BOTANY. GLOSSARY. 



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DICE'CIA. From the Greek, dis, two, 

 and oikia, house. Name of a Lin- 

 nesan class. 



DICE'CIOUS. Relating to dioscia. 



DIPE'TALOUS. From the Greek, dis, 

 two, and petalon, a petal. Having 

 two petals. 



DODECAGY'NIA. From the Greek, do- 

 decn, twelve, and gune, pistil. Name 

 of an order of plants. 



DODECA'I\ ? DRIA. From the Greek, do- 

 deca, twelve, and aner, stamen. 

 Name of a class of plants. 



DOME'STICA. Latin. Domestic. 



DOR'SAL. From the Latin, dorsum, 

 the back. 



DULCAMA'RA. From the Latin,du/cis, 

 sweet, and amara, bitter. Bitter- 

 sweet. Systematic name of a ge- 

 nus of plants. 



DURA'MEN. Latin. A hardening. 

 Systematic name of heart-wood. 



E'DULIS. Latin. Eatable. Edible. 



ELABORA'TION. See question, page 55. 



EM'BRYO. From the Greek, embruon, 

 from bruo, I bud forth. 



EMA'RGINATE. From the Latin, e, 

 from, and margo, margin or edge. 

 Notched. 



ENTI'RE. Even or whole on the edge. 



EN'DOGENS. See note, page 22. 



ENDO'GENOUS. See page 22. 



EN'DOCARP. From the Greek, endon, 

 within, and karpos, fruit. An in- 

 ternal membrane of fruits. 



EN'DOSPERM. From the Greek,endon, 

 within, and sperma, seed. 



EN DO SPERM A' TIC. Belonging or relat- 

 ing to endosperm. 



ENNEAGY'NIA. From the Greek, en- 

 nea, nine, and gune, pistil. Name 

 of an order of plants. 



ENNEA'NDRIA. From the Greek, en- 

 nea, nine, and aner, stamen. Name 

 of a class of plants. 



E'PICARP. From the Greek, epi, upon, 

 and karpos, fruit. 



EPICORO'LLE*;. From the Greek, epi, 

 upon, and corolla. Name of a class 

 of plants. 



EPIDF/RMIS. From the Greek, epi, 

 upon, and derma, skin. The cu- 

 ticle. 



EPIGY'NE^E. From the Greek, epi, 

 upon, and gune, pistil. Name of a 

 class of plants. 



EPIGY'NOUS. Belonging or relating 

 to Epigynea. 



EPIPK'TALOUS. From the Greek, epi, 

 upon, and petalon, petal. 



E'PISPERM. From the Greek, epi, up- 

 on, and sperma, seed. 



EPISPERMA'TIC. Relating to episperm. 



ESSE'NTIAL OILS, or VO'LATILE OILS. 

 Under this term are included all 

 those peculiar compounds obtained 

 by distilling vegetable substances 

 with water ; anid which pass over 

 along with the steam, and are af- 

 terwards condensed in the liquid or 

 solid form. They appear to con- 

 stitute the odorous principle of ve- 

 getables. 



EUROPE'A. Latin. European. 



EUFHORBIA'CE^E. From eupho'rbium, 

 which was named in honour of 

 Euphorbus, physician to king Juba. 

 Name of a family of plants. 



EXCRE'TORY. See page 57. 



EXCRE'TION. See note, page 57. 



EXHALA'TION. From the Latin, ex- 

 hal'are, to throw out. See page 51. 



EX'OGENS. See note, page 22. 



EXO'GENOUS. See page 22. 



EXTRA-EM'BRYO. When the embryo 

 is simply applied to the surface of 

 the albumen or envelopes, it is said 

 to be extra (outside) from its po- 

 sition. 



FARINA'CEOUS. From the Latin, fa. 

 rina, meal, flour. Partaking of the 

 nature of flour. 



FASCI'CULUS. Latin. A bundle. 



FASCI'CULI. Plural of fasciculus. 



FASCI'CULATE. Collected in bundles. 



FE'CULA. From the Latin, fcex, a 

 sediment. When certain vegetable 

 substances are bruised and mixed 

 with water, the pulverulent matter 

 which subsides is called the/ecu/a ; 

 it is commonly of a starchy nature, 

 hence starch is often called fecula. 



Fi'cus. Latin. A fig. 



FI'LAMENT. From the Latin Jila- 

 mentum, a shred. A little thread, 

 like part of a stamen. 



FILAME'NTOUS. Of the nature of a 

 filament 



FI'LIFORM. Thread-like. 



FI'LICES. Latin. Ferns. 



FLOWER. That part in which the 

 germ of a new plant is produced 



