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GLOSSARY. 



Decurrent leaf; when the two edges 

 are continued down the stem, like 

 wings. 



Decussate; arranged in opposite pairs, 

 and alternately crossing each other. 



Definite ; clearly defined, or limited ; also, 



of a constant or determinate (and not E, or Ex, in composition; destitute of; 



large) numher. 

 Deflected ; bent off, or downward. 

 Dehiscencc ; the opening of seedvessels. 

 Dehiscent; gaping, or opening naturally 



by seams, at maturity. 



Deltoid; triangular in the outline like EMnaie ; hedge-hog-like; covered with 



the Greek letter Delta. 



Detnersed ; growing or being under water. 



Dense ; closely arranged ; compact. 



Dentate; toothed; edged with teeth-like 

 projections. 



Denticulate ; having minute teeth. 



Depauperated ; having a starved or stunt- 

 ed inflorescence ; few-flowered. 



Depressed ; flatted vertically, or pressed 

 down at summit. 



Depressed-globosf. ; globular, with the base Elongated ; "exceeding the'nsual or aver- 



and summit flatted. 

 Di; in composition, two. 



Diadelphous; having the filaments in 2 Eitiarginate ; notched at apex. 



parcels, usually 9 i 1, wilh a papilion- 

 aceous corolla. 



Drupe; a fleshy, succulent, or spongy 

 pericarp, without valves, containing a 

 nut, or stone, or sometimes several 

 nutleis. 



Drupel ; a little drupe, as in the com- 

 pound fruit of Rubus. 



not furnished with. 



Ebracteate ; destitute of bracts. 



Ebracteolate ; without bractlets. 



Ecaudate ; destitute of tail-like append- 

 age. 



rigid pvkkles. 



Effigurat?,; carved,or marked with figures. 



Elaters ; minute clubshaped filaments, 

 which are coiled round the spores of 

 certain cryptogamous plants. 



Eleutheropetalous ; having the laminae 

 free, but the claws united at base. 



Elliptic, or elliptical; somewhat oval, or 

 longer than wide, with the two ends 

 narrowing equally to a point. 



age length. 



tings becoming finally elongated. 



Einbryo ; the young plant, as it exists in 

 the seed. 



Dialypetalous ; having the petals entirely E.mrsed ; raised out of the water. 



free, and distinct from each other. Endocarp ; the inner portion of a peri- 



Diandrous; having 2 distinct stamens. carp, which lines the cavity, or forms 

 Diaphanous ; permitting light to pass the cell, for the seed, such as the stone 



through. or hard shell, in a drupe. 



Dipetalous; having 2 petals. I Endogenous plants; which have a single 



Diphyllous ; having 2 leaves. cotyledon, no distinct bark, and grow 



Discoid flowers: a head of compound by 'internal deposits of new matter, dis- 



flowers without ray-florets. 

 Discrete; separate; distinct. 

 Disepalous ; having 2 sepals. 

 Disk; a flat circular body; the surface 



of a leaf; also, the face or central part Enneandrous ; having 9 stamens 



of a head of compound flowers. 

 Disk-form ; flat and circular. 

 Dissected ; divided into segments, or lobes. 



tending the older deposits. 

 Endogens ; inside growers ; plants which 

 increase by internal deposits of new- 

 matter. See Erogens. 



Ensiform ; sword-shaped ; 2-edged, and 

 tapering from base to apex. 



Entire; having a continuous even mar- 

 gin; without incision, notch, or tooth. 



Dissepiment; the partition between the 



cells of seedvessels. \Erivelope; an integument, or covering 



Distichous; SJ-ranked; bearing le&ves.\ Ephemeral ; lasting but one day. 



flowers, Ac. in 2 opposite rows. '\Epicarp ; ihe outer coat, or layer, of a 



Distinct; separate; unconnected. pericarp. 



Divaricate; widely diverging; forming' Epidermis ; the outer skin, or cuticle. 



rather more than a right angle \viib\Epigaean; situated, or ri&ing, above 



the stem above. ground. 



Divergent; spreading; making nearly &\Epigynous ; adherent to the ovary so 



right angle with the stem. 

 Divided ; cleft or separated to the base, 



or to the midrib, if a leaf. 

 Dorsal; belonging to, or inserted, on the 



back. 

 Dorsal suture; the seam on the back of 



that the upper portion is apparently 

 inserted on its summit, as in the 

 Umbettiferae, An. 



Epipetalous ; growing on the petals. 



EpiphyUous; apparently inserted,or grow- 

 ing, on leaves. 



which see. 



Dorsatty compressed; flatted on the back. 

 Dotted; covered with dots, specks, or 



minute slightly elevated points. 

 Downy ; clothed with fine soft hairs. 

 Drupaceous; drupe-like; resembling what 



is called st&ne-fruit. 



a carpel, being at the place of the Equal ; of the same dimensions; similar 

 midrib ; the opposite of ventral suture, parts equal among themselves. 



Epiphytes; air plants having no immedi- 

 ate connection with the earth,but grow- 

 ing on the stems of branches of other 

 plants. 

 Equitantle&ves ; when they are distich- 



ously alternate, infolded lengthwide 

 and toward each other, the outer ones 



