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Depressed: flattened horizontally. 
ing: di downwar 
Dindelphous: collected in two sets. 
Diandrous: haring two stamens. 
Dichlamydeous: having both calyx and 
corolla. 
Dichotomous: forked. 
Diclinous, 66. 
Dicotyledonous: having two cotyledons. 
Didymous: twin. " 
Didynamous: having four stamens, with 
two of them longer than the others, 
Diffuse: loosely spreading. 
Digitate : when the apex of the petiole 
bears five or more leaflets. 
Dimorphous: of two forms. 
Dicecious, 67. : ; . 
Discoid: Flora, p. 184. 
Disk, 78. Also the central part of the 
head of composite flowers. 
Dissected: divided into many lobes. 
Distichous: two-ranked; placed on oppo- 
n 
site sides of the axis. 
Distinct: separate. 
Divaricate: widely spreading. 
Divided: parted nearly to the base. 
Dorsal: pertaining to back or outside. 
Dorsal Suture, 80. 
Downy: bearing soft short hairs. 
Drupe, 94. 
Drupaceous : with the characters of a 
dru 
pe. 
Duramen, 30. 
Dwarf: below the common size. 
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Fan-shaped: folded or plaited like a fan. 
Farinaceous: mealy. 
Fascicle: a cluster. . 
Fascicled: collected in a cluster. 
Fastigiate: rising to the same level; flat- 
topped. — 
Feather-veined, 41. 
Female (flowers): bearing only pistils. 
Ferruginous: of the color of iron-rust. 
Fertile: bearing fruit. 
Fibre, 4. 
Fibrous Roots, 8. 
Fiddle-shaped : oblong in outline, and 
contracted in the middle. 
Filament, 69. Any thread-like part. 
Filamentose: bearing or composed of 
threads. 
Filiform: thread-like. 
Fimbriate : with the margin cut into a 
nge. 
Fistulous: hollow. 
Fleshy:softandjuicy. ^ |. 
Flexuous: zigzag; bent outward and in- 
Floating: resting on the surface of the 
water. 
Floccose: bearingtufts of deciduous hairs. 
Flora: a systematic description of the 
plants of à country. 
Floral: ME to the flowers. 
Floret: one of the flowers of a cluster. 
Flower, 61. nim : ) 
Flowering Plants, 106. 
Flowerless Plants, 107. 
Foliaceous: leaf-like. 
Eared: see Auriculate. A Foliolate: bearing leaflets. 
Eiaeai i outing twice : long Ps P s 
: in ou wice as long as | F E a follicle. 
wide, broadest in the middle, and | Forked: divided into two branches. 
rounded at each ue | Free: separate; di 
Elongated: unusually long; extended. - Fringed: see Ciliate. 
Emarginate: note: at the apex. | Frond: the leaf of a Fern. 
Embryo, 102. Fructification: the fruiting state. 
Em : raised ont of water. Fruit, 84. 
I ra bor eg of the pericarp. oe shrubby. 
ogenous (stems cious: continuing for a short ti 
Enneandrous: having nine stamens. Falisi tawny. " E Emme 
I Mein gt Funiculus, 82. 
tire: with margins not toothed or di- | Funnel-shaped: dually dilat 
Viet ee ae PA e a ‘chalet jeg. mere 
igynous, 70. urrowed: grooved lengthwise. 
pipes iL La Ed DT broadest in 
: equal-sided. e mi and tapering at each 
Bec (leaves): two-ranked, with their : eng 
es cla: one within the other, and | Geminate: b pairs. 
their sides facing the horizon. __ | Geniculate: bent abruptly. 
Erose: iie eine m irregularly seal- | Genus, 113. 
loped, as if gnawe Germination, 105. 4 
eae me through the winter, Gibbous: puffed out. 
: Jus, is 4 ; : or hairs. 
d protruding out of the surround- Glands: small knobs or excrescences. 
| Exstipulate: without stipules. | ; Lone 
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