212 GLOSSARY. 



Cup-shaped: same as cyathiform, or near it. 



Cupule : a little cup ; the cup to the acorn of the Oak, p. 130, fig. 299. 



Cupulate : provided with a cupule. 



Cuspidate : tipped with a sharp and stiff point. 



Cut : same as incised, or applied generally to any sharp and deep division. 



Cuticle : the skin of plants, or more strictly its external pellicle. 



Cyathiform : in the shape of a cup, or particularly of a wine-glass. 



Cycle: one complete turn of a spire, or a circle ; p. 73. 



Cyclical; rolled up circularly, or coiled into a complete circle. 



Cycldsis : the circulation in closed cells, p. 167. 



Cylindraceous: approaching to the 



Cylindrical form ; as that of stems, &c., which are round, and gradually if at all 



tapering. 



Cymheform, or Cymbiform : same as boat-shaped. 

 Cyme: a cluster of centrifugal inflorescence, p. 82, fig. 165, 167. 

 Cymose : furnished with cymes, or like a cyme. 



Deca- (in composition of words of Greek derivation) : ten ; as 

 Decdgynous : with 10 pistils or styles. Decandrous : with 10 stamens. 

 Deciduous : falling off, or subject to fall , said of leaves which fall in autumn, 



and of a calyx and corolla which fall before the fruit forms. 

 Declined : turned to one side, or downwards, as the stamens of Azalea nudiflora. 

 Decompound : several times compounded or divided ; p 67, fig. 138. 

 Decumbent: reclined on the ground, the summit tending to rise; p. 37. 

 Decurrent (leaves) : prolonged on the stem beneath the insertion, as in Thistles. 

 Decussate: arranged in pairs which successively cross each other; fig. 147. 

 Definite : when of a uniform number, and not above twelve or so. 

 Dejlexed: bent downwards. 



Deflorate : past the flowering state, as an anther after it has discharged its pollen. 

 Dehiscence: the mode in which an anther or a pod regularly bursts or splits 



open ; p. 132. 



Dehiscent : opening by regular dehiscence. 



Deliquescent: branching off so that the stem is lost in the branches, p. 25. 

 Deltoid: of a triangular shape, like the Greek capital A. 

 Demersed: growing below the surface of water. 

 Dendroid, Dendritic : tree-like in form or appearance. 

 Dentate: toothed (from the Latin dens, a tooth), p. 61, fig. 113. 

 Denticulate : furnished with dcnticulations, or very small teeth : diminutive of 



the last. 



Depauperate (impoverished or starved) : below the natural size. 

 Depressed : flattened, or as if pressed down from above ; flattened vertically. 

 Descending : tending gradually downwards. 

 Determinate Inflorescence, p. 81, 83. 

 Dextrorse : turned to the right hand. 

 Di- (in Greek compounds) : two, as 



Diadtlphoits (stamens) : united by their filaments in two sets ; p. Ill, fig. 227. 

 Diiin < Im us : having two stamens, p. 112. 4^. 



Diagnosis . a short distinguishing character, or descriptive phrase. 



