470 GLOSSARY OF 



Dentate. Toothed, having the margin divided into incisions resembling 

 teeth. Ex. Veronica acuta, Fig. 48. 



Dentato-sinuate. Toothed and scalloped. Ex. Gerardia flava. 



Denticulate. Minutely toothed. 



Dentures. Teeth. The sharp points which separate the notches of 

 leaves. 



Depressed. Pressed in at top, or flattened. Ex. Capsule of the Poppy. 



Diadelpkous. Having the stamens united in two parcels. Ex. Pea 

 Bean, seep 179. 



Diandrous. Having two stamens. Ex. Collinsonia. 



Dichotomous. Forked. A stem that ramifies in pairs, Fig. 15. 



Dicoccous. Having two cocci, grains, or seeds. 



Dicotyledonous. Having two cotyledons Ex. Bean. 



Didynamous. Belonging to the class Didynamia; characterized by 

 two long and two short stamens, and a ringent corolla. Ex. Hys- 

 sop, Mint. 



Digitate. Finger-shaped. When the leaf is composed of five parts, all 

 distinct and uniting on the same petiole. Ex. Panax quinquefolium. 



Digynous. Having two styles. Ex. Gerardia. 



Dicecious. Having barren flowers on one plant, and fertile ones on an- 

 other. Ex. Willow. 



Discoid. Applied to compound flowers, when there is no ray, the centre 

 being filled with florets. Resembling a disk. 



Dissepiment. The partitions by which a capsule is divided, Fig. 133. 



Distic/ious. Growing in two opposite rows or ranks. Ex. Leaves of the 

 Lily and Iris. 



Divaricate. Growing in a straggling manner. Ex. Veronica pinnata. 

 Also, diverging so as to turn backwards. 



Dodecandrous. Having 12 stamens. Ex. Agrimony. 



Divergent. Spreading widely from a centre. 



Dolabriform. Axe, or hatchet shaped. 



Dorsal. Growing on the back. 



Drupe. A succulent fruit, or rind containing a bony nut or stone in the 

 centre. Ex. Cherry, Fig. 138. 



Drupaceous. Resembling or bearing drupes. 



Echinate. Beset with prickles. Hedge-hog like. Ex. Amomum sub- 



ulatum. 



Elliptic. Oval ; as the leaves of Magnolia glauca. 

 Elongated. Exceeding the common or average length. 

 Emarginate. Having a notch in the end. Ex. Canna coccinea. 

 Embryo. The same as corculum. 

 Enneandrous. With nine stamens. 



Ensiform. Sword-shaped ; two-edged ; as the leaves of Iris versicoior 

 Entire. Even and whole at the edge ; as the leaves of Rhus vernix. 

 Equitant. Edges of the leaves alternately lapping over each other. Ex 



Iris. 



Ephemeral. Lasting but a day. 

 Epidermis. See Cuticle. 

 Epigynous, Above the germen. 

 Eroded. Appearing as if gnawed at the edge. 

 Esculent. Eatable. 

 Evergreen. Remaining fresh through the winter. Not deciduous. Ex 



Kalmia. 

 Exserted. Projecting or extending out of the flower or sheath. 



