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GLOSSAUY AXD IXDEX. 



Cjme {rijma) : a cluster of centrifugal 



inilorcsccnccs, 218. 

 Cymose : bearini,^ cymes, or cyme-like. 

 Cymule [njiitnla) : a ci/melet, or little 



cyme, 218. 

 Cj/narrhodium : such a fruit as that of 



Hose (fig. 429) and Calycanthus, 



fig. 815,819. 

 Cyperaccte, 496. 

 Cypsela : an aclienium witli an arther- 



ent calyx-tuhe, as in Compositaj. 

 CystidiHDi : a utricle. 

 Ci/sloll/lics, 60. 

 Cytoblast : the nucleus of a vegetable 



cell. 



Dammer Pitch, 400. 



Deca-, in words of Greek derivation : 

 ten ; as in 



Decagy'uia, .51 5. 



Decw/yiioiis : with ten pistils or styles. 



DpcdineroHS : the parts in tens, 234. 



Dccandria, .512. 



Decdndroiis : with ten stamens, 280. 



Decapvtalous : with ten petals, 276. 



Deciduous : falHiig oil', or suliject to 

 fall ; as petals falling after blos- 

 soming, 279, and leaves before 

 winter, 172. 



Dcclinute, declined: turned to one side. 



JJeconi/'O'ind: several times compound- 

 ed, 165. 



Decumbent : reclined on the ground, the 

 summit rising, 102. 



Deciirreiit: prolonged below the inser- 

 tion, as the leaves of the Thistle, 

 170. 



Decussate: the sviccessive pairs crossing 

 each other at right angles, 142. 



Dedujilication [dcdoulilemeiit), 24.3. 



Definite: of a fixed number, and not 

 above twelve or twenty. 



Definite (ji-owth, 100. 



Definite inflorescence, 217. 



Deflexed: bent downwards. 



Deflorate: past tlie flowering state. 



Defoliate : ha^^ng cast its leaves. 



Dehiscent fruits, &c., 315 ; opening by 



Dehiscence : splitting, as do pods,3 11,316. 

 " of anthers, 283. 



Deliquescent : the stem dissolving into 

 branches, 99. 



Deltoid: shaped like the Greeic capital A. 



Demersed: growing under water. 



Dendroid, dendritic : tree-like. 



Dentate : same as toothed ; 159, fig. 255. 



Denticulate : furnished with fine teeth, or 

 denticulations. 



Denudate : made naked. 



Depauperate : dwarfed in size. 



Depressed : flattened vertically or from 

 above. 



Descending: tending gradually down- 

 wards. 



Descendinij axis, 72, 79. 



Desmidia;, or Desmidiacc.T, 510. 



Determinate inflorescence, 217. 



Descriptive Botany, 15. 



Development, 19. 



Dextrine, 54, 193. ,. 



Dextrorse : towards tlie right. 



Z>/-, in Greek compounds ; two. 



Diadelpliia, 513. 



Diade'lphous : stamens united by tlicir 

 filaments in two sets ; 280, fig. 461. 



Diandria, 512. 



Didndrous : with two stamens, 279. 



Diae/ndsis: a brief essential character. 



Dialype'talous : of distinct petals. 



Diapensiacea;, 454. 



Diaphanous : transparent. 



DiatomaceiE, 510. 



Dicurpellary : of two carpels. 



Dichlannjdious : with both calyx and 

 corolla. 



Dichondrea;, 455. 



Dichdtomous : forking into two branches. 



Diclinous : with the stamens and pistils 

 in separate blossoms, 261. 



Dicdccous : separable into two cocci. 



Dicotyledonous : having .a pair of cotyle- 

 dons, 78, 326. 



Dicotvle(lons, Dicotyledonous Plants, 

 1*14, 326, 370. 



Didymous : twin. 



Didynamia, 512. 



Didynamous : with two long and two 

 shorter stamens, 258, 281. 



Di {formed: of unusual shape. 



Diffuse: widely and loosely spreading. 



Die/amous : having flowers of two dif- 

 ferent sexes. 



Digestion, 190. 



Diyitate (fingered) : compound, with tlie 

 parts all arising from the same 

 point ; 163, tig. 277. 



Difjitately tri-plurifoliolate, 164. 



Digynia, 515. 



Diyynous : with two pistils or styles, 287. 



Di'lieniacea;, 380. 



Dimerous: the parts in twos, 234, 239. 



Dimidiate: halved, or appcariiig as if 

 one half or side were wanting, 283. 



Dimdrphoiis : of two forms. 



DicEcia, 513. 



Dioicious : with stamens and pistils in 

 separate blossoms on difl^erent 

 individuals, 262. 



DioscoreacetE, 492. 



Diosmese, 407. 



Dipctalous : of two petals, 276. 



Diphyllous : two-leaved, 275. 



Diploste'monous : stamens double the 

 petals or sepals in number. 



