



GLOSSARY. 



Decomposition. Separation of the che- 

 mical elements of bodies, 



Decurrent. When the edges of a leaf 

 run down the stem or stalk. 



Demulcent, softening, molifying. 



Dehiscent. Gaping or opening. Most 

 capsules when ripe are dehiscent. 



De-obstruent. Removing obstructions. 



Dentate. Toothed ; edged with short 

 projections ; larger than serrate. 

 Denticulate. Minutely toothed. 



Disk. The whole surface of a leaf, or 

 top of a compound flower, as op- 

 posed to its rays. 



Diaphoretic. Promoting perspiration. 



Diuretic. Promoting urine. 



Dyspepsia. Difficult digestion, desease 

 of digestive organs. 



Edible. Good for food, esculent. 



Elaborate. To do with labour, with 

 much care and attention. 



Embryo. (From embi-ao, to bud forth.) 

 The germ of a plant ; corculum. 



Emollient. Softening and relaxing to 

 the animal fibre. 



Entire. Even and whole at the edge. 



Endogenous. Stems which grow from 

 che centre outwardly, as in mono- 

 cotyledons. 



Esculent. Eatable. 



Evergreen. Remaining green through 

 the year, not deciduous. 



Exogenous. Stems which grow exter- 

 nally. 



Exotic. Plants brought from foreign 

 countries. 



Excrete. To eject, throw off. Excre- 

 tories, vessels which excrete. 



Expectorant. (From expectoro, to dis- 

 charge from the breast.) Promot- 

 ing a discharge from the lungs. 



Exuviae. Remains, cast off skins or 

 sheDs of animals. 



Families. In Botany a natural union 

 of several genera into groups ; some- 

 times synonymous with Natural 

 Orders. 



Farina. (From/ar, corn.) Meal or 

 flour. Glutinous parts of wheat and 

 other seeds, obtained by grinding 

 and sifting. It consists of gluten, 

 starch, mucilage, etc. Polen is also 

 called farina. 



Febrile, relating to a fever. 



Febrifuge. (From/e&m, a fever, and 



fugo, to drive away.) Possessing 

 the property of abating a fever. 



Feculent. Dreggy, muddiness, or 

 starchy. 



Ferns. Cryptogamous plants, with 

 the fruit on the back of the leaves, 

 or in spikes of minute capsules 

 opening transversly. 



Fibre. Thread-like part. 



Filtrate. To strain, to percolate 

 through paper. 



Fleshy. Thick and pulpy. 



Floret. Little flower ; part of a com- 

 pound flower. Florist. One who 

 cultivates flowers. 



Foliated. Formed like leaves. 



Friable. Easily crumbled or reduced 

 to powder. 



Fungi. Plural of fungus, a mushroom. 



Gangrene. Mortification, putrefaction. 



Generic name. The name of a genus. 



Genus. (Plural, genera.) A family 

 of plants agreeing in their flower 

 and fruit. Plants of the same ge- 

 nus are thought to possess similar 

 medicinal properties. 



Germ. Lower part of the pistil after- 

 wards the fruit. Germination. Swel- 

 ling of a seed and unfolding of its 

 embryo. 



Glaucous. Sea-green, mealy, and eas- 

 ily rubbed off. 



Gonorrhoea. Morbid venereal discharge 



Granular. Formed of, or covered 

 with grains. 



Graveolens, Having a strong odor. 



Hemorrhage. Violent flux of blood. 



Hepatic. Liver-like, belonging to the 

 liver. 



Herb. A plant without a woody stem. 



Hei-bage. Every part of the plant ex- 

 cept the root and parts of fructifi- 

 cation. 



Intermittents. Fevers occurring at in- 

 tervals. 



Iodine. A soft substance obtained 

 from ashes from sea- weed ; it is the 

 most delicate test for starch, etc. 



Incisors. Front teeth. 



Indigenous. Native, growing wild in 

 a country. Some ->xotics, after a 

 time, spread and appear as if indi- 

 genous. 



Indurated. Becoming hard. 



