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Deflexed. Bent downward. 



Depressed. Flattened. 



Diadel'phous. Having the filaments grown together in two bundles. 



Si- 



Dian'drous. Having two stamens. 49. 

 Dichlamyd'eous. Having both calyx and corolla. 45. 

 Dichot'omous. Regularly dividing by pairs. 121. 

 Dic'linous. With stamens in one flower and pistils in another. 45. 

 Dicotyle'dons. Plants in which the embryo has two cotyledons. 121. 

 Didyn'amous. Having two long and two short stamens. 50. 

 Diffuse. Spreading widely and irregularly. 

 Dig'itate. Palmately compound. 13. 

 Dimid'iate. Where one lobe or side is undeveloped. 

 Dioe'cious. With staminate flowers on one plant and pistillate on 



another. 46. 



Discoid flower-heads are destitute of rays. 145. 

 Disk. A fleshy rim round the base of the pistil. The central part of 



a head of flowers. 69, 140. 



Disk-florets. The inner florets of a flower-head. 141. 

 Dissected. Cut deeply into many divisions. 

 Dissep'iments. Partitions in an ovary. 94. 

 Dis'tichous. In two rows. 

 Distinct. Not coherent. 62. 

 Divar'icate. Widely divergent. 

 Dodecan'drous. Having twelve stamens. 49. 

 Dorsal. Pertaining to the back of an organ. 

 Downy. Covered with soft, short hairs. 

 Drupe. A stone-fruit, no. 

 Dura'raen. Heart-wood. 

 Dwarf. Diminutive. 

 Ech'inate. Having prickles. 

 Ellip'tical. Oblong with rounded ends. 9. 

 Emar'ginate. Notched at the summit. 7. 

 Embryo. The plant-germ in a seed. 118. 

 En'docarp. The inner coat of a pericarp. 108. 

 En'dogens. Inside-growing plants. 71. 

 En'siform. Sword-shaped. 

 Entire. Having a smooth margin. 4. 

 Ep'icarp. The outer covering of a fruit. 108. 

 Epider'mis. The skin of a plant. 



Epig'ynous. Having the stamens inserted upon the ovary. 62. 

 Epipet'alous. When the stamens are inserted upon the corolla. 62. 

 Eq'uitant. Riding straddle. Fig. 96. 



