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INTRODUCTION TO BOTANY. 205
Incomplete, incompletus. Covering the seed only partially.
Evonymus verrucosus, Bocconia frutescens.
^ Cuplike, mpiilaris. In form of a hollow cup. Evonymus
verrucosus, Bocconia frutescens.
Caruncular, strophiolate, caruncularis, stropliiolatus.
Formed of one or more caruncles. Polygala vulgaris.
Parted, partitiis. Divided into several broad parts.
Three-parted, tripartitus. Polygala vulgaris.
Many-parted, multipart itiis. Myristica.
Jagged, laciniaius. Divided into nari'ow strips. Rave-
nala.
Pulpy, pulposus. Texture cellulai-, very fine, full of
juice. Bocconia frutescens.
Fleshy, caniosus. Texture thick, juicy, but firm. My-
ristica.
Elastic, elasticus. Extending as the seed enlarges, to
a certain length, then tearing open, and retracting, in consequence
of its tenacity. Oxalis.
Tearing, ruptilis. Tearing irregularly when the seed
enlarges. Meliaceee.
Pellicle.
Pellicula, Epidermis. A very thin nrill which hears the
hairs thai accompany some seeds. Bombax, Gossypium.
Tuft.
Coma. A small tuft of hairs growing at one end of some
ieeds. Asclepias, Epilobium, Tamarix.
Skins of the Seed.
Spermoderme, Spermodermis, Perispermum, Epispermum.
The coats of seeds in general, surrounding and covering
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 appeara?ice,
easily imbibes moisture. PI. 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. Nymphsea
alba, Nuphar luteum.