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GLOSSARY. 



Cristate. Crested. 



Crown. See Corona. 



Cruciferous. Ik'loiigiiig to the Crucifeiae, with 

 cruci/onn. or ciodb-shiiped coroUft. 



Crustaceans. Ilanl and brittle. 



Cnjptogamoics. Fioweriess, fmctifyiiig without 

 the agency of iJiopfr staiiiuiis and jiL-^tils. 



CucuUutc. SIiajR-d like a hood or coul, con- 

 cave and somewhat arched, or like an ovate 

 leaf with edges inrolled ; in mosses, ai)[)lied to 

 a conical calyi'tra cleft at one .side. 



Culm. The hollow jointed stem peculiar to 

 grasses. 



Cultndc, or CuUriform. Shaped like a coulter 

 or hroad knife-blade. 



Cuneate, or Cuneiform. Wedge-shaped ; tri- 

 angular with the angle downward. 



Cupulc. A cup-shaped involucre inclosing a 

 nut, as of an acorn. 



Cupuliferous. Cupule-bcaring. 



Cusp. A sharp rigid point. 



Cuspidate. Terminating in a cusp. 



Cut. Cleft or incised. 



Cuticle. Tlie outer skin or epidermis ; the thin 

 outer layer of the bark. 



Cyalhiform. Cup-shaped with a somewhat llar- 

 iug mouth. 



Cyliiulraceous. Somewhat or nearly cylindrical. 



Cylindrical. In the form of a cylinder. 



Cyme. A broad and llattish iidlorescence, 

 llowering from the centre outward. 



Cymelct. A small cyme. 



Cymose. In cymes or cyme-like. 



Deciduous. Falling off after a time ; not per- 

 sistent. 



Declinuie, or Declined. Bent or curved down- 

 ward. 



Decompound. Repeatedly compound or divided. 



Decumbent. Reclining at base, the summit as- 

 cending. 



Decurrent. Running down the stem, applied to 

 a leaf prolonged below its insertion. 



Decussate. In jjairs alternating at right angles, 

 or similarly in threes. 



Definite. Of a constant number, not exceeding 



I twenty, limited or detciniinate, as definite 

 inflorescence, in which a llower terminates the 

 a.xis. 



Defiexed. Bent or turned down abruptly. 



Dehiscence. The regular opening of a capsule 

 or anther-cell at maturity; the longitudinal 

 splitting of the teeth in mos-scs, etc. 



Dehiscent. Opening regularly liy valves, slits, 

 etc. 



Deltoid. Having the shape of the Greek letter 

 delta, A ; broadly triangular. 



Dendroid, or Ikndroidnl. Tree-shaped ; branch- 

 ing in the form of a tiee. 



Denlide. Toothed ; having symmetrical teeth 

 projecting straight outward. 



Denticulate. Jlinutely toothed. 



Depauperate. Impoveiished ; reduced in size 

 by unfavoi-able surroundings. 



Depressed. Somcwluil llattened from above. 



Determinate. Limited. See Definite. 



Dextrorse. Towaid the right hand ; .ipjilied to 



spirals as seen from without. It is frequently 

 used as if the spiral were seen from within", 

 in which case it indicates just the opposite 

 direction. 



Di-, Dis: A prefix in Greek words signifying 

 two or twice. 



Diadelplious. In two sets or clusters. 



JJiundrous. Having two stamens. 



Diearpellary. Consisting of two carpels. 



Dickotomous. Forking regularly by pairs. 



Diclinous. Of .sej)arate sexes ; unisexual. 



Dicotyledonous. Having an embryo with two 

 cotyledons. 



Didymous. In pairs ; twin. 



Didyuamous. Having four stamens disposed in 

 two une()ual jiairs. 



Difuse. Widely spieading ; widely and loosely 

 branched. 



Digitate. Fingered ; applied to a compound 

 leaf having the leallels all diverging from the 

 top of the jietiole. 



Dimerous. Having all the parts in twos, as the 

 sejjals, jietals, stamens, etc., of a llower. 



Dimidiate. Halved, as though one-half were 

 wanting. 



Diidorpltous. Occurring in two forms. 



Dioecious. Unisexual, the llowers of dilFerent 

 sexes borne by separate plants. 



Dia-cio-polygainous. Dia-cious with some per- 

 fect llowers intermixed. 



Diphyllous. Two-leaved. 



Dipterous. Two- winged. 



Disciform. In the shaiie of a disk, depressed 

 ami circular. 



Discoid. In compound flowers, having disk- 

 llowers only, without rays. 



Disk. A ililation or development of the recep- 

 tacle around the base of the i)istil. In com- 

 pound lloweis, the inner series of tubular 

 llowers as distinct from themaiginal ray. 



Dissectid. Deeply cut or divided into numerous 

 segments. 



Dissepiment. A septum or i>artition separating 

 the cells of an ovary or fruit. 



Distichous. Arranged in two vertical rows ; 

 two-ranked. 



Distinct. Se]iai-ate ; not united. 



Divaricate. Widely divergent, nearly at right 

 angles. 



Divcnjent. Receding fioin each other. 



Diviiied. Cleft to the base or to the mid-nerve. 



Dorsal. Upon or relating to the dorsum, or 

 back. 



Drupaceous. Resembling or of the nature of a 



upe. 



Drupe. A stone-fruit ; a fleshy or pulpy fruit 



with the seed or kernel inclosed in a hard or 



stony casing (putamen). 

 Drupelet. A diminutive drupe, as each of the 



several ])arts of a blackberry. 

 Du-arf. Much below the ordinary size of its 



kind. 



E-, or Ex: A Latin prefix having often in 



botanical terms a piivativc signification. 

 Ebractcate. Without bract.s. 

 Ecalcarate. Without sj)urs. 



