GLOSSARY OP TERMS. 



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Cucurbitaceous, like gourds or mel- 

 ons. 



Culm, or straw, 28. 



Ouneatc, or cuneiform, wedge shap- 

 ed. 



Cupulc, 155. 



Cuspidate, having a sharp straight 

 point. 



Cuticle, 6, 23. 



Cyathiform, cup-shaped. 



Cylindrical, round and not tapering, 

 cylinder shaped. 



Cyme, 70. 



Cymose, bearing or flowering in 

 cymes. 



Deciduous, falling off, in opposition 



to persistent and evergreen, later 



than caducous. 



Declined, or declinate, turned down- 

 wards. 

 Decompound, twice compound, 



composed 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. 

 Decussated, or decussating, in pairs 



crossing each other. 

 Deflected, bent off. 

 Dehiscent, gaping or cracking open. 

 Deltoid, nearly triangular. 

 Dentate, toothed, edged with sharp 



projections separated by notches, 



larger than serrate. 

 Denticulate, minutely toothed. 

 Dentures, teeth, the sharp parts 



which separate notches. 

 Depauperated, few flowered. 

 Depressed, flattened or pressed in at 



top. ;4 P 



Diapfianous, transparent. 

 Dickotomous, forked, dividing into 



two equal branches. 

 Dicoccous, containing two grains or 



seeds. 



Dicotyledonous, 179. 

 Didymous, twin. 

 Didynamous, belonging to the class 



Didynamia, with two short and 



two long stamens and a ringent 



corol. 



Diffuse, scattered, widely spread. 

 Digitate, when a petiole gives off 



five or more leafets from a single 



point at its extremity. 



Dimidiate, halved. 



Dioecious, having the barren and 



fertile flowers on different plants. 

 Discoid, having a disk covered with 



florets, but no ray. 

 Disk, 86 ; also the centre of a head 



of flowers of Composite. 

 Dissepiments, the partition or inter- 

 nal wall of a pericarp. 

 Distichous, two-rowed ; producing 



leaves or flowers in two opposite 



rows. 

 Divaricate, diverging so far as to 



turn backward. 

 Divergent, spreading, separating 



widely. 

 Dorsal, growing on, or belonging 



to, the back. 

 Drooping, inclining downward, 



more than nodding* 

 Drupaceous, bearing, or resembling, 



drupes, 

 Drupe, 147. 



Echinate,beset with prickles, hedge- 

 hog like. 



Effuse, a term applied to a loose one- 

 sided panicle ; Ex. Juncus effu^ 

 sus. 



Elliptic, oval.. 



Elongated, exceeding a common or 

 average length. 



Emarginate, having a notch in the 

 end. 



Ensiform, sword shaped, two edged. 



Entire, even and whole at the edge. 



Epidermis, see cuticle. 



Eroded, appearing as if gnawed at 

 the edge. 



Esculent, eatable. 



Evergreen, remaining fresh through 

 the winter, not deciduous. 



Exsertedj projecting or extending 

 out of the flower or sheath. 



Falcate, sickle shaped, linear and 



crooked! 

 Fascicle, 70. 

 Fascicled, or fasciculate, collected 



in bundles. 



Fastigiate, flat topped. 

 Favose, resembling a honey comb. 

 Fertile, containing perfect pistils 



and yielding fruit. 

 Fibrous, being composed of fibres. 

 Filiform, thread like, or very slend- 



