202 GLOSSARY AND INDEX. 



Cyclical, rolled up circularly, or coiled into a complete circle. 



Cyclosis, circulation in closed cells, 1-1!'. 



Cylindraceous, approaching to the Cylindrical form, terete and not tapering. 



Cymbceform, or i'l/m/ii/'i'i-ni, same as boat-shaped. 



Cyme, a cluster of centrifugal inflorescence, 77. 



Cymose, furnished with cymes, or like a cyme. 



Cymule, a partial or diminutive cyiiu-, 77. 



Deca- (in words of Greek derivation), ten; as 



Decagynous, with 10 pistils or styles, Decamerous, of 10 parts, Decandrous, with 



10 stamens, &<. 

 Deciduous, falling off, or subject to fall; said of leaves which fall in autumn, and 



of a calyx and corolla which fall before the fruit forms. 

 Dedinate, declined, turned to one side, or downwards. 

 Decompound, several times compounded or divided, 59. 

 Decumbent, reclined on the ground, the summit tending to rise, 39. 

 Decurrent (leaves), prolonged on the stem beneatli the insertion, as in Thistles. 

 Decussate, arranged in pair* which successively cross each other, 71. 

 Deduplication, same as chorisis. 



Definite, when of a uniform number, and not above twelve or so. 

 Definite Inflorescence, ~'2. 

 Deflexed, bent downwards. 



I>,-tl,,rnt, , past the flowering state, as an anther after it has discharged its pollen. 

 Dehiscence, the regular splitting open of capsule or anther, 103, ll'J. 

 Dehiscent, opening by regular dehiscence, 119, 123. 

 Deliquescent, brandling off so that the stem is lost in the branches, 32. 

 Deltoid, of a triangular .-hape, like the Greek capital A. 

 Demerged, growing bi low the surface of water. 

 Dendroid, Dendritic, tree-like in form or appearance. 

 Dendron, Greek for tree. 

 Deni, ten together. 

 Dens, Latin for tooth. 



Dent't/f, toothed, 55. Denticulate, furnished with denticulations, or little teeth. 

 I)i'/t<i>ij>< ruti , impoverished or starved, and s below the natural size. 

 />< jinsscd, flattened or as if pressed clown from above. 

 It, run, (ireek for skin. 



Descending, tending gradually downwards. Descending axis, the root. 

 Jtmnios, Greek for things connected or hound together. 

 Determinate Inflorescence, 72. 

 Dextrorse, turned to the right hand. 

 />!- />/.< (in (Jreek compound^) two. as 



I>;iii/t/j>!i<i>i* (stamens), united by their filaments in two sets. Of). 

 ni'ii/iin.t!.-!, a short distinguishing character or descriptive phrase. 

 Dtalypetalous, same MS polypetalous. 



l>'i'iiii!r<nif, having two stamens. &<. 



fti'iplniiiinif, transparent or translucent. 



l)i,-iirp, ll'tnj, of two carpds. 



Dichlninii'li-'His (ilower), having both calyx and corolla. 



Dirhofl'iinouii, Dli-lmi/'imi/, 110. 



Dichotomous, two-forked. 



/HrlhxiHs, having the stamens in one flower, the pistils in another, 85. 



l>n;iccom (fruit), sjilitting into two cocci or closed carpels. 



I)!,; '/,/!*, -2-L 



Diroti/ledonous (embryo), having a pair of cotyledons, 23. Dicotyledonout Plants, 23. 



182. 



Didymoiis, twin. 



Didi/n'iinous (stamens), having four stamens in two pairs, 100- 

 Diffuse, spreading widely and irregularly. 



