IN I KODCCTION. 



Dpprossoil: fliittencd horizontally. 



De.-ceiuiiiijj: (lirected ilowiiwurJ. 



Dhidt'lphous: collcc-tt'il in two sets. 



Diiindrous: liiivin;; two stiunens. 



Dlililaniyiicuus: liuviiig both calyx mid 

 corolla. 



Difliotonious: forked. 



Dielinou^, 00. 



Diciityledonous: Iniving two cotj-lcdons. 



Kidynions: twin. 



Didyiianions: having four .stamens, with 

 two of them longer than the otlicrs. 



DilVnse: loosely spreading. 



Digitate : when the apex of the petiole 

 bears five or more leaflets. 



Diniorphons: of two forms. 



Diteeious, 07. 



Discoid: Flora, p. 184. 



Disk, 73. .\lso the central part of the 

 head of composite flowers. 



Dissected: divided into many lobes. 



Distichous: two-ranked; placed on oppo- 

 site sides of the axis. 



Distinct: separate. 



Divaricate: widely spreading. 



Divided: parted nearly to the base. 



Dorsal : pertaining to Lack or outside. 



Dorsal Suture, 80. 



Downy : bearing soft short hairs. 



l)rui)e, 'J4. 



Drupaceous : with the characters of a 

 dni])c. 



Duramen, SO. 



Dwarf: below the common size. 



Eared: see Auriculate. 



Echinate: beset with prickles. 



Elliptical : in outline twice as long as 

 wide, broadest in the middle, and 

 rounded at each end. 



Elongated: unusually long; extended. 



Emargiuate: notched at the apex. 



Embryo, 102. 



Emerscd : raised out of water. 



Endocarp : the inner layer of the pericarp. 



Endogenous (stems), 32. 



Enneandrous: having nine stamens. 



Ensiform : sword-shaped. 



Entire : with margins not toothed or di- 

 vided. 



Epigynous, 70. 



Epi])hytes, 11. 



Equilateral : equal-sided- 



E(|uitant (leaves): two-ranked, with their 

 bases clas])ed one within the other, and 

 their sides facing the horizon. 



Erose : with the margin irregularly scal- 

 loped, as if gnawed. 



Evergreen : lasting through the winter. 



Exogenous, 28. 



Exserted: proti-uding out of the surround- 

 ing parts. 



Exstipulate: without stipules. 



Extrorse Anthers, 72. 



Falcate : scvthe-shaped. 

 Family, 113. 



Fan-shaped: fuldeil or jilMitcd like a fan. 



Farinaceou.s : mealy. 



Fascicle: a cluster. 



Fascicled: collected in a cliistiT. 



Fastigiate: rising t(j tiie .same level; flat- 



to])])ed. 

 Feather-veined, 41. 



Female (flower.-): itearing only piBtils. 

 Ferruginous: of the color of iron-inist. 

 Fertile: bearing fruit. 

 Fibre, 4. 



Fibrous Itoots, 8. 

 Fiddle-sliajied : ol)long in outline, and 



contracted in the middle. 

 Filament, 09. xVny thread-like part. 

 Filamentose : bearing or composed of 



threads. 

 Filiform : thread-like. 

 Fimbri:vte : with the margin cut into a 



fringe. 

 Fistulous : hollow. 

 Fleshy: soft and Juicy. 

 Flexuous: zigzag; bent outward and in- 

 ward. 

 Floating: resting on the surface of the 



water. 

 Floccose : bearingtuftsof deciduous hairs. 

 Flora : a systenuitic description of the 



plants of k country. 

 Floral: belonging to'the flowers. 

 Floret : one of the flowers of a cluster. 

 Flower, 61. 



Flowering Plants, 106. 

 Flowerle.ss Plants, 107. 

 Foliaceous : leaf-like. 

 Foliolate: bearing. leaflets. 

 Follicle, 87. 



Follicular: like a follicle. 

 Forked: divided into two branches. 

 Free : separate : disconnected. 

 Fringed: see Ciliate. 

 Frond: the leaf of a Fern. 

 Fructification: the fruiting state. 

 Fruit, 84. 



Frutescent : shrubby. 

 Fugacious : continuing for a short time. 

 Fulvous: tawny. 

 Funiculus, 82. 

 I'nnnel-shaped : gradually dilated upward 



from a tuliular base. 

 Furroweii : grooved lengthwise. 

 Fusiform : sjiindle-shaped ; broadest in 



the middle, and tapering at each end. 



Geminate: by pairs. 

 Geniculate: bent abruptly. 

 Genus, 113. 

 Gennination. 10.5 

 Gibbous: puffed out. 

 Glabrous : free from roughness, or hairs. 

 Glands : small knobs or excrescences. 

 Glandular: bearing glnnds. 

 Glaucous : covered with a minute whitish 

 powder. 



gKula;:j-"'^-P^---l- 

 Glomerate: collected in a close cluster. 



