INDEX AND GLOSSARY. 



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(fipule, a little cup (sc. acorn), 155. 



Cuspidate, with a sharp, stiff point, 307. 



Cuticle, 399. 



Cyanic, blue, or any color except yellow. 



Cydthiform, cup-shaped. 



Cycle (in Phyllotaxy), 263, 264. [cel'i, 380. 



Cyclosis. same as Rotation, currents in the 



Cyme, cymous, 363. 



Cymbiform, boat-shaped. 



Cypsela, 151. 



Cytoblast, 380. 



Deca (in Greek composition), ton. 



Deciduous, falling at the end of the season. 



Declinate, ben.> downward. [304. 



Decompound, much compounded or divided, 



Decumbent 212. (Fig. 249.) 



Decurrent, 274. [at right angles. 



Decussate (leaves), opposite, and the pairs 



Definite, 118. 



Deflexed, bent downward. 



Defoliation, the casting off of leaves. 



Dehiscence. 113, 148. 



Deliquescent (axis), same as Solvent, 226. 



Deltoid, form of the Greek letter A, 288. 



Dendroid, tree-like in form. 



Dendron (in Greek compounds), a tree. 



Dentate, 309. Denticulate, 309. 



Denuded, become naked. 



Depauperate, less developed than usual. 



Dependent, hanging down. 



Depressed, flattened from above ; low. 



Dextrine, 455. 



Dextrorse (twining), turning to the right. 



Di (in Greek numerals), two. 



Diadelp/ioiis, 120. 



Diagnosis, a brief statement of the distinc- 

 tive character of a plant or group. 



Dialypetalous, Polypetalous, 513. 



Diaphanous, transparent or translucent. 



runmdrmis, with two stamens, 118. 



Diastase, 455. 



Dichotomous, forked or two-forked. 



Diclinous, 67. 



Dicotyledons, Dicotyledonous, 182, 284. 



Dldymous, double. 



Didynamous, 119. 



JUgitate, with several distinct leaflets pai- 

 mately arranged (as in the leaf of the 

 Horse-chestnut). 



Diffuse, much divided and spreading. 



Dimidiate, (anther), halved, 114. 



Dioecious (flowers). 67. 



Dipterous, having two wings. 



Disk, 85, 362. Discoid, no rays. (Fig. 446.) 



Dissected, cut into deep lobes. 



Dissepiment, same as partition, 132. 



Distichous, arranged in two rows. 



Distinct, separate, not united, 82. 



Divaricate, wide-spread, straggling. 



Divergent, spreading with a less angle. 



Dorsal, on or relating to the back. 



Double terms, 301. 



Dvicny. clothed with short, weak hairs. 



Drupe, 156. Drupaceous. (See Tryma.) 



Drying-press. 6. 



Ihicts. (Sf;e Trachenchyma, 391.) 



Duplicate, in pairs, double. 



Duramen, heart-wood, 410. 



Dwarfing. (Fig. 250, d.) 



E. ex (in composition), withnut; as, 

 Ebracteate, without bracts. 



Echinate, prickly with rigid hairs. 

 Effete, sterile, exhausted. 

 Eiaters, spiral, elastic threads accompany- 

 ing certain spores. 

 Elliptic, Elliptical (leaf), 289. 

 Elongated, lengthened, extended. 

 Emarginate, 307. 



Embryo, 31, 180. Embryo sac, 142. 

 Embryonic reside, 449. 

 Endocarp, 156. [See Chlorophyl. 



Endochrome, the coloring matter of plants. 

 Endogenous structure, 421. 

 Endogens, 509. 180, 424. 

 Endopleura, same as Tegmen, 172. 

 Endosmose, 465. 

 Ensiform, sword-shaped, 297. 

 Entire, even-edged, 308. 



fwmeral, enduring for one day. 

 (in Greek composition), upon ; aa 

 car]), 156. 

 dermis, 396. 



Ejngtjnous, upon the ovary, 97, 119. 

 Eitipetalovs, on the petats, 119. 

 Epiphytes, plants on other plants, 20& 

 Episj)erm, the skin of the seed. 

 Equifant (astraddle), 258. 

 Erose, eroded, as if gnawed, 310. 

 Etcerio, 158. 



Etwlated, colorless for want of light 

 Exalimminous, without albumen, 178. 

 Excurrent. 226. 

 Exogenae, Exogens, 182, 509. 

 Exogenous structure, 405. 

 Exosmose, flowing out, 465. 

 Exserted, projecting out of, or beyond. 

 Exstipulate, without stipules, 272. 

 Extra (in composition), beyond ; as, 

 Extra-axillary, same as supra-axillary. 

 Extra flour (of wheat), 446. 

 Extrorse, turned outward, 114. 



Falcate^ scythe-shaped, curved. 



Farinaceous, flour-like in texture. 



Fdrinous, mealy on the surface. 



Fascicle, a bundle, 365. 



Fasciculate (leaves), 262. 



Feather-veined. 285. 



Ferruginous, of the color of iron-rust. 



Fertile (flower), seed-produciLg, 67. 



Fertilization, etc., 447. 



Fibrillce, fibrils, 199, 428. 



Filament, the stalk of a stamen, 111, 112. 



Filiform, slender like a thread. 



Fimbriate. fringed, having the edge bor- 

 dered with slender processes. 



Fistular, hollow, as the leaf of Onion. 



Flabelliform, fan-shaped, 298. [supple. 



Flagelhform, whip-shaped : long, taper, and 



Flavescent, yellowish, turning yellow. 



Flexuous, zig-zag or wavy. 



Floccous, with hairs in soft fleecy tufts. 



Flora, (a) the spontaneous vegetation of a 

 country ; (b) a written description of the 

 same, 23. 



Floral, relating to flowers. 



Floral envelopes, 50, 87. [362. 



Florets, the flowers of a compouud flower 



Flower, 49, etc. ; origin of, 37. 



Flower-bud, 244, 335, etc. 



Foliaceous. leaf-like in texture or form 



Foliation, the act of leafing. 



Follicle, 164. 



Foramen, same as Micropyle* 140. 



