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BURMA, ITS PEOPLE AXD PRODUCTIONS. 



cell, which acts as a cell-fjcnu ia 



bocoiuinir less distiuct as the cell 



trapes to permit the escape of 

 but soluble in 



the 

 cold 



"Diplostemouous. 

 Disk. 



Dissepiments. 

 Distichous. 



Difficious. 



Dnrsifiseil. 



Drupe. 



Duramen. 

 Elaters. 



Cytoblast. The granular nucleus of a 



producing a new cell, 



devclopes. 

 Decussate. See Leaf. 



Definite infloresence. A cyme. 

 Dehiscent. Fruits whose ripe pericarp 



mature seeds. 

 Dextrine. A vegetable product, analogous to starch, 



water, and not turned blue by iodine. 

 Di- or Triadelphous. Stamens are so when uniteil into two or three bundles or columns. 

 Dichlamj'deous. A Hower with a double perianth. 

 Didynamous. Stamens are so when, of four, two are largest. 



Diclinous. A comprehensive term for moncecious, dioecious, and polygamous 



flowers. 

 A plant with more than twice as many stamens as petals. 

 A tumid ring, which in hypogynous flowers surrounds tlie base of 



the ovary, and the thickening round the base of the style. 

 The septa or partitions of a compound oiari/. 

 Leaves which spring from alternate nodes, placed on two lines 



to right and loft. 

 A plant on whicli flowers of one sex only grow. 

 An anther when attached to the filament by its back. 

 An iudehiscent, usually one-scodeil fruit, with a fleshy mesocarp, 



and usually a bony endocarp, as a cherry or peach. 

 The inner, denser, and more deeply coloured heart-wood. 

 Filiform appendages to the spores of Eqiiisetaeea, dilated at each 



end into a spirally coiled blade, very hygrometic, and which 



uncoils when subjected to moisture. iJefore expansion the 



elaters are coiled round the spore, their common point of 



attachment being on its equator, and the spatulate ends on 



its poles. 

 Embryo. A very young and miniature plant composed of stem, root, bud, 



and one or two leaves. 

 Endocar)"). The inner layer of the pericarp. 



Endosmosis. The current of any fluid through a membrane from without, in 



optposition to exosmosis, which is a passage of a fluid from 



within. 

 Endosporc. The inner layer of the spore-wali of a Lichen. 



Epicarp. The outer layer of the pericarp. 



Epigynous. The stamens and eorulla are so when inserted on the pistil itself. 



Epispore. The outer layer of the spore-wall of a Lichen. 



Epitliallus. The superficial crust of Lichens. 



Exalbuminous. Without albumen. 

 Extrorse. The anther is so called when the sutures are turned towards the 



circumference of the flower. 

 Exosmosis. See iEndosmosis. 



Falcate. Curved like a scythe or sickle. 



Fasciculate, Fascicled. See Leaf. 

 Faux. The throat ; a point of junction of the tiihe and free liinh of 



a monosepalous calyx. 

 Fecula. Starch. A vegetable product insoluble in cold water and coloured 



blue by iodine. It occurs in the form of grains, which vary 



in shape with the species, furnishing thereby valuable evidence 



to the analyst and microscopist. 

 Female. A flower possessing a pistil, but no andnccium. 



Fertilization. The etfect produced on the ovules by the deposition of pollen grains 



on the stigma. 

 Filament. The petiole or .stalk of a stamen. 



