GLOSSARY. 



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Dimorphous. Occurring in two forms. 



DurrioHS. Unisoxuiil, witli the two kinds of 

 flowers on separate plants. 



Discoid. Rescuiblingadisk. Discoid head, 

 in Conipositjc, one without ray-flowers. 



Disk. A lievelopnient of tlie receptjicle at or 

 around the base of tlie pistil. I n Conipositic, 

 the tubular flowers of the bead as distinct 

 from the ray. 



Dissected. Cut or divided into numerous 

 segments. 



Dissepiment. A partition in an oTary or 

 fruit. 



Distichous. In two vertical ranks. 



Distinct. Separate ; not united ; evident. 



J)ii'aficate. Widely divergent. 



Dirergeiit. Inclined away from each other. 



Divided. Ix)bed to the base. 



Dorsal. Upon or relating to the back or 

 outer surface of an organ. 



Druixu'i'ons. Resembling or of the nature 

 of a drupe. 



Drupe. A fleshy or pulpy fruit with tJie in- 

 ner portion of the pericarp (1-oelled and 1- 

 seeded, or sometimes several-celled) hard or 

 stony. 



Drupelet. A diminutive drupe. 



E- or Ex-. A I.Atin prefix having often a 

 privative signification, as ebracteate, with- 

 out bracts. 



Echinate. Beset with prickles. 



Effuse. Very loosely spreading. 



Elater. A usually spirally marked thread 

 found in the capsules of most Ilepaticse. 



Ellipsoidal. Nearly elliptical ; of solids, el- 

 liptical in outline. 



Elliptical. In the form of an ellipse ; oval. 



Emarginnte. Having a shallow notch at the 

 extremity. 



Embryo. The rudimentary plantlet within 

 the seed. 



Endocarp. The inner layer of a pericarp. 



Endogenous. Growing throughout the sub- 

 stance of the stem, instead of by superficial 

 layers. 



Entire. Without toothing or division. 



Ephemeral. I^jisting only for one day. 



Epidermis, The cuticle or thin membrane 

 covering the outer surfiice. 



Epigynous. Growing on the summit of the 

 ovary, or apparently so. 



Epiphyte. A plant growing attached to an- 

 other plant, but not parasitic ; an air-plant. 



Epnrose. Without pores, 



Equitanf. Astride, u.«ed of conduplicate 

 leaves which enfold each other in two ranks, 

 OS in Iris. 



Erect. Vertical ; upright as respects the 

 plane of the base. 



Erase. As if gnawed. 



Exnlbuminous. Without albumen. 



Ed-current. Running out, as a nerve of a 

 leaf projecting beyond the margin. 



Exfoliating. Cleaving off in thin layers. 

 Exoyeiums. Growing by annular layers 



near the surlace ; belonging 'o ihe Exugeufl. 

 Exsrrttd. Proje<-ting beyond an envelope, 



as Ktaniens fronj a corolla. 

 Extrorse. Facing outward. 



Falcate. Scythe-shaped ; curved and flat, 

 tapering gradually. 



Farinaceous. Containing starch ; starch- 

 like. 



Fitrinose. Covered with a meal-like powder. 

 Fascicle. A clo.se bundle or cluster. 



Fastigiate (branches). Erect and near to- 

 gether. 



Ferruginous. Rust-color. 



Fertile. Capable of producing fruit, or pro- 

 ductive, as a flower having a pistil, or an 

 anther with pollen. 



Fibrillose. Furnished or abounding with 

 fine fibres. 



Filirous. Compased of or resembling fibres. 

 Fibrous tissue, a tissue formed of elon- 

 gated thick-walled cells. 



Fibro-vascular. Composed of woody fibres 

 and ducts. 



Filament. The part of a .stamen which sup- 

 ports the anther; any thread-like body. 



Filamentous. Compo.sed of threads. 



Filiferous. Thread-bearing. 



Filiform. Thread-shaped ; long, slender, 

 and terete. 



Fimbriate. Fringed. 



Fimbrillate. Having a minute fringe. 



Fingered. Digitate. 



Fistlilar. Hollow and cylindrical. 



Flaccid. Without rigidity ; lax and weak. 



Fleshy. Succulent ; juicy ; of the consist- 

 ence of flesh. 



Flexuous. Zigzag ; bending alternately in 

 opposite directions. 



Floccose. Clothed with locks of soft hair or 

 wool. 



Folinceous. Leaf-like in texture or appear- 

 ance. 



-foliate. Having leaves. 



-foliolate. Having leaflets. 



Follicle. A fruit consisting of a single car- 

 pel, dehiscing by tlie ventral suture. 



Follirular. Like a follicle. 



Forked. Divide<l into nearly equal branches. 



Foniicate. Arched over, as the corona of 

 some Borracinacese. closing the throat. 



I'ree. Not ndnate to other organs. 



Friable. Knsily crumbled. 



Frond. The leaf of Ferns and some other 

 Cryptogams; a\ito in some Phirnopams. as 

 in Lemnaceir, where it serves for stem as 

 well a.s foliage. 



Emit. The .<«'ed hearing product of a plant, 

 simple, compound, or aggregated, of what- 

 ever form. 



Fugiwious. Falling or fading very early. 



Funicle. The free stalk of an ovule or seed 



