368 GLOSSARY 



Cuneiform, wedge-shaped, p. 228. 



Cupule, the extra iuvestment which springs up arouud the partial ? in- 

 florescences of the Chestnut, Beech, Oak, &c., p. 142. 

 Cuticularised, with the outer surface converted into cuticle. 

 Cyclic, in whorls or verticels, and not in spirals, p. 57. 

 Cyme, an inflorescence of which each branch soon terminates in a 



flower, and younger buds are developed beneath the older ones, 



p. 36. 

 Cjnnose, cyme-like in part or whole, p. 36. 

 Cytoplasm, the protoplasmic cell-contents. 

 Decandrous, with ten stamens. 

 Deciduous, falling early. 



Decussate, opposite, but the alternate pairs at right-angles. 

 Definite, when the axis is at once arrested by a terminal flower, and a 



lateral axis continues the growth, p. 31. 

 Dehiscence, the slitting or opening of a fruit, anther, &c. 

 Dentate, toothed, p. 193. 



Development, the gradual inception and growth of organs, jj. 48. 

 Diadelphous, of stamens grouped in two bundles or clusters, p. 62. 

 Dialypetalous, same as Polypetalous, p. 63. 

 Dichasium, a cyme in which two equal branches spring right and left 



from beneath the terminal flower of the principal axis, and each 



ends in a flower and repeats the process, &c., p. 31. 

 Dichlamydeous, with two floral envelopes, calyx and corolla. 

 Dichogamy, when anthers and stigmas mature at difi'erent times, so 



that the flower is physiologically first <? and then ? ; or vice versa, 



p. 159. 

 Dichotomy, forking, p. 8. 

 Diclinous, with stamens and carpels in the same flower, usually termed 



hermaphrodite or bisexual. 

 Digitate, with leaflets outspread like the fingers of a hand, p. 293. 

 Dioecism. the <? flowers on one plant, the ? on another, p. 155. 

 Diplostemonous, w^ith the stamens twice as many as the sepals, petals, 



&c., and in their normal position of alternation, p. 86. 

 Disc, an outgrowth or series of outgrowths at or near the base of the 



stamens or ovary, generally secreting honey, p. 59. 

 Discolor, of catkin-scales which are of some pale or bright colour below, 



and black, brown, &c., at the tips, p. 205. 

 Displaced, out of its true or normal position, p. 38. 

 Distichous, in two ranks. 

 Dome, the growing-point in the flower, p. 49. 

 Dorsal, the side or part turned away from the axis. 

 Dorsiflxed, of anthers where the filament is attached stiffly at one point 



ill the back. 



