GLOSSARY. 381 



Delinquent tax lands. Lands on which taxes have not been paid. 

 They are offered for sale at stated times after public notice, 

 and tracts which find no buyers revert to the state. 



Dentate. Toothed, with teeth pointing outward not forward. 



Diadelphous. Said of stamens when united into two groups. 



Dibber. A pointed instrument used for making holes. 



Dicotyledon. One of the class of plants with two seed leaves. 



Dicotyledonous. Having two cotyledons or seed leaves. 



Digitate. See palmate. 



Dioecious. Staminate and pistillate flowers borne on different 

 plants. 



Distillation product. The substance obtained by the decomposi- 

 tion of a compound. 



Divided. Said of leaves when the wings are cut into divisions 

 down to base or midrib. 



Division. See bud-division. 



Drupe. A fruit with hard pit (endocarp) and soft exterior 

 (exocarp). (e. g. Plum, Cherry, Peach.) 



Dry-rot. A kind of decay in wood. (Page 177.) 



Dust-blanket. A layer of loose earth on the surface of the 

 ground. 



Embryo. The minature plant in the seed. 



Erosion. Wearing away. 



Evergreen. Holding leaves over winter until new leaves appear 

 or longer. 



Family. In botanical classification, a group of plants thrown to- 

 gether because of some natural common resemblances. 

 Sometimes used synonymously with order. 



Filament. The stalk of the stamen. 



Firebreak. An opening, plowed strip of land, or anything which 

 prevents the spread of fires in forests or elsewhere. Page 

 119.) 



Firefalls. Applied to areas where the trees have fallen owing to 

 their roots having been burned off. 



Flower. A part of the plant especially modified for the reproduc- 

 tion of the plant by seed. 



Forest. A dense growth of trees. 



Forest floor. The decayed leaves and twigs which cover the soil 

 in forests. (Page 24.) 



