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diffuse, spreading widely and irregu- 

 larly. 



digitate leaflets are digitate when 

 they are all borne on the end of a 

 petiole. 



dissected, out deeply into many lobes 

 or divisions. 



dissepiments, the partitions in a com- 

 pound ovary. 



diurnal, expanded during the day, 

 closed at night. 



distichous, 2-ranked. 



distinct, free. 



divaricate, widely divergent. 



divided, cut into divisions down to the 

 midrib. 



drupe, a fleshy fruit containing a 

 stone, as the plum. 



echinate, armed with prickles. 



elliptical, oval or oblong, with the 

 ends regularly rounded. 



ernarginate, notched at the summit. 



emersed, raised out of water. 



endocarp, the inner layer of a peri- 

 carp. 



endosperm, the nutritive matter in 

 a seed, surrounding the embryo. 



ephemeral, lasting for a day or less. 



epigynous, upon the ovary. 



equitant, folded longitudinally, and 

 each embracing the next within. 



erose, eroded as if gnawed. 



exocarp, outer layer of a pericarp. 



extrorse, turned outward. 



falcate, scythe-shaped. 

 farinaceous, mealy in texture. 

 fascicle, a close cluster. 

 fastigiate, close, parallel and upright 

 faveolate, favose see alveolate, 

 ferruginous, resembling iron-rust. 

 .filament, the stock of a stamen. 

 filiform, thread-like. 

 fimbriate, fringed. 

 fistulose, hollow and cylindric. 

 Jlabelliform, fan-shaped. 

 flavescent, yellowish. 

 fltxuous or Jlexuose, bending in op- 

 posite directions, zig zag. 

 floccose, woolly. 



foliate, provided with leaves. 

 follicle, a pod comp'osed of a single 



carpel, opening down the inner 



suture. 

 fruit, the mature ovary and all that 



is connected with it. 

 frutescent, somewhat shrubby. 

 fugacious, soon perishing or falling 



off. 



fulvous, tawny. 

 funiculus, the stock of an ovule or 



furfuraceous, bran-like. 

 fusiform, spindle-shaped. 



galea, a helmet-shaped body. 



geniculate, bent abruptly. 



gibbous, somewhat swollen or enlarg- 

 ed. 



glabrate, becoming glabrous or al- 

 most so. 



glabrous, smooth, not hairy. 



glands, small cellular organs which 

 secrete certain substances, such 

 as oil. 



glandular, with glands. 



glaucescent, slightly glaucous. 



glaucous, covered with a bloom. 



glomerate, closely aggregated in a 

 dense head. 



glume, floral bracts in grasses. 



gramineous, grass-like. 



habit, the general aspect of a plant. 

 habitat, the place where a plant 



grows. 



hairy, beset with rather long hairs. 

 hastate, halberd-shaped. 

 herb, a plant that is not woody. 

 hilum, the scar of a seed, the place of 



attachment. 



hirsute, with stifflsh hairs. 

 hirsutulous, minutely hirsute. 

 hispid, beset with stiff hairs. 

 hoary see canescent. 

 horn, a spur. 

 hyaline, transparent or partly so. 



imbricate, overlapping one another, 

 like shingles. 



immersed, growing wholly under wa- 

 ter. 



