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Didphnrtous: transparent or trani?liircnt. 



DicltlamyiUous (Howcr) : liaviiig both calyx and corolla. 



Dichiitoinons : two-forkcil. 



Diclinous : having tiie stamens in one flower, tlic pistils in anoihcr ; p. 89, 



fij,'. 176, 177. 

 Dicdccoiis (fruit) : splittinjj into two cocri, or doscil carj)(ls. 

 Dlcoti/leUvnous (cmliryo) : iiavini; a jtair of cotyledons ; p. IG, 1.37. 

 Diroli/hdoiioiis Plants, p. 150, 182. 

 Di((i/iiwus : twin. 

 Dklynamous (stamens) ; liavinp four stamens in two pairs, one pair shorter than 



the other, as in fig. 194, 195. 

 Diffuse: spreading widely and irregularly. 

 Diijilate (fingered) : where the leaflets of a compound leaf are all borne on the 



apex of tiie petiole; p. G5, fig. 129. 

 Diiji/nous (flower) : having two pistils or styles, p. IIG. 

 Dimerous : made up of two parts, or its organs in twos. 

 Dimidiate: halved; as where a leaf or leaflet has only one side developed, or a 



stamen has only one lobe or cell ; (ig. 239. 

 Dimorphous : of two forms. 

 Diacious, or Diou-ous : where the stamens and pistils arc in separate flowers on 



different plants ; p. 89. 

 Dipe'iiilous : of two petals. Diplnjllous: two-leaved. Dipterous: two-winged. 

 Disciform or Disk-shnjted : flat and circular, like a disk or cpioit. 

 Disk: the face of any flat body; the central j)art of a head of flowers, like the 



Sunflower, or Coreopsis (fig. 224), as opposed to the ray or margin; a 



fleshy expansion of the receptacle of a flower ; p. 125. 

 Dissected : cut deeply into many lobes or divisions. 

 Dissepiments : the partitions of an ovary or a fruit ; p. 119. 

 Distichous : two-ranked ; p. 7."3. 

 Distinct: uncombined with each other ; p. 102. 

 Divaricate: straddling; very widely divergent. 

 Divided (leaves, &c.) : cut into divisions extending about to the base or the mid 



rib; p. G2, fig. 125. 

 Dodeca- (in Greek compounds) : twelve; as 

 DodecdippioHS : with twelve pistils or styles. 

 Dodecandrous : with twelve stamens. 

 Dolahrif^rm : axe-shn])cd. 



i/orscd: pertaining to the b.ick (dorsum) of an organ. 

 Dorsal Snture, p. 117. 

 Dolttd Ducts, p. 148. 



Double Flowers, so called : where the jx-tals are multiplied unduly; p. 85, 98. 

 Doivny : clothed with a coat of soft and short hairs. 

 Drupe: a stone-fruit ; p. 128, fig. 285. 

 Drupaceous: like or pertaining to a drui)e. 

 Ducts: the so-called vessels of plants ; p. 14G, 148. 

 Dumose: bu«hy, or relating to bushes. 

 Duramen: the heart-wood, p. 153. 

 Dwarf: i-cmarkal)ly low in stature. 



