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Cyme. Flower stalks arising from a com- 

 mon centre, afterwards variously subdi- 



vided. 

 Cymo't 



Inflorescence in cymes. 



Cyp'scle. (From the Greek, kupselion.) A Dicotyledonous 

 little chest. 



D. 



tils in another ; whether on the same 

 plant or on different plants. 



' Containing two grains or 



With two cotyledons or 



Dicoc'cous. 

 seeds. 



seed Ic 



Did'ymous. Twinned, or double. 



iDidyna'mia. (From dis, twice, and du- 

 De'bilis. Weak, feeble. namis, power.) Two powers. A name 



Decan'drous. Plants with ten stamens in appropriate to one of the Linnsean 



each flower. 



Decaphyl'lus. Ten leaved. 



Decid'uovs. Falling oft" in the usual sea- 

 son ; opposed topersistent and evergreen, 

 more durable than caducous. 



Declined. Curved downwards. 



Dccomposi'tion. Separation of the chemi- 

 cal elements of bodies. 



Decom'pound. Twice compound, com- 

 posed of compound parts. 



Decamp os'itae. Name of an ancient class 

 of plants, having leaves twice com- 

 pound ; that is, a common foot stalk 

 supporting a- number of lesser leaves, 

 each of which is compounded. 



Decum'bent. Leaning upon the ground, 

 the base being erect. This term is appli- 

 ed to stems, stamens, &c. 



classes. 



Dierisil'ia. (From diairesis, division.) 

 One of Jussieu's orders of fruits. 



Difform.. A monopetalous corolla whose 

 tube widens above gradually, and is di- 

 vided into unequal parts ; any distorted 

 part of the plant. 



Diffrac'ted. Twice bent. 



Diffu'sed. Spreading. 



Dig'itate. Like fingers. When one pe- 

 tiole sends off several leafets from a sin- 

 gle point at its extremity. 



Digyn'ia. Having two pistils. 



Dimid'iate. Halved. 



Dioi'cious. Having staminate and pistil- 

 late flowers on different plants. 



Dis'coid. Resembling a disk, without 

 rays. 



Decur'rcnt. When the edges of a leaf run Disk. The whole surface of a leaf, or of 



down the stem or stalk. 



Decur'sivc. Decurrently. 



Decus' sated. In pairs, crossing each other. 



Deflec'ted. Bent off. 



Defoliation. Shedding leaves in the pro- 

 per season. 



Dehis'cent. Gaping, or opening. Most Di'stichus. Growing in two opposite ranks 

 capsules when ripe are dehiscent. 



Del'toid. Nearly triangular, or diamond Divar'icate. Diverging so as to turn back- 



form, as in the leaves of the Lombardy 



poplar. 



Demer'sus. Under water. 

 Dense. Close, compact. 



Den'tate. Toothed ; edged with sharp Dor' sal. Belonging to the back. 



projections ; larger than serrate. 

 Dentic'ulate. Minutely toothed. 

 Denu'date. Plants whose flowers appear 



before the leaves ; appearing naked. 

 Dcor'svm. Downwards. 



the top. 



Description 



In giving a complete de- 



Dextror' sum. Twining from left to right 

 as the hop- vine. 



Diatlel'phous. (From dis, two, and adel- 

 phid, brotherhood.) Two brotherhoods 

 Stamens united in two parcels or sets , 

 flowers mostly papilionaceous ; fruit le- 

 guminous. 



Di'amondform. See deltoid. 



Dianthe'ria. (From dis, two, and anther.) 

 A class of plants including all such as 

 have two anthers. 



Dichot'omous. Forked, dividing into two 

 equal branches. 



Diclin'ia. Stamens in one flower, and pis- 



the top of a compound flower, as opposed 



to its rays. 



Disper'mus. Containing two seeds. 

 Dissep'iment The partition of a capsule. 

 Dissil'iens. A pericarp, bursting with 



elasticity ; as the impatiens. 



wards. 



Diver' ging. Spreading; separating wide- 

 ly. 



Diur'nus. Enduring but a day. 



Dotted. See punctate and perforated. 

 Droop'ing. Inclining downward, more 



than nodding. 

 Drvpe. A fleshy pericarp, enclosing a 



stone or nut. 



Dcpres'sed. Flattened, or pressed in at Drupa'ceous. Resembling, or bearing 



drupes. 

 Dul'cis. Sweet. 



E. 



scription of a plant, the order of nature Dumo'sus. Bushy. 

 is to begin with the root, proceed to the Du'plex,. Double, 

 stem, branches, leaves, appendages, and 

 lastly to the organs which compose the 

 flower, and the manner of inflorescence. 



Colour and size are circumstances least Eared. Applied to the lobes of a heart- 

 t.o be regarded in descriptions ; but sti- 

 pules, bracts, and glandular hairs, are 

 all of importance. 



form leaf, to the side lobes near the base 

 of some leaves, and to twisted parts 

 in plants which are supposed to resemble 

 the passage into the ear. 



Ebur'neus. Ivory white. 



Echi'nate. Beset with prickles, as a hedge- 

 hog. 



Ecos'tate. Without ne>-ves or ribs. 



Efflorescen'tia. (From effloresco, to bloom.) 

 A term expressive of the precise time of 

 the year, and the month in which every 

 plant blossoms. The term efflorescence 

 is applied to the powdering substance 

 found on Lichens. 



Effolia'tion. Premature falling off of 

 leaves, by means of diseases or soaie 



accidental causes. 



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