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GLOSSARY. 



especially a broad and flattish one; 

 151. 



Cymo-btitryose. When cymes are ar- 

 ranged in botryose manner; 159. 



Cymose (-osus). Bearing cymes, or re- 

 lating to a cyme ; 151. 



Cymule ( Cymula). Diminutive cyme, 

 or a portion of a cyme ; 151. 



Cynarrhddium, Name of such a fruit as 

 that of the Rose ; fleshy, hollow, and 

 enclosing achenia. 



Cypsela. Name of an achenium in- 

 vested by an adnate calyx, as the fruit 

 of Composite; 295. 



Cystolith. One of the mineral and 

 usually partly crystalline concretions 

 of the cells of the epidermis of or 

 subjacent tissue of the leaf in various 

 plants, especially in Urticaceae. 



Cytoblast. An obsolete name for the 

 nucleus of a cell of cellular tissue. 



Ddctylose (-osus). Fingered, or finger- 

 shaped. 



Dasyphyllous (-us). Woolly-leaved. 



Dealbate (-atus). Whitened over (as if 

 whitewashed) with a white powder or 

 minute pubescence. 



Deca. Greek for ten, .compounded with 

 various words, such as 



Decagynia. One of the Linnsean artificial 

 orders; 337. 



Decdgynous (-us). With ten styles or 

 carpels. 



Decdmerous (-MS). Of ten members ; 176. 



Decandria. A Linnsean class with ten 

 stamens; 334. 



Decandrous (-us). With ten stamens; 

 249. 



Decapetalous (-us), Decasepalous, &c. 

 With ten petals or sepals, &c. 



Deciduous (-ws). Falling, or subject to 

 fall in season, as petals after anthesis, 

 and leaves (except of evergreens) in 

 autumn; 243. 



Declinate (-atus), or Declined. Bent or 

 curved downward or forward. 



Decompound. Several times compound- 

 ed or divided; 102, 104. 



Decompositus. Decompound. 



Decumbent (-ens). Reclining, but with 

 summit ascending; 53. 



Decurrent (-ens), Decursive. Running 

 down into ; as where leaves are seem- 

 ingly prolonged below their insertion, 

 and so run down the stem. 



Decussate (-atus). In pairs alternately 

 crossing at right angles. 



Deduplication, Fr. Dedoublement. Same 

 as Chorisis ; 202. 



Definite (-itus). Of a fixed number, not 

 exceeding twenty ; or of a fixed order. 



Definite Inflorescence. Where axes of 

 inflorescence end in a flower ; 144, 151. 



Deflexed (-us). Bent or turned abruptly 

 downward. 



Deflorate (-atus). Past the flowering 

 state. 



Defoliate (-atus). Having cast its leaves. 



Defoliation, 87. 



Dehiscence (-entia). The mode of open- 

 ing of a capsule or anther by valves, 

 slits, or regular lines ; 288. 



Dehiscent (-ens). Opening by regular 

 dehiscence; 292. 



Deliquescent (-ens). Dissolving or melt- 

 ing away, as a stem divided into 

 branches; 48. 



Deltoid (-oides). Having the shape of 

 the Greek letter A. 



Demersed (-us). Under water ; same as 

 submersed. 



Dendritic (-icus), Dendroid (-oideus). 

 Tree-like. 



Dendron. Greek for tree. 



Deni. Ten together. 



Dens. A tooth. 



Dentate (-atus). Toothed; specially with 

 salient teeth not turned forward ; 98. 



Denticulate (-atus). Minutely toothed; 

 having denticulations, or diminutive 

 teeth. 



Denudate (-atus). Made naked ; stripped. 



Deorsum. Downwards. 



Depauperate (-atus). Impoverished; as 

 if starved; or diminutive for want of 

 favorable surroundings. 



Depressed (-us). Having the appear- 

 ance or shape as if flattened from 

 above. 



Derma. Greek for skin or surface of a 

 plant or organ. 



Descending (-ens). Tending or turning 

 gradually downward. 



Descending Axis. Primary root ; 11. 



Determinate. Limited in number or ex- 

 tent; as are the axes of determinate 

 inflorescence; 144, 151. 



Desinens. Terminating in. 



Desmos. Greek for things bound, or as if 

 chained together. 



Dextrorse (Dextrorsus: adv. Dextror- 

 sum). Toward the right hand, or re- 

 lating to it ; 51, 140. 



Di, Dis. In Greek compounds, two, or 

 double. 



Diachenium. Synonym of Cremocarp. 



