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INDEX AND GLOSSARY. 



Dialypetalse, 258. 



J)i (in composition), two ; as in 



Diadelplioiis, 107. 



JJiandrovs, with 2 stamens. 



Dich(jtomous, Ibrked, branched by two 



equal divisions. 

 Didynainous, 107. 



JJiffuse, spreading loosely. [lobes. 



Digitate^ finger-sliaped, with narrow 

 Di<x,cious, staminate and pistillate flowers 



on different plants, as in the Willow. 

 Discoid head, the florets all tubular, as in 



Burdock, Ironvveed, 156. 

 Disk flowers, 156. 

 Dissected, cut into 2 parts. 

 Dissepiment^ a partition in a pod. 

 Distinct, not united, 77. 

 Divaricate, spreading in a straggling 



manner. 

 Dodecandrous, with 12 stamens. 

 Dorsal, on the back. 

 Double flowers, 119. 

 Doubly dentate, 32. 

 Downy, clothed with soft hairs. 

 Drupe, 171. 

 Duramen, inner wood of the trunk. 



E, or Ex (in composition), destitute of. 



Echinate, beset with prickles. 



Elliptical, 16.* 



Elongated, exceeding the common length. 



Emarginate, 34. 



Embryo, 190. 



Endogens, 253, 255. 



Enneandrous, with 9 stamens. 



Ensiform, sword-shaped, 2S. — Fig. 8. 



Entire, even-edged, 29. 



Ephemeral, lasting but a day. 



Epidermis, the outer skin. 



Epigynous, standing on the ovary. 



Epiphytes, plants growing on other plants. 



Equally pinnate, 37. 



Equitant, 137. 



Erect stems, 224. 



Erose, jagged, as if gnawed. 



Eteerio, 173. 



Exogens, 253. 



Exotic, not native, foreign. 



Exserted, projecting out of. 



Exsiccate, dried up. 



Exstipulate, without stipules. 



Extrorse (anthers), facing outwards, 103. 



Falcate, sickle-shaped, linear and curved. 

 Fascicle, 159. 

 Fasciculated, 50. 



Fastigiate, having a flat or level top. 

 Feather-veined, 257. 

 Ferruginous, rust-colored. 

 Fertile, fruit-bearing, 109. 

 Fibrils, 193. 

 Fibro-tuberous, 222. 

 Fibrous, 221. 

 Fig, 184. 

 Filament, 101. 

 Filiform, thread-shaped. 

 Fimbriate, bordered with a fringe. 

 Fistulous, Fistula, tubular, hollow. 

 Flexuous, bent in a wavy manner. 

 Florets, the flowers in a compound flow- 

 er, 156. 

 Floridly, 258. 

 Flower-bud, 128. 

 Flowering Plants, 250. 

 Flowerless Plants, 250. 

 Foliaceous, having the texture of leaves. 

 Follicle. 179, 



Footstalk, the stalk of either flower or leaf. 

 Forked venation, 12. 

 Forms of leaves. — Lessons 3, 4. 

 Free, not adhering, 81. 

 Fringed, the same a^ fimbriate. 

 Fruit.— Lessons 22, 23. 

 Fruiescent, shrubby. 

 Fugacious, soon perishing. 

 Funiculus, the seed-stalk. 

 Funnel-shaped, 93. 

 Furcate, forked. 

 Fuiiform, spindle-shaped. 



Galea, the arched upper lip of a labiate 



corolla. 

 Gamopetalae, 258. 

 Gamopetalous, 75. 

 Gamosepalous, 75. 

 Geminate, in pairs. 

 Genus, Genera, 243. 

 Germ, the ovary, 189. 

 Germination, 196. 

 Gibbous, swelled out, protuberant. 

 Glabrous, smooth, without hairs. 

 Glands, the organs of secretion, 58. 

 Glandular, gland-bearing. 

 Glans, 170. 

 Glaucous, sea-green : pale, bluish-green, 



with a powder or bloom, 

 Globous, Globular, round or spherical. 

 Glomerate, crowded together. 

 Glomerule, 159. 

 Glume, the outer chafi", enveloping tho 



flowers of the Grasses. 

 Glume Plants, 257. 



