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least to be regarded m .Itscriptions , out stipules, bracts, ami glan 

 dular hairs, are all of importance. 



Dextrar'sum. Twining from left to right, as the hop vine. 

 Diadel'phous, (from dis, two, and adelpkia, brotherhood,) two brother- 

 hoods. Stamens united in two parcels or sets; flowers mostly pa- 

 pilionaceous; fruit leguminous. 

 Di'amond form. See Deltoid. 

 Dianthe'ria, (from dis, two, and anther;) a class of plants including aU 



such as have two anthers. 



Dichot'omous. Forked, dividing into two equal branches. 

 Didin'ia. Stamens in one flower, and pistils in another ; whether on 



the same plant or on different plants. 

 IHan/cous. Containg two grains of seed. 

 Dicotyledonous. With two cotyledons or seed lobes. 

 Did'ymous. Twinned, or double. 

 Didyna'mia, (from dis, twice, and dunamis, power;) two powers. A 



name of one of the Linnaean classes. 

 Difirac'ted. Twice bent. 

 Digi'tate. Like fingers. When one petiole sends oft several leaf*?** 



from a single point at its extremity. 

 Digyn'ia. Having two pistils. 

 Dimid'iatc. Halved. 



Di&'cious. Having staminate and pistillate flowers on different plants. 

 Dis'coid. Resembling a disk without rays. 

 Disk. The whole surface of a leaf, or of the top of a compound flower 



as opposed to its rays. 

 Dis'perwus. Containing two seeds. 

 Dissepiment. The partition of a capsule. 



Dissil'iens. . A pericarp, bursting with elasticity, as the Impatiens. 

 Di'stichus. Growing in two opposite ranks or rows. 

 Divaricate. Diverging so q.s to turn b^Vwards. 

 Diverging. Spreading, separating widely. 

 Diur'nus. Enduring but a day. 

 Dor'sal. Belonging to the back. 

 Dotted. See Punctate and Perforated. 

 Droop'ing. Inclining downward, more than nodding 

 Drupe. A fleshy pericarp enclosing a stone or nut 

 Drupaceous. Resembling, or bearing drupes. 

 Dul'cis. Sweet. 

 Dumo'sus. Bushy. 

 Du'plex. Double. 



E. 



Eared. Applied to the lobes of a heart-form leaf, to the side lobes neat 

 the base of some leaves, and to twisted parts in the plants which are 

 supposed to resemble the passage into the ear. 



Ebur'neus. Ivory white. 



Echi'nate. Beset with prickle&, as a hedge-hog. 



Ecos'tate. Without nerves or ribs. 



Ejfflorescen'tia, (from ejfloresco, to bloom. J A term expressive of The 

 precise time of the year, and the montn in which every plant olo- 



