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INDEX AND GLOSSARY. 



Dillenia speciosa, 148, 149. 



Dilleniacese, 148. 



dimero7is, applied to flowers with parts 

 in twos. 



Dimorphism, 179 ; of Campanula, 231. 



dioecious, dioicous, with staminate and 

 pistillate flowers on diff"erent plants. 



Dionaea, 219 



Dioscorea, 310. 



Dioscoreaceae, 310. 



Diospyros, 234. 



Dipterocarpese, 170. 



Dipterocarpus, 171, 172. 



Dischidia, 241. 



discoid, 228. 



Disk, a cellular ring, or cup-like thick- 

 ening, of the receptacle, either free 

 or adherent to the calyx-tube or 

 ovary, 9, 36. , . 



dissected, cut into fine divisions. 



Dissepiments (of ovary), 95. 



distichous, in two rows. 



distractile, applied to anthers when the 

 anther-lobes are widely separated from 

 each other by an extension of the con- 

 nective. 



distractile, 258. 



Dock. 269 



Dodders, 248. 



dodecandrous, with twelve stamens. 



Dodonaea, 191. 



Dogbane Family, 238. 



Dorsal suture, 95. 



Double Jloivers, 201. 



Doum Palm, 302. 



Dracaena, 29, 54, 311. 



Drosera, 219. 



Drupaceac, 201. 



Drupe, 99. 



Dryabalanops, 172. 



Drying Plants, 363 . 



Dry-rot, 358. 



Duckweed, 309, 310. 



Durian, 175. 



Durio, 175. 



Eagle-wood, 287. 



Ebenaceae, 234. 



Ebony Family, 234. 



ebracteate, 88. 



Echinops, 228. 



Egg-plant, 251. 



Elaeagnacese, 289. 



Elaeagnus, 289. 



Elaeocarpus, 178. 



Elais, 303. 



Elaters, elastic spiral fibres associated 



with the spores of certain Cryptogams ; 



of Equisetum, 354. 

 Elementary Constituents, 20. 



Elephant Creeper, 247 

 Elettaria, 327. 

 Eleusine, 339. 

 elliptical, 77. 



Elodea, 331. 

 entarginate, 79. 



Einbryo, 13. 



Embryonal vesicle, the rudimentary cell 

 formed within the embryo-sac, from 

 which the embryo developes; called 

 also germinal vesicle. 



Etnbryo-sac, the large cell of the nucleus 

 of the ovule in which the embryo ori- 

 ginates, 26. 



Endocarp, the inner layer of the peri- 

 carp, 101. 



endogenous, 117. 



Endosperm, albumen formed inside the 

 embryo-sac. 



Endostotne, the mycropylar opening 

 through the inner coat of an ovule. 



ensi/orm, sword-shaped. 



Entada, 198. 



entire. 80. 



Envelopes ofjloiver, 24 



Ephedra, 298. 



Epicarp, the outer layer of the peri- 

 carp. 



Epiderjnis, 121. 



epigynous, inserted upon the ovary , 

 applied to corolla and stamens. 



epipetalous, 36, 40. 



epiphyllous, 54. 



Epiphytes, 322. 



equally pinnate, pinnate without an odd 

 terminal leaflet. 



Equisetaceae, 354. 



Equisetum, 355. 



equitant, applied to conduplicate leaves 

 folded one over the other. 



Ergot, 358. 



Erica, 233. 



Ericaceae, 233. 



Eriobotrya, 201, 203. 



Eriocaulon, 315. 



Eriocauloneae, 315. 



Ervum, 196. 



Erythroxylon, 179. 



Eucalyptus, 209. 



Euphorbia, 277. 



Euphorbiacese, 276. 



Euphoria, 191. 



Eurj'ale, 156. 



Evening Primrose Family, 211. 



Exacum, 243- 



exalbuminous, 45, 105. 



Exhalation, 19. 



exogenous, 116. 



Exogoniuiii, 248 



Exostome, the micropylar opening 



through the outer coat of an ovule. 

 exserted, projecting beyond the corolla , 

 applied to stamens. 



