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Cymosus fos. A flower with a Cymus inflorescence. 

 Cymosae. A natural Order of plants in the Fragmenta me- 

 thodi naturalis of Linnaeus. 



D. 



Daedaleum folium. A leaf whose texture is remarkably beau- 

 tiful and exquisitely wrought. 

 Debilis caulis. A feeble stalk, as Zannichellia palustris. Class xxi. 

 Decagynia. The fifth Order in the tenth Class. Flowers that 



have ten pistilla. Ex. Phytolacca decandra, Class x. 

 Decandria. The tenth Class of the Linnaean system. 

 Decaphyllus cayx. A calyx consisting often leaves. 

 Deciduum yb/zum. The leaf that falls off in the winter. 

 Declinatus caulis. A stalk bending towards the earth. 

 Decomposita folia. When a petiolus once divided, connects 



many foliolae. 

 Decumbens. Lying down. 

 Decurrens folium. Running down, when the base of a sessile 



leaf extends itself downwards along the stem, beyond the 



proper base or termination of the leaf. 

 Decursive, folium pinnatum. When the bases of the foliolse 



are continued along the sides of the petiolus. 

 Decussata folia. When leaves grow in pairs, and opposite, 



each pair being opposite alternately. Ex. Melaleuca, 



Class xviii. Order 2. 

 Deflexus ramus. A branch bent a little downwards. 

 Deflorata stamina. Having shed or discharged the farina of 



the anthera. 

 Defoliatio. The time in autumn when plants shed their leaves. 

 Deltoides folium. A leaf formed like the Greek delta, (a) as 



in Mesembryanthemum deltoides. 

 Demersum folium. In aquatic plants, leaves sunk below the 



surface of the water. Ex. Aponogeton, Class xi. Order 4. 

 Dentroides surculus. Shrub-like, a subdivision of the surculus 



in the genus Hypnum. 



