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SYL.VA AMERICANA. 



Cruciform, (From ci-ux, crucis, a cross), 



Four petals placed like a cross. 

 Crural, Relating to the leg. 

 Culinary, Suitable for preparations of 



food. 

 Culm or Slraic, The stem of grasses ; 



as Indian corn, sugar cane, etc. 

 Culmiferous, Bearing culms 3 as wheat, 



grasses, etc. 

 Cuneiform, Wedge-form, with the 



stalk attached to the point. 

 Curved, Bent inwards. 

 Cutaneous, Relating to the skin. 

 Cuticle, The outside skin of a plant, 



commonly thin, resembling the scarf 



or outer skin of animals. 

 Cylindrical, A circular shaft of nearly 



equal dimensions throughout its ex 



tent. 



Deciduous, Falling off in the usual 

 season ; opposed to persistent and 

 evergreen, more durable than cadu- 

 cous. 



Declined, Curved downwards. 



Decomposition, Separation of the che- 

 mical elements of bodies. 



Decortication, The act of stripping off 

 bark or husk. 



Deflected, Bent off. 



Defoliation, Shedding leaves in the 

 proper season. 



Deltoid, Nearly triangular, or diamond 

 form, as in the leaves of the Lom- 

 bardy poplar. 



Dendrology, The history of trees. 



Dense, Close ; compact. 



Dentate, Toothed ; edged with sharp 

 projections ; larger than serrate. 



Denticulate, Minutely toothed. 



Depressed, Flattened, or pressed in at 

 the top. 



Diaphoretic, Having the power to 

 increase perspiration ; sudorific ; 

 sweating. 



Dicotyledonous, With two cotyledons 

 or seed lobes. 



Diffused, Spreading. 



Disk, The whole surface of a leaf, or 

 of the top of a compound flower, as 

 opposed to its rays. 



Diuretic, Tending to produce dis- 

 charges of urine. 



Divaricate, Diverging so as to turn 

 backwards. 



Diverging, Spreading ; separating 

 widely. 



Drooping, Inclining downwards, more 

 than nodding. 



Drupe, A fleshy pericarp inclosing a 

 stone or nut. 



Eliptic, Oval. 



Elongated, Exceeding a common 



length. 

 Embryo, Pertaining to any thing in its 



first rudiments, or unfinished state. 

 Emetic, Inducing to vomit. 

 Emollient, Softening ; making suple ; 



relaxing the solids. 

 Entire, Even and whole at the edge. 

 Epidermis, See Cuticle. 

 Equivocal, Uncertain ; proceeding 



from some unknown cause, or not 



from the usual cause. 

 Esculent, Eatable. 

 Etiolation, The operation of being 



whitened by excluding the light of 



the sun. 

 Evergreen, Remaining green through 



the year, not deciduous. 

 Exfoliate, To come off in scales. 

 Exotic, Plants that are brought from 



foreign countries. 

 Expanded, Spread. 

 Expectorant, Having the quality of 



promoting discharges from the lungs. 

 Eye, See Hilum. 



Falcated, Sickle shaped. Linear and 

 crooked. 



Farina, The pollen. Meal or flower. 



Farinaceous, containing meal, or farina. 



Fascicle, A bundle. 



Febrifuge, Relating to a fever. 



Fertile, Pistillate, yielding fruit. 



Fibre, Any thread-like part. 



Filament, The slender thread-like part 

 of the stamen. 



Filiform, Very slender. 



Flaccid, Too limber to support its 

 own weight. 



Fleshy, Thick and pulpy. 



Floret, A little flower ; part of a com- 

 pound flower. 



Flower stalk, See Peduncle. 



Foliaceous, Leafy. 



Follicle, A seed vessel which opens 

 lengthwise, or on one side only. 



Foot stalk, Sometimes used instead of 

 Peduncle and Petiole. 



Forked, Divided into two equal 

 branches. 



Fructification, The flower and fruit 

 with their parts. 



Fungi, the plural of Fungus ; a mush- 

 room. 



Fungous, Growing rapidly, with a 

 soft texture like the fungi. 



Gallic, Belonging to galls or oak apples. 



Gemma, A bud. 



Generic name, The name of a genus. 



