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Cryptogamous. Flowerless, fructifying 
without the ageney of proper 
stamens and pistils. 
Cucullate. Shaped like a hood or 
cowl, concave and somewhat arched, 
or like an ovate leaf with edges. 
inrolled; in mosses, applied to a 
conical calyptra cleft at one side. 
Culm. The hollow jointed stem 
peculiar to grasses. 
Cultrate, or Cultriform. Shaped like 
a coulter or broad knife-blade. 
Cuneate, or Cuneiform. Wedge- 
shaped; triangular with the angle 
downward. 
Cupule. A cup-shaped involucre in- 
closing a nut, as of an acorn. 
Cupuliferous. Cupule-bearing. 
Cusp. A sharp rigid point. 
Cuspidate. ‘Terminating in a cusp. 
Cut. Cleft or incised. 
Cuticle. The outer skin or epidermis; 
the thin outer layer of the bark. 
Cyathiform. Cup-shaped with a some- 
what flaring mouth. 
Cylindraceous. Somewhat or nearly 
cylindrical. 
Cylindrical. In the form of a cylinder. 
Cyme. A broad and flattish inflores- 
cence, flowering from the centre 
outward. 
Cymelet. A small cyme. 
Cymose. In cymes or eyme-like. 
Decandrous. Having ten stamens. 
Deciduous. Falling off after a time; 
not persistent. 
Declinate, or Declined. Bent or curved 
downward. 
Decompound. Repeatedly compound 
or divided. 
Decumbent. Keclining at base, the 
summit ascending. 
Decurrent. Running down the stem, 
applied to a leaf prolonged below 
its insertion. 
Decussate. 
| Diffuse. 
In pairs alternating at | 
right angles, or similarly in threes. | 
Definite. Of a constant number, not 
exceeding twenty; limited or deter- 
minate, as definite inflorescence, in 
which a flower terminates the 
axis. 
Deflexed. Bent or turned down ab- 
ruptly. 
| Digitate. 
Appendix VI: Glossary. 
Dehiscence. The regular opening of 
a capsule or anther-cell at maturity; 
the longitudinal splitting of the 
tecth in mosses, ete. 
Dehiscent. Opening regularly by val- 
ves, slits, etc. 
Deltoid. Having the shape of the 
(rreek letter delta, A; broadly tri- 
angular. 
Dendroid, or Dendroidal.  Tree- 
shaped; branching in the form of 
a tree. 
Dentate. Toothed; having symmetrical 
teeth projecting straight outward. 
Denticulate. Minutely toothed. 
Depauperate. Impoverished; reduced 
in size by unfavorable surroundings. 
Dependent. Hanging down. 
Depressed. Somewhat flattened from 
above. 
Determinate. Limited. See Definite. 
Dextrorse. Toward the right hand; 
aplied to spirals as seen from without. 
It is frequently used as if the spiral 
were seen from within, in which 
case it indicates just the opposite 
direction. 
Di-, Dis-. A prefix in Greek words 
signifying two or twice. 
Diadelphous. In two sets or clusters. 
Diandrous. Having two stamens. 
Dicarpellary. Consisting of two 
carpels. 
Dichotomous. Forking regularly by 
pairs. 
Diclinous. Of separate sexes; uni- 
sexual. 
Dicotyledonous. Having an embryo 
with two cotyledons. 
Didymous. In pairs; twin. 
Didynamous. Having four stamens 
disposed in two unequal pairs. 
Widely spreading; widely 
and loosely branched. 
Fingered; applied to a 
compound leaf having the leaflets 
all diverging from the top of the 
petiole. 
Dilated. Widened; expanded. 
Dimerous. Having all the parts in 
twos, as the sepals, petals, stamens, 
etc.. of a flower. 
Dimidiate. Halved, as though one- 
half were wanting. 
Dimorphous. Occurring in two forms. 
