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a short stalk or petiolule, if this is absent the leaf is palmate- 

 ly compound or palmati-partite. (q. v.). 



Dimerous, 2-merous, with the parts in pairs. 



Dimidiate, half wanting or rudimentary, or appearing to 

 be so. 



Dimorphic,, occurring in two different forms. Syn. 

 Dimorphous. 



Dioecious, where the sexes occur on different individuals, 

 the male flower on distinct trees from the female, as, e.g., 

 usually in the Papaya (Uarica). 



DiplostemoUoUs, with the stamens in two whorls, those of 

 the outer whorl opposite to the sepals, those of the inner 

 whorl alternate with them. 



Disc, a swelling or swellings, sometimes glandular, of the 

 torus inside the calyx and usually inside the androecium. 

 Disciform, disc-like in the popular sense of the word disc. 

 Distichous, disposed alternately in two opposite rows. 



Divaricate, spreading in opposite directions from a com- 

 mon base. 



Dorsal, situated at the baok of j same as posterior, see 

 anterior. 



Dorsifixed, fixed by the back of, in contrast to the state of 

 being attached by the end or margin. 



Drupaceous, more or less resembling a drupe. 



Drupe, a form of fruit consisting of a more or less 

 succulent pericarp which encloses a single 1-many-celled 

 stone, e.g., a plum. The stone in a drupe is the inner portion, 

 or endocarp, of the fruit, and is to be distinguished from 

 a hard testa of a seed. The stone may contain one or more 

 seeds. 



Drupel, each of the small drupes which may be formed 

 from an apocarpous ovary. 



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