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DECAN'DROUS. Having ten stamens. 

 DECID'UOUS. Subject to fall off. 



DSCID'UOUS (floral whorls). Falling be- 

 fore the fruit is formed. 



DECUS 'SATED. Crossed. In the shape 

 of an X. 



DEFINITE. Not exceeding the number 12. 



DEHIS'CENCE. A bursting open, as of a 

 pod or of an anther. 



DEHIS'CENT. Bursting open. 



DIADEL'PHOUS. Having the filaments 

 grown together in two bundles. 



DIAN'DROUS. Having two stamens. 



DICHLAMYD'EOUS. Having two protect- 

 ing organs, viz., calyx and corolla. 



DICHOT'OMOUS. Kegularly dividing by 

 pairs. 



DIC'LINOUS. Having the stamens and 

 pistils in separate flowers. 



DIDYN ' AMOUS. Having two long and two 

 short stamens. 



DILATED. Spread ; flattened out. 



DIM'EROUS. Arranged in twos. 



DIMID'IATED (anther). Having one lobe 

 abortive or suppressed 



DKE'CIOUS. Having male flowers on one 

 plant and female on another. 



DIS'COID FLOWER-HEADS. Those desti- 

 tute of ray-florets. 



DISK FLORETS. The inner florets of a 

 flower-head. 



DISSEP'IMENTS. Partitions in an ovary 

 or fruit. 



DIST'ICHOUS. Having two rows. 



DISTINCT. Not held by cohesion. 



DODECAN'DROUS. Having twelve sta- 

 mens. 



DORSAL. Belonging to the back. 



DRUPE. A pulpy, indehiscent, one-celled, 

 one- or two-seeded fruit, with succulent 

 or fibrous epicarp, and hard, stony, dis- 

 tinct endocarp (#., peach). 



DUCTS. Tubes lying among the cells of 

 plants ; called also vessels. 



DURA'MEN. Heart-wood. 



EMAR'GINATE (anther). Having the sum- 

 mit or base of its cell extending upward 

 or downward, a little beyond the con- 

 nective. 



ENDEC AN 'DROTTS. 

 mens. 



EN'DOCARP. The inner coat of a fruit. 



EN'DOGENS. Inside-growing plants. 



ENNEAN'DROUS. Having nine stamens. 



EP'ICARP. The outer covering of a fruit. 



EPIDER'MIS. The cellular layer covering 

 the external surface of plants. 



Having eleven sta- 



EPIG'YNOUS. Having the stamens in- 

 serted upon the ovary. 



EPIPET'ALOUS. Having the stamens in- 

 serted upon the corolla. 



ERECT OVULES. Rising upright from the 

 base of the cell. 



ESSENTIAL ORGANS (of flowers). Those 

 requisite for the production of the 

 seeds, that is, the stamens and pistil. 



ET^E'RIO. Same as aggregate fruits. 



EXALBU'MINOUS (seeds). Those without 

 albumen. 



EXCEN'TRIO EMBRYO. Situated away 

 from the centre of the albumen. 



EX'OGENS. Outside-growers. 



EXSERT'ED (stamens). Extending be- 

 yond the corolla. 



EX'TINE. The outer coat of a pollen- 

 grain. 



EXTRO'RSE. Facing outward. 



FAS'CICLE. A cymose cluster of nearly 



FENES'TRATED. Having chinks or slits. 



FERTILE. Bearing seed. 



FI'BRO-VAS'CULAR. Pertaining to fibre, 

 with vessels or ducts. 



FIL'AMENT. The stem-like part of a sta- 

 men. 



FIL'IFORM. Thread-like. 



FLORETS. The flowers of a flower-head. 



FREE. Not held by adhesion. 



FREE-CENTRAL PLACENTATTON. Having 

 the ovules in the centre of the pistil, 

 without dissepiments. 



FROND. The leaf of a fern. 



FUN'GUS (pi., FUNGI). A plant of the 

 mushroom kind. 



GAMOPET'ALOUS. Having the petals 

 grown together. 



GAMOSEP'ALOUS. With sepals grown to- 

 gether. 



GLOBO'SE. Eound, like a globe. 



GLOM'ERULE. A cymose cluster of ses- 

 sile flowers in the axil of a leaf. 



GLUMA'CE^E. The grasses and sedges. 



GLUME. The floral covering of grasses 

 and sedges. 



GO'NOPHORE. Supporting stamens and 

 pistil. 



GRAMIN'E^E. The grasses. 



GYM'NOSPERM. A plant bearing naked 

 seeds. Ex., pine, hemlock. 



GYNAN'DROUS. Having the stamens con- 

 solidated with the pistil. 



GYN'OBASE. A dilated base, or receptacle, 

 supporting a multilocular ovary. 



