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Dcpre-.scil: flattonod horizontally. 



Desceiuliiig: dirccti'd ilbwiiward. 



I)i:iclillihous: colk'Cteil in two sets. 



l)i;iiiilr(ius: havin"; two staniiMis. 



Diilihirnydcous: having hot 1 1 calyx and 

 corolla. 



Dichotonious: forked. 



Diclinous, CG. 



Dicotyledonous: liaving two cotyledons. 



Didynious: twin. 



Didynanious : having four stamens, with 

 two of them longer than the others. 



Did'use: loosely spreading. 



Digitate : when the apex of the petiole 

 hears five or more leaflets. 



Diniorphi>us: of two forms. 



Diii'cious, 07. 



Discoid: Flora, p. 184. 



Disk, 73. Also the central part of the 

 head of composite flowers. 



Dissecteil: divided into many lobes. 



Distichous: tw^o-ranked; placed on oppo- 

 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 

 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 : notchecl at the apex. 



Embryo, 102. 



Emersed : 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. 



Epiphytes, 11. 



Equilateral : equal-sided. 



Equitant (leaves): two-ranked, with their 

 bases clasped one within the other, and 

 their sides facing the horizon. 



Erose : with the margin irregularly scal- 

 loped, as if gnaweil. 



Evergreen : lasting through the winter. 



Exogenous, 28. 



Exserted : protruding out of the surround- 

 ing parts. 



Exstipulate: without stipules. 



Extrorse Anthers, 72. 



Falcate: scvthe-shaped. 

 Family, 113. 



Fan-shaped: folded or plaited like a fan. 



Farinaceous: mealy. 



Fascicle: a cluster. 



F'asoicled: collected in a cluster. 



Fastigiate: rising to the same level; flat- 



to])ped. 

 Feather-veined, 41. 



F'emale (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 



fringe. 

 Fistulous : hollow. 

 Fleshy: soft and juicy. 

 F^lexuous: zigzag; bent outward and in- 

 ward. 

 Floating: resting on the surface of the 



water. 

 Floccose : bcaringtuftsof 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. 

 Flowerles's Plants, 107. 

 F^oliaceous: leaf-like. 

 Foliolate: bearing leaflets. 

 Follicle, 87. 



Follicular: like a follicle. 

 Forked : divided into two branches. 

 F'ree: separate: disconnected. 

 Fringed: see Ciliate. 

 F'rond: the leaf of a F'ern. 

 Fructification: the fruiting state. 

 Frait, 84. 



Frutescent : shrubby. 

 Fugacious: continuing for a short time. 

 Fulvous: tawny. 

 Funio\i!us, 82. 

 Funnel-shajjed : gradually dilated upward 



from a tubular base. 

 Furrowed : grooved lengthwise. 

 F'usiform : spindle-shaped ; broadest in 



the middle, and tapering at each end. 



Geminate: bv pairs. 



Geniculate : bent abruptly. 



Genus. 113. 



Germination, 10.5. 



Gibbous: pufled out. 



Glabrous : free from roughness, or hairs. 



Glands: .small knobs or excrescences. 



Glandular: bearing glands. 



Glaucous : covered with a minute whitish 



powder. 

 Globose: ) i i • i 



Globular: r°""^'^P'^'"'"^''l- 

 Glomerate: collected in a close cluster. 



