INDEX AND GLOSSAUY. 



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Cotyledon, 125. 



Cotyledonous plants, 48. 



Creeper, 1S2. 



Oreiiate, '2.3.'), 4. 



Crenulate, 2.'J5, 4. 



Crisped, -23'), 10. 



Ci-uciform, 10.5, 1. 



(^ryptogamia, 3'25. 



Cucullate ; hooded, cowled. 



Culm, ISG, a. 



Cultivation, effects of, 1.5. 



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- 

 tracted to a point. 



Cuticle ; the epidermis ; scarf-skin. 



Cyathiform ; cup-shaped ; concave. 



Cylindraceous ; like a cylinder in form. 



(jyme, .307. Cymose ; arranged like a 

 cyme. 



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. 



Decurrent, 242, 3. 



Decussate ; crossing each other at right 

 angles. 



Deflexed ; bent downwards. 



Defoliation, 2-59. 



Dehiscence, 6S, a, 11;5. 



Deltoid ; shaped like the Greek letter A. 



Dentate, 235, 2. 



Denticulate, 2-35, 2. 



Depressed ; pressed inward or flattened 

 from above. 



Diandrous ; with two stamens. 



Diadelpheus; h.aving the stamens united 

 in 2 sets. 



Diaphanous ; transparent. 



Dichotomous; branching by two equal 

 divisions ; forked. 



Dicli'ions ; (stamens and pistils) in sepa- 

 rate flowers. 



Dicotyledonous plants, 127. 



Didymous ; two united. 



Didynamous ; having two long stamens 

 and two short ones in the ^ame flower. 



Diffuse ; -vVide-spread, scattered. 



Digestion, 281. 



Digitate, 233, IS. 



Digynous ; with two pistils. 



Dioicious ; bearing staminate flowers on 

 one individual, and pistillate on another. 



Discoid ; in the Compositse, when the 

 flowers are all tubular in the same 

 head. 



Disk, 107, I) ; also, the centre of a head in 

 the Composite. 



Dissected ; cut into 2 parts. 



Dissepiment; the partitions by which 

 the cells of the pericarp are separated. 



Dissemination of seeds, 13-5. 



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). 



Drape, 116, 6. 



Ducts, 33, /. 



Duramen, 203. 



Echinate; beset with prickles. 



Elementary organs, 29, &c. 



Elliptical, 232,"2. 



Elongated ; exceeding tlie common length. 



Emarginate, 236, 4. 



Embryo, 123, 124, 130. 



Emollient ; softening. 



l^ndocarp, 112. 



Endogenous structure, 210, 211. 



Endogens, 126, 197, 328. 



Endopleura, IIS. 



Endosmose, 1.58, a. 



Endostome ; inner mouth or perforation. 



Ensiform ; sword-shaped, two-edged. 



Entire, 23.5, 1. 



Epicarp, 112. 



Epidermis, 35. 



Epigvnous, 107, />. 



Epiphytes, 1.50, L 



Equitant, 217, 1. 



Erose, 235, 5. 



Esculent ; eatable. 



Etiolated ; blanched or whitened. 



Exhalation, 269, 271. 



Exogenous structure, 198, 199, &c. 



Exogens, 127. 196, 32S. 



Exosmose, 1.5S, a. 



Exotic ; foreign ; not native. 



Exsertcd ; projecting or extending ont of 



the flower or sheath. 

 Exsiccated ; dried up. 

 Exstipulate, 251. 

 Extrorse, 68, 4. 



Ffficula ; the nutritious part of wheat and 



other fruits. 

 Falcate ; sickle-shaped ; linear and curved. 

 Farinaceous ; mealv. 

 Fascicle, 308. 

 Fasciculated, 146, a. 

 Fastigiate ; having a flat or level top. 

 Faviise ; deeplv pitted. 

 Featlier-veineii. 230, 1. 

 Febrifuge ; efticacious against fever. 

 Fecundation; the act of making fruitfuL 

 Ferruginous ; iron-colored ; rusty. 

 Fibrils, 142,3, 152. 

 Fibro-vascular tissue, 260. 

 Fibrous, 146. 

 Filament, 67. 

 Filiform ; shaped like a thread. 



