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diffuse, spreading widely and Irregu 



larly. 

 digitate— leaflets are digitate when 



they arc all borne on the end of a 



petiole. 

 dissected, cut deeply Into many lobes 



or divisions. 

 dissepiments, the partitions in a com- 

 pound ovary. 

 diurnal, expanded during the day, 



closed at night. 

 distichous, 2 ranked. 

 distinct, free. 



divaricate, widely divergent. 

 divided, cut into divisions down to the 



midrib. 

 drupe, a fleshy fruit containing a 



stone, as the plum. 



i chinate, armed with prickles. 



elliptical, oval or oblong, with the 

 ends regularly rounded. 



emarginate, notched at the summit. 



i an r«< '/, ra ised out of water. 



endocarp, the inner layer of a peri- 

 carp. 



endosperm, the nutritive matter in 

 a seed, surrounding the embryo. 



ephemeral, lasting for a day or less. 



epigynouS, upon the ovary. 



equitant, folded longitudinally, and 

 each embracing the next within. 



erost , eroded as if gnawed. 



exocarp, outer layer of a pericarp. 



extrorse, turned outward. 



falcate, scythe-shaped. 

 farinaceous, mealy in texture. 

 fascicle, a close cluster. 

 fastigiaU , close, parallel and upright 

 favt olatt . favosi see alveolaU . 

 ferruginous, resembling iron-rust. 

 filament, the stock of a stamen. 

 filiform, thread-like. 

 fimbriate, fringed. 

 fistulose, hollow and cylindric. 

 flabelliform, fan-shaped. 

 fiavescent, yellowish. 

 fit cuous or flexuose, bending in op- 

 posite directions, zig-zag. 

 fioccose, woolly. 



foliate, ]>\o\ ided with leaves, 

 follicle, a pod composed of a single 

 carpel, opening down the Inner 



suture. 

 fruit, the mature ovary and all that 



is connected with it. 

 frutescent, somewhat shrubby. 

 fugacious, soon perishing or falling 



off. 

 fulvous, tawny. 

 funiculus, the stock of an ovule or 



seed. 

 furfuraceous, bran-like. 

 fusiform, spindle-shaped. 



galea, a helmet-shaped body. 



geniculate, bent abruptly. 



gibbous, somewhat swollen or enlarg- 

 ed. 



glabrate, becoming glabrous or al- 

 most so. 



glabrous, smooth, not hairy. 



glands, small cellular organs which 

 secrete certain substances, such 

 as oil. 



glandular, with glands. 



i/lai/cescenf, slightly glaucous. 



glaucous, covered with a bloom. 



ijliiiin rate, closely aggregated in a 

 dense head. 



glume, floral bracts in grasses. 



gramineous, grass-like. 



habit, the general aspect of a plant. 

 habitat, the place where a plant 



grows. 

 hairy, beset with rather long hairs. 

 hastalt . halberd-shaped. 

 herb, a plant that is not woody. 

 hiliun, the scar of a seed, the place of 



attachment. 

 hirsute, with stifflsh hairs. 

 hirsutulous, minutely hirsute. 

 hispid, beset with stiff hairs. 

 hoary — see canescent. 

 fior/i, a spur. 

 hyaline, transparent or partly so. 



imbricate, overlapping one another, 

 like shingles. 



immersed, growing wholly under wa- 

 ter. 



