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GLOSSARY OF BOTANICAL TERMS. 



Cucurbitaceous, like gourds or melons. 

 Culm, the stem of Grasses and Cype- 



raceous plants. 



Cuneate or cuneiform, wedge-sha- 

 ped, tapering with straight edges 



to the base. 

 Cupule, 155. 



Cusp, a stiffish tapering sharp point. 

 Cuspidate, having a sharp straight 



point. 



Cuticle, 6, 23. 

 Cyathiform, cup-shaped. 

 Cylindric or cylindrical, round and 



not tapering, cylinder-shaped. 

 Cyme, 70. 

 Cymose, bearing or flowering in 



cymes. 

 Cymules, the reduced cymes, or cy- 



mose clusters of the Labiatae ; 



sometimes called VerticiUasters. 



Deciduous, falling off, in opposition 

 to persistent and evergreen, later 

 than caducous. 



Declined or declinate, turned down- 

 wards. 



Decompound, twice compound, com- 

 posed of compound parts. 



Decumbent, leaning upon the ground, 

 the base only erect. 



Decurrent, when the edges of a leaf 

 run down the stem or stalk. 



Decursive,see Decurrent. 



Decussate, or decussating, in pairs al- 

 ternately crossing each other. 



Dejlected, bent off or downwards. 



Dehiscent, gaping or opening nat- 

 urally by seams at maturity. 



Deltoid, nearly triangular, shaped like 

 the Greek letter A. 



Dentate, toothed, edged with sharp 

 projections separated by notches, 

 larger than serrate. 



Denticrdate,jmnute\y toothed. 



Dentures, teeth, the sharp parts 

 which separate notches. 



Depauperated, few-flowered. 



Depressed, flattened or pressed in at 

 the top. 



Depressed-globose, globular, with the 

 base and apex flattened. 



Diaphanous, transparent. 



Dichotommis, forked, dividing into 

 two equal branches. 



Diclinous, having the stamens and 

 pistils in distinct flowers on the 

 same or different plants. 



Dicoccous, containing two grains or 



seeds. 



Dicotyledonous, 179. 

 Didymous, twin ; growing in pairs, 



and more or less united. 

 Didynaynous, having 2 long and 2 



shorter stamens in the same flower. 

 Diffuse, scattered, widely spread. 

 Digitate, when a petiole gives off five 



or more leafets from a single point 



at its extremity. 

 Dimidiate, halved, as if one side or 



one-half had been cut off. 

 Dioecious, having the barren and fer- 

 tile flowers on different plants. 

 Discoid, having a disc covered with 



flowers, but no ray-flowers. 

 Disk, 86 ; also the central part of a 



head of compound flowers. . 

 Dissepiment, the partition or internal 



wall of a pericarp. 

 Distichous, two-rowed, producing 



leaves or flowers in two opposite 



rows. 

 Distinct, separate ; not connected 



with each other, nor with any con- 

 tiguous organ. 

 Divaricate, diverging so far as to 



turn backwards. 

 Divergent, spreading, separating 



widely. 

 Divided, separated or cleft to the base, 



or to the midrib, if a leaf. 

 Dorsal, growing on, or belonging to, 



the back. 



Downy, clothed with soft fine hairs. 

 Drooping, inclining downwards, 



more than nodding. 

 Drupaceous, bearing or resembling 



drupes. 

 Drupe, 147. 



Ebracteate, without bracts. 



Ecaudate, without a tail. 



Echinate, beset with prickles, hedge- 

 hog like. 



Effuse, a term applied to a loose one- 

 sided panicle ; as in Juncus effiisus. 



Elliptic or elliptical, oval, longer 

 than wide with the two ends nar- 

 rowing equally. 



Elongated, exceeding a common or 

 average length. 



Emarginate, having a notch in the 

 end. 



Embryo, 176. 



Emersed, raised out of water. 



