INTRODUCTION. 



Depressed : flattened horizontally. 



Descending: directed downward. 



Diadelphous : collected in two Bete. 



Diandrous: having two stamens. 



Dichlamydeons: having both calyx and 

 corolla. 



Dichotomous: forked. 



Diclinous, CO. 



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. 



Dioecious, 67. 



Discoid: Flora, p. 184. 



I)i-k, 73. Also the central part of the 

 head of composite tlowers. 



Dissected: divided into many lobes. 



Distichous: two-ranked; placed on oppo- 

 site side- 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 

 drupe. 



Duramen, 30. 



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. 



Emarginate: notched at the apex. 



Embryo. L02. 



Emersed : raised out of water. 



Endocarp: the inner layer of the pericarp. 



Endogenous ( stems), 32. 



! idrOUSi having nine, stamens. 



Ensiform : Bword-shaped. 



Entire: with margins not toothed or di- 

 vided. 



Epigvnous, 70. 



Epiphytes, 11. 



Equilateral: equal 



Equitant (leaves): two-ranked, with their 



ped one within the other, and 



their jides facing the horizon. 



■ with the margin lm gularl 

 loped, a- ii" gnawed. 

 l i green : lasting through the winter. 

 I . 28, 



Exserted: protruding out of the surround- 

 ing i 



alate: without stipule*. 

 Extrorse Anther-, Ti. 



the ihaped. 

 Family, i La. 



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 (tlowers): bearing only pistils. 

 Ferruginous : of the color of irou-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 



fringe. 

 Fistulous : hollow. 

 Fleshy: soft and juicy. 

 Flexuous: zigzag; bent outward and in- 

 ward. 

 Floating: resting on the surface of the 

 water. 



Floccose : bearing tufts of deciduous hairs. 



Flora: a systematic description of the 

 plants of a country. 



Floral: belonging to the flowers. 



Floret: one of the flowers of a cluster. 



Flower, 61. 



Flowering Plants, 106. 



Flowerless 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. 



I ugacious: continuing for a short time. 



Fulvous: tawny. 



Funiculus, 82. 



Funnel-shaped : gradually dilated upward 

 from a tubular base. 



Furrowed: grooved lengthwise. 



Fusiform : spindle-shaped : broadest in 



tie- middle, and tapering at each end. 



Geminate: by pairs. 



Geniculate: benl abruptly. 



Genus, 1 18. 



Germination, 106. 



t ribbous : puffed out. 



Glabrous: free from roughness, or bain, 



Glands: small knob* or excrescences. 



i llandular: bearing glands. 



Glaucous: covered with a minute whitish 



powder. 



Globose: ) • , , 



G , obulftr . j round; spherieaL 



Glomerate: collected in a close cluster. 



