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INDEX. 



Dioecious, staminate and pistillate flowers 

 on different plants, 137. 



Dionaea, 160. 



Dipterix, 125. 



Dipterous, with two wings. 



Dischidia, 199. 



Discoid Head, 145. 



Disk, a layer between the sta- 

 mens and ovary, AJchemilla. 

 184. 



Dissected, cut into deep lobes, incised, m 



Dis-ti-chous, arranged in two rows. W 



Divaricate,wide-spread, straggling, 24. n 



Divergent, spread g apart, more or less, y 



Dock, 50, 203. 



Do-de-cath-e-on, 162, 168, 177. 



Dogtooth Violet, 29. 



Dorsal, on the back. 



Double Rose, 114. 



Double Pink, 82. 



Douglas Fir 221. 



Downy, clothed with short, weak hairs. 



Dracdna. 258. 



Dragon's Blood, 258. 



Dragon's Root, 231. 



Drosera, 161. 



Drupe, a stone-fruit, as Cherry, Hickory. 



Dumb Cane, 233. 



Duramen, heartwood, 107. 



E. 



E, or Ex (in composition), without ; as 



Ebracteate, without bracts. 



Elecampane, 147. 



Elliptical, form of an ellipse. 



Elm, 36, 176. 



E16ngated, lengthened, extended, /y 



Emarginate, notched at the end, /J, 1 



Embryo, straight ; convolute, 32, 



Embryo coiled around \ 

 albumen. 



Enchanter's Night- 

 shade, 131. 



Endogens, 33, 229. 



Endogenous structure, 225. 



Ensiform, sword-shaped, 241. 



Entire Margin, even-edged, 31. 



Ephemeral, enduring for one day. 



Epi (in composition), upon, as 



Epidermis, same as cuticle. 



Epigea 158. 



Epi^ynous, upon the ovary, 184. 



Epilobium, 131. 



Epipetalous, upon the corolla. 



Epiphytes, Air Plants, 239. 



Equisetacese, 27. [241. 



Equitant. riding astride (aestivation), 



Erica, 157. 



Eri6phorum, 270. 



Erose, eroded, as if gnawed. 



Erythrdnium, 30, 48, -251, 257. 



Eschsch61tzia, 71. 



Etiolated, whitened for want of light. 



Evanescent corolla, 170. 



Evening Primrose, 125, 168, 173, 193. 



Evergreen, 56. 



Everlastings, 147. 



Exalbuminous, without albumen, 186. 

 Excaecaria, 207. [193, 218. 



Excurrent (stem), running to the top, 107, 

 Exoguns, 220, 229. 

 Ex6genous structure, 108, 225. 

 Exserted, projecting out of or beyond. 

 Exstipulate, without stipules. 

 Extrorse (anthers), turned outward. 



F. 



agopyram, 203. 



alcate, scythe-shaped, curved, 206. 



ascicle, a bundle, 46, 214. 



Fagopyram, 203. 



Falcate, 



Fascicle, 



Fasciculate, in a bundle, 46. 



Feather-veined, see Piuni-veined. 



Ferruginous, color of iron-rust. 



Ferns, 20. 



Fertile (flowers), producing seed, 219. 



Fertilization, see Pollenization, 185, 216. 



Feverfue, 147. 



Fibrils, the last division of roots, 20. 



Field Speedwell, 170. 



Figworts, 174. 



Filament, the stalk of a stamen, 32. 



Filbert, 213. 



Filiform, slender like a thread, 14, 260. 



Filices, 2(i. 



Fimbriate, fringed, having the border 



edged with slender processes, 97. 

 Fir, 218 Douglas Fir, 221. 

 Fistular, hollow, as Wheat straw. 

 Flabelliform. fan-shaped, 225. 

 Flax, Toad, 173. 

 Flax, New Zealand, 258. 

 Fleur-de-lis (Flur-de-ld), 241. 

 Floccous, with hairs in soft fleecy tufts. 

 Flora, (a) the spontaneous vegetation of 



a country ; (o) a written description of 



the same. 



Floral envelopes, the sepals and petals. 

 Florets, 138, 141. 

 Florets of the disk, 141. 

 Florets of the ray, 141. 

 Flowerless Plants, 16. 

 Flowers not made for man, 174. 

 Flower Region, 29. 

 Flowers regular, 73. 



Foliaceous, leaf -like in form or texture. 

 Follicle, a dry, simple fruit. 1-celled, 



1-valved, several-seeded, 197. 

 Fool's Parsley 187. 

 Forked carpophore, 132. 

 Fork-veined. 22. 

 Fox Glove, 176. 

 Fragaria, 105. 



Free, not adherent to other organs. 

 Free Central Placenta, 163. 

 Fringed ; see Fimbriate. 

 Fritillaria, 258. [21. 



Frond, an organ serving as stem and leaf, 

 Frntcscent, shrubby. 

 Fruit. &3. 

 Fuchsia, 129. 



Fugacious, soon vanishing, 18. 

 Fulvous, dull yellowish-brown. 

 Fungi, 27. 



