INDEX AND GLOSSARY. 



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Cotyledon, 125. 



tJotyledonous plants, 48. 



Cre'epei', 1S2. 



Creuate, 235, 4. 



Creinilate, 235, 4. 



Crisped, 235, 10. 



Crucifonn, 105, 1. 



Cryptogamia, 345. 



Cucullate ; hooded, cowled. 



Culm, 1S6, a. 



Cultivation, effects of, 15. 



Cuneate ; wedge-shaped. 



Cupule ; the cup, or involucre, of the 



acorn, and of all amentaceous plants. 

 Cuspidate ; like the point of a spear. A 



leaf is cuspidate when suddenly con- 



ti-acted to a point. 

 Cuticle ; the epidermis ; scarf-skin. 

 Cj^athifomi ; cup-shaped ; concave. 

 Cylindraceous ; like a cyhuder m form. 

 Cyme, 307. Cymose, like a cyme. 

 Cyanic, of the blue series ; i. e. white, red, 



blue.any color save yellow or oclu-oleuc. 

 Decandrous ; with 10 stamens. 

 Deciduous, 9S. 



Declinate ; turned towards one side. 

 Decompound ; more than once compoun- 

 ded, as bipinnate, &c. 

 Decumbent ; lying down, or leaning, on 



the ground. 

 Decun-ent, 242, 3. 

 Decussate ; crossing each other at right 



angles. 

 Deflexed ; bent downwards. 

 Defoliation, 259. 

 Dehiscence, 6y, (?, 115. 

 Deltoid ; shaped like the Greek letter A- 

 Dentate, 235, 2. 

 Denticulate, 235, 2. 

 Depressed; pressed inward or flattened 



from above. 

 Diandrous ; with two stamens. 

 Diadelphous ; having the stamens united 



in 2 sets. 

 Diaphanous ; transparent. 

 Dichotomous; branching by two equal 



divisions ; forked. 

 Diclinous ; (stamens and pistils) in sepa- 

 rate flowers. 

 Dicotyledonous plants, 127. 

 Didjauous ; two united. 

 Didynamous ; having two long stamens 



and two short ones in the same flower. 

 Dift'use ; wide-spread, scattered. 

 Digestion, 2S1. 

 Digitate, 233, 18. 

 Digynous ; with two pistils. 

 Difficious ; bearing staminate flowers on 



one individual, and pistillate on another. 

 Discoid ; in the Composita;, when the 



flowers are aU tubular in the same 



head. 

 Disk, 107, h ; also, the centre of a head in 



the Compositse. 

 Dissected ; cut into 2 parts. 



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Dissepiment; the partitions by which 

 the cells of the pericarp are separated. 



Dissemination of seeds, 135. 



Distichous ; leaves or flowers in two op- 

 posite rows. 



Distinct, 63, e. 



Divaricate; spreading in a straggling 

 manner. 



Dodecandrous ; having twelve stamens. 



Dorsal, S4 (on the back). 



Drupe, 116, 6. 



Ducts, 33, /. 



Duramen, 203. 



Echinate ; beset with prickles. 



Elementary organs, 29, &c. 



Elliptical, 232, 2. 



Elongated ; exceeding the common length 



Emarginate, 236, 4. 



Embryo, 123, 124, 130. 



EmoUient ; softening. . 



Endocarp, 112. 



Endogenous structure 210, 211. 



Endogens, 126, 197, 348. 



Endopleura, 118. 



Endosmose, 15S, a. 



Endostome ; inner mouth or perforation. 



Ensiform ; sword-shaped, two-edged. 



Entire, 235, 1. 



Epicarp, 112. 



Epidermis, 35. 



Epigvnous, 107, b. 



Epiphytes, 150, b. 



Equitant, 217, 1. 



Erose, 235, 5. 



Esculent ; eatable. 



Etiolated ; blanched or whitened. 



Exlialation, 269, 271. 



Exogenous structure, 19S, 199, &c. 



Exogens, 127, 196, 348. 



Exosmose, 15b, a. 



Exotic ; foreign ; not native. 



Exserted ; projecting or extending out of 



the "flower or sheath. 

 Exsiccated ; dried up. 

 Exstipidate, 251. 

 Extrorse, 68, 4. 



Fa;cula ; the nutritious part of wheat and 



other fruits. 

 Falcate ; sickle-shaped ; linear and curved 

 Farinaceous ; mealy. 

 Fascicle, 308. 

 Fasciculated, 146, a. 

 Fastigiate ; having a flat or level top. 

 Favose ; deeply pitted. 

 Feather-veined, 230, 1. 

 Febrifuge ; efficacious against fever. 

 Fecundation ; the act of making fruitfiil. 

 Ferruginous ; iron-colored;- rusty. 

 Fibrils, 142, A, 152. 

 Fibro-vascular tissue, 260. 

 Fibrous, 146. 

 Filament, 67. 

 Filiform ; shaped like a thread. 



