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Dioicaly having staminate and pistilate flowers on different in- 

 dividuals. 



Disky the flat part of a leaf or petal, &c. 

 Discolor, leaves having two colors, 

 Distichal, in two flat rows. 

 Drupe, a stone fruit like Peach or Plumb. 

 Elliptic^ oblong with rounded ends as an ellipgis. 

 Exsert^ protruding out of the flowers, &c. 



Fascicle^ a small bundle of leaves or flowers, called then fasci- 

 culate. , 



Filiformy shaped like a thread. 



Fistulose^ a hollow stem, &c, 



FlexnosCi bent in many ways, or crooked. 



Floret ar Floscule^ a small flower in compound flowers. 



Foliole or leaflet^ a small leaf of compound leaves. 



FrondCi leaves bearing the fructification, or stems shaped like 

 leaves. 



Fusiform^ shaped like a spindle. 

 Glabrousy same as smooth. 

 Gladiate, sword shaped. 

 Glandular^ having glands. 

 Glume-) the perigone of grasses. 

 Hastate^ halbert shaped. 



Imbricate^ slanting over each other, like tiles or shingles. 



Inferior^ below something. 



Inflorescence, mode in which the flowers grow. 



Involucre, bracteoles surrounding or annexed to several flowers 



Labiate^ flowers with one or two lips uni or bilabiate^ 



Lanceolate y shaped like a lance. 



Legume J the pods of Peas, Beans, &c. 



LigidatCi like a small tongue. 



Lobe^ a rounded segment, lobed with lobes. 



Lyrate, shaped like a lyre. 



Monoical, having staminate and pistilate flovt'ers on the same 

 plant, 



Muricate, covered with short prickles. 



JV'erveSj prominent fibres in the leaves, &c. 



JVentraly flowers without Stamina nor pistils and stenie 



Oblique or Ohliqual^ having a slanting position, oblique leaves 

 like those of the Elm, have two unequal sides. 



Obtuse, not sharp, blunted or rounded, 



OppositCy situated one over the other. 



Orbicular^ perfectly round. 



Ovah shaped like an e^gg^ 



Panicle, a loose bunch of flowers, much divided. 



Pappus, the doAvny or bristly calix of florets. 



Parted, cut into segments, 2 — 3 — 4 — 5 parted, kc. 



Pedicel, a small peduncle, or a branch of it. 



PeduncUy the foot stalk of flowers and fruits. 



Perianthe, the involucre or calix of compound flowers. 



