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least to be regarded in descriptions , out stipules, brack, and glan- 

 dular hairs, are all of importance. 



Deztrar'sum. Twining from left to right, as the bop vine. 



Diadcl'pkous, (from dis, two, and adelpkia, brotherhood,) two brother- 

 hoods. Stamens united in two parcels or sets; flowers mostly pa- 

 pilionaceous; fruit leguminous. 



Diamond form. See Deltoid. 



Dianthe'ria, (from dis, two, and anther;} a class of plants including all 

 such as have two anthers. 



Dichot'omous. Forked, dividing into two equal branches. 



Didin'ia. Stamens in one flower, and pistils in another; whether on 

 the same plant or on different plants. 



Dicoc'cous. Containg two grains of seed. 



Dicotyled'onous. With two cotyledons or seed lobes. 



Did'ymous. Twinned, or double. 



Did't/na'mia, (from dis, twice, and dunamis, power ;) two powers. A 

 name of one of the Linnasan classes. 



Diffrac'ted. Twice bent. 



Digi'tate. Like fingers. When one petiole sends oft sevtial leafe f 

 from a single point at its extremity. 



Digyn'ia. Having two pistils. 



Dimid'iate. Halved. 



Dice'cious. Having staminate and pistillate flowers on different plants. 



Dis'coid. Resembling a disk without rays. 



Disk. The whole surface of a leaf, or of the top of a compound flower, 

 as opposed to its rays. 



Dis'pennus. Containing two seeds. 



Dissepiment. The partition of a capsule. 



Dissil'icns. A pericarp, bursting with elasticity, as the Impatiens. 



Di'stichus. Growing in two opposite ranks or rows. 



Divaricate. Diverging so i* 'n turn h^^'vards. 



Diver' 'ging. Spreading, separating widely. 



Diur'nus. Enduring but a day. 



Dor'sal. Belonging to the back. 



Dotted. See Punctate and Perforated. 



Droop'ing. Inclining downward, more than nodding 



Drupe. A fleshy pericarp enclosing a stone or nut 



Drupa'ceous. Resembling, or bearing drupes. 



Dul'cis. Sweet. 



Dumo'sus. Bushy. 



Du'plex. Double. 



E. 



Eared. Applied to the lobes of a heart-form leaf, to the side lobes near 

 the base of some leaves, and to twisted parts in the plants which are 

 supposed to resemble the passage into the ear. 



Ebur'ncus. Ivory white. 



Echi'nate. Beset with prickle^, as a hedge-hog. 



Ecos'tate. Without nerves or ribs. 



Ejftorcxcen'tia, (from effloresco, to bloom.) A term express] ve of the 

 p'-ecise time of the year, and the month in which every plant olos- 



