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Dentatum folium. A leaf having horizontal points of the same 



consistence of the leaf, and standing at a little distance from 



each other. 

 Denudatae. Stripped naked, a natural Order of plants in the 



Fragmenta methocii naturalis of Linnaeus. 

 Dependens folium. Hanging down, the leaf pointing towards 



the ground. 

 Depressum folium. Pressed down, when the sides rise higher 



than the disk. 

 Dextrosus caulis. A stem twining from right to left, as the Hop 



and Honey-suckle. 

 Diadelphia. The seventeenth Class in the Linnaean system. 

 Diandria. The second Class in the Linnaean system. 

 Dichotomus caulis. Forked stalks, when the divisions come 



by two and two, as in theCerastium vulgatum, Class x. 

 Dicotyledones. When the seeds have two cotyledons which 



are afterwards the seed-leaves. 

 Didyma anthera. Twins, when antherae come by twos on each 



filament, as in the Balm. 

 Didynamia. The fourteenth Class in the Linnaean system. 

 Difformia folia. Different forms, when leaves on the same 



plant come of different forms. 

 Diffusus- caulis. When the branches of the stalk spread different 



ways. 

 Digitatum folium. Fingered, when the apex of a petiolu* 



connects many foliolae. The Horse-chesnut leaf is an 



example. 

 Digynia. Two pistilla. The second Order in each of the first 



thirteen Classes, except the ninth. 

 Dimidiatum. Halved. 



Dioecia. The twenty-second Class in the Linnaean system. 

 Dipetala corolla. Flowers consisting of two petals, as in the 



Circaea lutetiana, Class ii. Order l. 

 Diphyllus calyx. A calyx consisting of two leaves,, as in ths 

 Poppy. 



