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nn)EX AND TOCAEULAKT. 



Dai'sy, 258. 



Dapn'ne, 209. 



Darnel, 176. 



Dates. 



De'bilis. Weak, feeble. 



Decandrous. With ten stamens. 



Dccaphyl'Lous. Ten-leayed. 



Decay of the leaf, 63. 



Decid'uous, 58. 



Declined. Curved downward. 



Decompound'. Ck>mposed of compound parts, 55. 



Decumbent. Lcimiug upon the ground. 



Deciir'rint. When the edges of a leaf run down 



the stem, or stalk. 

 Dccur'sivc. Decurrently. 



D ecus' sated. Crossing each other at right angles. 

 Dedou'blemcnt, 71, 77, a. 241, 

 Definite inllorescence, 83, b. 

 Dcflcct'ed. Bending down. 

 Dcfolia'tion, 63. 

 Deform' itics, 323, 3d. 

 Dehiscent. Gaping or opening, 87, b. 

 Deliquescent. Melting away upon exposm-e to 



air. 

 Dd'toid. Shaped like the Greek letter A, delta, 



54, g. 

 Demtr'sus. Under water. 

 Dentate. Toothed ; larger than serrate. 

 Denticulate. Minutely toothed. 

 Denu'datc. Plants whose flowers appear before 



the leaves ; appearing naked. 

 D( press' cd. Flattened, or pressed in at the top. 

 Descend'ing sap, 122, 

 Devcl'opmcnt of buds, 119. 



of organs, 105, 111. 



Dcxtror'sum. Twining from loft to right, as the 



hop-vine, 

 Diadel'phia, 249. 

 Diadeiphous. (From dis, two, and adelphia, 



brotherhood.) Two brotherhoods. 

 Diagnosis. The characters which distinguish 



on°e species of plants from another, 

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



class of plants including all such as have two 



.anthers. 

 Oiapensia'ce.'E, 495. 

 Diatom a'ce^. 

 Dichlanujd'eous. (From dis, two, and chlamys, a 



covering.) 66. 

 Dicuon'dr^e. 

 Dichot'omous. Forked, divided into two equal 



branches. 

 Diclin'ious. Stamens and pistils in separate 



flowei's. 

 Dicoc'cous. Containing two grains or seeds, 

 Dicotylc' dons, 154. 

 Dicotyledonous plants, 45, 100. 



plants, growth of, 133. 



Did'ynious. Twinned, or double. 



Didyna'mia. (From dis, twice, and dunajnis, 



power.) Two powers. A name appropriated 



to one of the Linnfean classes. 

 Diere'sil, 92. 

 Dieresil'ia, 92. 



Difference between plants and animals. 

 Difform. A monopetalous corolla whose tube 

 widens above gradually, and is divided into 



unequal parts ; any distorted part of the plant. 

 Diffract' ed. Twice bent. 

 Diffused. Spreading,^ 

 Diffusion of seeds, 103, a, b.' 

 Digcs'tion, 61. 



Digitate. Like fingers. When one petiole 

 sends off several leaflets from a single point at 

 its extremity, 56, m. 

 Digyn'ia. Having two pistils. 

 Dimid'iatc. Halved. 



Dia'cious. Having staminateand pistillate flow- 

 ers on dififerent pkmts. 



Dion'aa, 219. 



Dioscorea'ce.?:, 548. 



Diosco'rides, 332. 



Dipsa'cea:. 



Discharge' of pollen, 81. 



Discoid. Resembling a disk, without rays; 



Diseases of plants, 324. 



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



of a compound flower, as opposed to its rays, 



75, a, 85. 

 Disperm'ous. Containing two seeds. 

 Dissrj/imcnt, 87, b. 

 Dissil'icns. A pericarp, bui-sting with elasticity , 



as the Impatieus. 

 Dis'tichous. Growing in two opposite ranks or 



rows. 

 Divar'icate. Diverging so as to turn backward. 

 Diver g'ing. Spreading; separating widely. 

 Diur'nus. Enduring but a day. 

 Dodecan'drin, 224. 

 Dogwood, 179, Fig. 191. 

 Dorsal sutm-e, 80, Fig, 98, 

 Dot'ted. See Punctate and Perforated. 

 Double flov:ei-s, 78, a. 

 Droop'ing. Inclining dow'nward, more than 



nodd ing. 

 Drosera'ce^, 414. 

 Dru'paces, 95. 

 Drupe, 95, 



DnPpcole. A little drupe, Fig, 114. 

 Drupaceous. Resembling or bearing drupes. 

 Ducts, 30, 118, 



moniliform, 118, 



Dul'cis. Sweet. 

 Dumo'sus. Bushy. 

 Duplex. Double. 

 Duramen, 129, 

 Duration of leaves, 53. 



Earth, 114, a. 



Ebena'cejE, 477. 



Eb'ony, 254. 



Ebur'ncous. Ivory-white. 



Ech'inate. Beset with prickles, 



Ecos'tatc. WlUiout nerves or ribs. 



Kd'ible. Good for food, esculent. 



Effect' of light, 62, b. 



of oxygen upon the color of leaves, 58. 



Errg plant, 185. 



Egyp'tian lily, 68, 276. 



Egrct.or Ai'grette, 102. 



Elatina'ce^j, 417. 



El'der, 191. 



Eleagna'ceje, 509. 



El'ephant's foot, 265. 



Elevation corresponding to latitude in its effect 

 on vegetables, 321. 



Ellip'tic. Oval, 54, d. 



Elongated. E.xceeding a common length. 



Emar'ginate. Having a notch at the end, retuse. 



Em'bryo, 101, 



Emol'lient. A medicine which softens and re- 

 laxes the animal fiber. 



Empedo'cles, 331, 



Empetra'ce^e, 520, 



Enchant'er''s night-shade, 167. 



En'docarp, 87, a. 



Endog'enous, 100, 



stem, 45, 135, 136. / 



Endos'mosis, 120, 



Endosmot'ic process, 120. 



En'do.'sperm, 99, 



Eno'dis. Without joints or knots 



En'siform. Sword-form, two-edged, as in the 

 flag and iris. 



Entire. Even and whole at the edge. 



Entire vessels, 118. 



Entomol'ogy. The science which treats of m- 

 sects, 37b. 



