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GLOSSARY AXD IXDKX. 



Cyme, (ryma) : a cluster of centrifugal 



inflorescences, 218. 

 Cymose : bcai ing cymes, or cyme-like. 

 Cymule (cijinula) : a ajmelet, or little 



cyme, 218. 

 Cyncm hod turn: suchafiuit as that of 



Rose (fig 429) and Calycanthus, 



fig. 815,819. 

 Cypcraceaj, 49G. 

 Cyjaela : an achenium with an adher- 



ent calyx-tube, as in Composite. 

 Cystidtum: a utiicle. 

 Cijitolithes, GO 

 Cyiolildst : the nucleus of a vegetable 



cell. 



Dammer Pitch, 400. 



Deca-, in words of Greek derivation : 

 ten ; as in 



Dccagynia, 515. 



Decdyijnous : with ten pistils or styles. 



Decdmeions : the parts in tens, 2.34. 



Dccaiultia, 512. 



Decdndious: with ten stamens, 2S0. 



Derape'talous : with ten petals, 276. 



Deciduous : falling off. or subject to 

 fall ; as petals falling after blos- 

 soming, 279, and leaves before 

 winter, 172. 



Dec/mate, declined: turned to one side. 



Decompound: several times compound- 

 ed, 1G5. 



Decumbent: reclined on the ground, the 

 summit rising, 102. 



Decunent: prolonged below the inser- 

 tion, as the leaves of the Thistle, 

 170. 



Decussate: the successive pairs crossing 

 each other at light angles, 142. 



Deiluplication (dedonblemenl), 243. 



Defiwle : of a fixed number, and not 

 above twelve or twenty. 



Definite (powth, 100. 



Definite injlo) escence, 217. 



De flexed : bent downwards. 



Dfioiate: past the flowering state. 



Defoliate : having east its leaves. 



Dehiscent futits, &c , 315 ; opening by 



Dehiscence : splitting, as do pods,3 11,316. 

 " of anthers, 283. 



Deliquescent : the stem dissolving into 

 brandies, 99. 



Deltoid: shaped like the Greek capital A 



Demerged: growing under water. 



Dendioid, dendnlic: tree-like. 



Dentate : same as toothed ; 1 59, fig. 255. 



Denticulate : furnished with fine teeth, or 

 denticulations 



Denudate: made naked. 



Dopaiipemte : dwarfed in size. 



Depressed: flattened vertically or from 

 above. 



Descending: tending gradually down- 

 wards. 



Descending axi*, 72, 79. 



Dcsmidite, or Dcsmidiaceaj, 510. 



Determinate inflorescence, 217. 



Descriptive Botany, 15. 



Development, 19. 



Dextrine, 54, 193. 



Dexlioise: towards the right. 



Di-, in Greek compounds ; two. 



Diadclphia, 513. 



Diadelphous : stamens united by their 

 filaments in two sets ; 280, fig. 4G1. 



Diandria, 512 



Didndious: with two stamens, 279. 



Diagnosis: a brief essential character. 



Dialype'talous : of distinct petals. 



Diapensiaceoe, 454. 



Diaphanous : transparent. 



Diatomaceae, 510. 



Dicdipellury : of two carpels. 



Dichlamydi ous : with both calyx and 

 corolla. 



Dichondrcre, 4 55. 



Dichdlomous : forking into two branches. 



Diclinous: with the stamens and pistils 

 in separate blossoms, 261. 



Dicdecons : separable into two cocci. 



Dteotiflc'donons : having a pair of cotyle- 

 dons, 78, 326 



Dicotyledons, Dicotyledonous Plants, 

 114, 326, 370. 



Dichpnous : twin. 



Didvnamia, 512. 



Didynamous: with two long and two 

 shorter stamens, 258, 281. 



Di (formed: of unusual shape. 



Diffuse: widely anil loosely spreading. 



Diqamous : having flowcis of two dif- 

 ferent sexes. 



Digestion, 190. 



Dujitnte (fingcicd) : compound, with the 

 parts all arising from the same 

 point ; 163, fig. 277. 



Digitate!*] tri-pluiifoliolatc, 164. 



Digynia, 515. 



Dirppious : with two pistils or styles, 287. 



Di'llcniaccte, 380. 



Dimeious: the parts in twos, 234. 239. 



Dimidiate: halved, or appearing as if 

 one half or side were wanting, 2S3. 



Dimorphous: of two forms. 



Dkecia, 513. 



Diacious : with stamens and pistils in 

 separate blossoms on different 

 individuals, 2G2. 



Dioscoveacctc, 492. 



DiosmeotJ, 407. 



Dipelalous: of two petals, 276. 



Diphyllous : two-leaved, 275 



Diploste'monous: stamens double the 

 petals or sepals in number. 



