GLOSSARY. 



Decurrent (L. decurro, to run down), said 

 of leaves when the margins of the leaf 

 continue down along the stem below 

 the base of midrib. 



Dehi&cent,.sa,id of anthers or pods, which 

 open to discharge their contents, 99. 



Dentate, with toothed margin, 87. 



Denticulate, diminutive of dentate, *. e., 

 dentate with very small teeth. 



Deltoid, 34. 



Diadelphous, 71. 



Diclinous, 91. 



Dicotyledonous, with two cotyledons, 109. 



Digitate, 30, 40. 



Dioecious, 91. 



Dissepiments, 81. 



Distinct, not united with each other, 71, 

 93. 



Divaricate, diverging in opposite direc- 

 tions. 



Divided, as applied to leaves, 37. 



Drupe, a fleshy fruit with a pit, as in the 

 Peach and Cherry, 100. 



Drupaceous, of the nature of a drupe. 



Duct, 11. 



Elasticity of tyoods, 118. 



Elliptical (leaf), 34. 



Emarginaie, notched at the apex, 35. 



Embryo, 109. 



Endocarp, 98. 



Endogen or Endogenous, 16. 



Entire (leaf margin), 37. 



Epicarp, 98. 



Epigynous, borne upon the ovary, 70. 



Epipetalous, borne upon the petals, 70. 



Eroded, ragged as though gnawed. 



Exalbuminous, without albumen, 112. 



Exocarp, 98. 



Exogen or Exogenous, 14. 



Exserted, projecting out, as bracts of a 

 cone projecting beyond the scales. 



Extrorse, said of anthers which open out- 

 ward, 73. 



Exstipulate, without stipules, 22. 



Fascicle, a bundle or cluster, 44, 59. 



Fasciculate, arranged in fascicles. 



Feather-veined, 29. 



Fertile (flowers), those bearing the ovules, 

 90. 



Fibro-vascular, 16. 



Filament, the stalk of the stamen, 68. 



Filamentous or Filiform, threadlike. 



Fleshy (fruits), 100. 



Floral Envelopes, 67. 



Flower, The, 62. 



Numerical Plan of the, 95. 

 Organs of the, 62. 



Foliaceous, leaf -like in structure or func- 

 tions. 



Follicle, a kind of pod, 100. 



Free, applied to parts of the flower, 87. 



Free, applied to fruits, 100. 



Fruit, 97, 100. 



Fuel Value of Woods, 117. 



Germ, 109. 



Gibbous, more tumid in one place than 

 another. 



Glabrous, smooth, i. e., without hairs or 

 roughness of any kind. 



Glaucous, sea-green and usually furnished 

 with a whitish bloom, as seen on the 

 cabbage leaf. 



Globose, nearly spherical in form. 



Glomarule, 60. 



Gymnosperm, 85. 



Gymncscium, the pistil or pistils col- 

 lectively, 74. 



Head (of inflorescence), 56. 



Heari-wood, the inner, firmer and more 



durable wood of exogenous trunks. It 



is usually of darker color than the 



newer sap-wood. 

 Hesperidium, 100. 

 Hilum, the scar on a seed where the 



stalklet was attached, 102. 

 Hypogenom, growing from beneath the 



ovary, 70. 



Imbricated, overlapping each other like 

 shingles on a roof. 



Imperfect (flowers), 90. 



Indsed, 37. 



Inequilateral (leaves), 36. 



Inferior (ovary, etc ), 88. 



Inflorescence, and kinds of, 47-57. 



Incomplete (flowers), 92. 



Indehiscent, that does not open spon- 

 taneously, 99. 



Innate, 72. 



Introrse, 73. 



Involucel, 54. 



Involucellate, furnished with an involucel. 



Involucre, 54, 56. 



Involucrate, furnished with an involucre. 



Involute, the sides rolled in in vernation. 



Irregular (flowers), 93. 



Jagged, 37. 



Kernel (of the seed\ 108. 



Key fruit, a winged fruit, a samara. 



Kilogram or Kilo, a metric measure of 

 weight;=2 Ibs., 3 oz., 4.65 dr. avoirdu- 

 pois. It is the weight of a cubic deci- 

 meter of distilled water at its greatest 

 density. 



Lacerate, torn, as it were; with deep, 



irregular incisions. 



Laciniate, cut into long, irregular teeth. 

 Lanceolate, 34. 

 Leaf, The, 17. 



