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II0RTU3 JAMAICENSIS. 



Curvfd, bowed, or "bent inwards. 

 Cuspidatum. Having the; end sharp, like 

 the point of a spear or, term mating in 

 a bristly point. 

 CyaTHIFORMIS. Glass-shaped or cup-sha- 

 ped. Cylindric, only widening- a little at 

 the t ;>. 



Cylindrical. Applied to stems, and some 

 leaves, which are round, that is without 

 angles. 



Cyme or CYMA, Signifies properly a 

 sprout or tender shoot particularly of the 

 crbbage. Flowers disposed in a cyme, 

 are called Qytnose flowers. Hence 



Cymose. The sixty-third of Linneus's 

 Natural Orders in Ph 'losophia Botanica. 



D.edai.fum. A da?dal leaf. At the same 

 time flexuose and lacerated ; or winding 

 and torn. 



Dagger-pointed. Ending in a point like 

 that of a dagger. 



Decagyma. Ten-styled. 



Dkcandiua Ten-stamened. 



Decaphyi [.us. Ten-leaved. 



Decemfidus.. Cut into ten parts. 



Deckmi.oculare. A ten-celled pericarp 

 or seed-vessel. 



Df.cpuous. Falling off. 



Declinatus. Declined. 



Decompound leaf. When the primary pe- 

 tiole is so divided that each part forms a 

 compound leaf. 



Decumbent flower. Having the stami 

 and pistils declined or bending down to 

 the lower side of it. 



Df.CURRENT leaf. A sessile leaf having its 

 base extending downwards along the stem. 



Dfcurs.vflv-pinnati leaf. Having the 

 leaflets decurrent, or running along the 

 petiole. 



Decussated. Growing in pairs, which al- 

 ternately cross each other at right an- 

 gles; so that if the stem he viewed verti- 

 cal! , or the eye be directed right down 

 it, the leaves or branches will appear to 

 be in fours. 



Dkfi.pxus Bowed or bending down arch- 

 wise. 



Pi ri oratus. Having discharged the fari- 

 na or pollen. 



Defomatio. Defoliation, or sheddinc the 



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leaves. 



Df.iiiscf.ntia. The gaping or opening of 

 capsules. 



Deltoid leaf Shaped like a rhomb, hav- 

 ing four angles, of which the lateral ones 

 are less distant from the base than the 

 others. 



Demer -I'M. Growing below the surface of 

 the water. 



Dense panicle. Having abundance of 

 flowers very close. 



Dfntata. Consisting of a concatenation of 

 joints, resembling a necklace. 



Dkntatum folium. Having horizontal 

 points of the same consistence with the 

 leaf, with a space between each. 



D nth ui.atijs. Toothlttted, having small 

 teeth or notches. 



Denudate (denuder, to be stripped na- 

 ked). The seventh of the Natural Or- 

 ders, in Linneus's Philos Bet compre- 

 heiulinga t'cw genera which tiave flowers 

 that appear at a differ* nt time from the 

 leaves, and therefore have a naked ap- 

 pearance, as (' > chicum. 



Depfnhens Hanging down. 



D PRGskjM folium. A depressed leaf. 

 Hollow in the middle; or, having the 

 disk more depressed than the sides. 



DlADELPHlA Tiie name of the seventeenth. 

 . la s, in Linneus's Artificial System ; 

 comprehending those plant'swhich bear 

 hermaphrodite flowers, with two sets of 

 utii Is amens This is a natural class, 

 with p pilionaceous or peaflowers, and 

 leguminous fruits. 



DlADELPHOUS stamens. Stamens forming 

 two brotherhoods. The filaments united 

 in earn of the two sets at bottom, but 

 separate at top. 



Dl oil a. fhe -second class of Linneus's 

 A; tificial System, comprehending all her- 

 , which have t\o ta- 

 mei 



Dichotomous. Dividing by pairs from 

 top to ottom 



Dichotomous corymbid. Composed of co- 

 rymbs, in which the pedicles divide'and 

 subdivide in pairs. 



Dicoccous. 



