork, as the bark of Ulmus suberosa. 
Succulent (succulenlus) ; very cellular and 
juicy, as the cactus, the aloe, and similar plants. 
Sulcate (sulcatus) ; furrowed, marked by 
longitudinal channels, as the stem of the 
parsnip. 
Tartareous (tartareus) ; rough, crumbling 
on the surface, like the thallus of some lichens. 
Thick (crassus) ; applied to such substances 
as are thicker than ordinary ; thus fleshy 
leaves are thick, the texture of leaves generally 
being papery. 
Tomentose (tomentosus) ; covered with 
dense short hairs somewhat rigid, so as to be 
sensibly perceptible to the touch, as in Lava- 
tera arborea. 
Unctuous (unctuosus) ; greasy, having a 
surface which though not actually greasy, yet 
feels to be so, as in some leaves. 
Velvety (velutinus) ; similar to tomentose, 
but with the hairiness rather more dense, so 
as to resemble velvet. 
Verrucose (verrucosus, tuberculatus) ; warted, 
tuberculated, clothed with small excrescences, 
as the leaves of some aloes. 
Villose (villosus, hirsutus) ; shaggy, clothed 
with long soft hairs, as in Epihbium hirsutum. 
TERMS CHIEFLY APPLIED TO EXPRESS SIZE, 
DURATION, OR THE HABITAT OP PLANTS. 
Annotinus; yearly, that which has the 
growth of a year. 
Annual (annuus) ; see monocarpous. 
Aquatic (aquaticus); growing in water ; 
used to distinguish such from plants which grow 
on land : sub-aquatics are plants growing in 
very wet or marshy places. 
Arenareous (arenarius) ; growing in or 
amongst sand; used chiefly in reference to 
plants growing on sandy shores, as Gnapha- 
lium arenarium. 
Arvensis; growing in corn-fields, as Ana- 
gallis arvensis and Ranunculus arvensis. 
Biduus ; enduring two days. 
Biennial {biennis) ; see monocarpous. 
Biferus ; double-bearing ; applied when 
any part is produced twice in a season. 
Bimestris; enduring for two months. 
Brachialis, ulno.ris ; twenty-four inches 
long, the length of an ell, or of the arm. 
Caducous (caducus) ; falling off early ; the 
calyx of the poppy falls off at a very early 
stage, and this is caducous. 
Capillaris; of the breadth of a hair, the 
twelfth part of a line. 
Caulocarpous ; see polycarpous. 
Cubitalis; seventeen inches long ; the 
length of a cubit, or the distance between the 
elbow and tip of the finger. 
Debile (debilis) ; of weak and feeble con- 
struction, slender. 
Deciduous (deciduus) ; falling off finally, 
not persistent, as the leaves of most trees 
— the elm for example. 
Depressed (depressus); broad and dwarf, as if 
growing horizontally instead of perpendicularly. 
Diurnus, ephemeris; of a day, enduring 
but a day, as the flowers of Tigridia; biduus 
means enduring for two days ; triduus, three 
days, and so on. 
Dodrantalis; nine inches long ; the length 
of a span, or space between the thumb and 
little finger, separated widely. 
Elate (elatus, procerus') ; tall and slender ; 
applied to plants which seem higher than 
accords with their other proportions. 
Ephemeris; of a day, enduring but a day, 
as the flowers of Tigridia. 
Evanescent ; of very short duration, vanish- 
ing quickly. 
Evergreen ; usually applied to such trees 
and shrubs as retain their leaves from year to 
year, never being denuded, to distinguish them 
from deciduous trees, which shed their leaves in 
autumn ; the box-tree and the laurel are ever- 
greens. 
Exiguus ; little, small in all parts, but well 
proportioned. 
Fugacious (fugax) ; perishing, or falling 
off quickly after arriving at perfection, as the 
petals of the Cistus family, and many fungi. 
Gigantic (giganteus) ; tall, but at the same 
time stout and well proportioned. 
Jlorarius ; of an hour, enduring but an 
hour or two, as the flowers of Cistus. 
Hornus ; of the same year, not a year old. 
Humilis; low, in a comparative sense, 
being chiefly applied to objects not remarkably 
small in themselves, but becoming so in com- 
parison with kindred larger forms. 
Hysteranthous ; applied when the leaves 
appear after the flowers, as in the mezereum 
and the coltsfoot. 
Lacustrine; of, or belonging to, a lake ; 
applied to plants which grow in lakes, as 
Scirpus lacustris. 
Lhnose (limosus) ; growing in the mud, as 
Equisetum limosum. 
Linealis; of the length of a line, the 
twelfth part of an inch. 
Littorale (littoralis) ; growing on the 
shore, as Lupinus littoralis. 
Lofty (exaltatus) ; tall, but in a much 
greater degree than is expressed by elatus, and 
less slender. 
Wlarcescent (rnarcescens); withering, fading, 
not falling off until the part that bears it is 
perfect, but withering much sooner ; the 
flowers of Orobanche are of this nature. 
Maritime (maritimus) ; growing by the 
sea-side, as Beta maritima. 
