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GLOSSARY AND INDEX TO PART 



Cypsel<B, 151. 

 Cytollast, 20. 



Daturi7i, 303 



Decagynia, having ten styles. 



Decandroics, having ten stamens. 



Deciduous, 100. 



DecUnate, 120. 



Decompound, several times divided. 



Decumbent, reclining on the ground, 



with the apex rising up. 

 Decurrent, 96. 

 Decussate, pairs of leaves that cross each 



other at right angles. 

 Deflected, turned away from. 

 Dehiscence, 150. 

 Deliquescent, 116. 

 Deltoid, triangular. 

 Dentate, 91. 



Denticidate, having small teeth. 

 Determinate inflorescence, 113. 

 Dextrine, 2SS. 

 Diadelphous, 120, 

 Diastase, 208. 

 Dichlamydeous, 103. 

 Dichotomous, 2-forked. 

 Diclinous, when the stamens and pistils 



occupy separate flowers. 

 Dicotyledonous, having two cotyledons. 

 Diciyogens, mouocotyledonous jdante, 



with net-veined leaves, as smilax and 



trilliura. 

 Didymous root, 67. 

 Didynamous, 120. 

 Diffti^te, spreading wildly. 

 Digitate, 89, 95. 

 DigynouH, two pistils. 

 Dimerous, consisting of two parts. 

 Dioecious, having stamens and pistils on 



different plants. 

 Disk, flattened surface on which the 



flower rests. 

 Disk floret, 114. 

 Dissepiments, 132. 

 Distichous, arranged in two series. 

 Divaricate, widely diverging. 

 Divergent, separating. 

 Division of Botany, 3. 

 Dodecandria, having twelve stamens. 

 Dolabriform, 89. 

 Dorsal suture, on the back. 

 Dotted diicts, 22. 

 Drtipe, 152. 

 Duration of vegetables, 192. 



Eared, having two small rounded lobes at 



the base. 

 Echinate, beset with rigid prickles. 

 Edible, good to eat. 

 Egret, 111, 



Elementary organs, 5. 

 Elongated, lengthened. 

 Emarginate, 92. 

 Embryo, 141, 148, 163. 

 Emetin, 303. 

 Endocarp, 146, 



Endogenous, growing inwardly. 

 Endophloeum, middle portion of ihc bark. 

 Endopleura, 159. 

 Endorhxza, 164, 

 Endosmosis, 14, 

 Endosperm^ innor coating of tho seed. 



Enneandrous, having nine stamens 



Ensiform, 89. 



Entire, without interruption. 



Epicarp, 146, 



Epidermis, 36. 



Epigynous, 119. 



Epipklo&um,, 45, 



Epiphytes, growing upon plants. 



Equitant, Tt. 



Erect, 143, 



Erose, 91. 



E'-ithroj)hyll, 304. 



Esculent, pulpy. 



Etmiio, aggregated fruits, like the rasp- 

 berry. 



Exogens, 51. 



Exorhizoi, the roots of dicotyledonous 

 plants. 



Exosmosis, 14 



Exostome, tho opening of the outer coat 

 of the seed. 



Exi^erted, projecting out, 



Extine, 125. 



Exstipulate, without stipules, 



Extrorse, 123, 



Extra-axillary, 37. 



FcBCula, starch. 



Falcate, curved like a scythe or .sickle. 



Fan-shaped, 91. 



Farinaceous, mealy. 



F,iscicl<', 114. 



Fasjicidated root,GJ. 



Fadigiate, flat-topped. 



Favose, honey-combed. 



Feather-veined leaves, 83, 94 



Ferruginous, iron-colored. 



Fertilization, 193. 



Fiber, elementary, 7. 



Fibers, organic, 25, 



Fibro-vascular tissue, 26. 



Fibrin, 301. 



Fibrous root, 67. 



Filament, 117, 120. 



Filiform root, 67. 



Fimbriate, fringed on the margin. 



Fistulous, a cylindrical body that is hol- 

 low. 



Flabdlate, 91. 



Floral leaves, 82. 



Floral envelopes, 103. 



Floret, 114 



FToicers, organ of reproduction in plants. 



Flower buds, buds that produce flowers. 



Flower leaf, leaf among flowers. 



Foliaceous, leaflike texture. 



Follicle, a monocarpelous fruit opening 

 along the ventral suture, as the larkspur 



Food of plants, 211, 



Foramen, 136. 



Fork-veined leaves, 87, 



Fwilla, 126. 



Freezing o/pAants, 2G9. 



Fruit, 144. 



Fruiting, 200. 



Frustranea, the third Linnsean order of 

 the class Syngonesia, the disk florets 

 perfect, and the ray neutral. 



Frutex, or Frutescent, woody; applied 

 to bushy shrab.s, as the lilac or quince, 



Fugaceous, soon disappearing. 



Funiculus, 137. 



