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Dentate, toothed, Fig. 28, p. 19. 

 Depressed, flattened vertically. 

 Determinate inflorescence, p. 25. 

 Diadelphous (stamens), united by their 



filaments into two sets, p. 32. 

 Diandrous, having two stamens. 

 Dichotomous, forked. 

 Didynamous, having four stamens in two 



pairs, one of which is shorter than the 

 'other. 

 Digitately veined, p. 19. 

 Difjynous, having two pistils or styles. 

 Dumious (plants), those which have stam- 



inate and pistillate flowers on different 



individuals, Figs. 46, 47, p. 36. 

 Dissepiments, the partitions of an ovary or 



fruit. 

 Divided, cut to the base, p. 20. 

 Division (of plants), p. 47. 

 Drupe, a stone-fruit, p. 41. 

 Ducts (or vessels^ Fig. 23, p. 14. 

 Duramen, heart-wood, p. 15. 



EcMnate, armed with prickles. 



Mnarginate, notched at the apex. 



Embryo (or germ), the rudimentary plant- 

 let in the seed, p. 45. 



Endocarp, the inner layer of the pericarp, 

 p. 40. 



Endogenous plants, without distinction of 

 bark, wood, and pith. Fig. 25, p. 16. 



Ensiform, sword-shaped. 



Entire, the margins not toothed or indent- 

 ed. 



Epicarp, the outer layer of the pericarp, 

 p. 40. 



Epidermis, the outer covering or skin. 



Epigynous, upon the ovary, p. 37. 



Equally pinnate, with leaflets in pairs, p. 

 20. 



Erect stem, one growing straight up, p. 

 10. 



Erase, eroded, appearing as if gnawed. 



Essential floral organs, those necessary to 

 reproduction, namely, stamens and pis- 

 tils, p. 32. 



Exogenous plants, with bark, wood, and 

 pith, each distinct. Fig. 19, p. 12. 



Exstipidate, without stipules. 



Exirorse (anther), fi.xed to the side of the 

 filament which looks away from the pis- 

 til, p. 33. 



Falcate, scythe-shaped. 



Fascicle, a close cluster, p. 30. 



Fascicled roots, those which grow in a bun- 

 dle or cluster, p. 5. 



Filament, the part of the stamen which 

 supports the anther, p. 32. 



Flavescent, yellowish, or turning yellow. 



Fleshy fruits, p. 40. 



Flora, the plants of a district or country, 

 or a systematic arrangement and descrip- 

 tion of them. 



Floral organs, p. 31. 



Flotcer, p. 25. 



Flower-hud, p. 25. 



Flotcerless (or cryptogamous) plants, p. 45. 



Foliaceous, leaf-like. 



Follicle, a fruit which opens along its inner 

 suture, Fig. 88, p. 43. 



Footstalk (or petiole), the stem of a leaf, 

 p. 17. 



Foveate, deeply pitted. 



Fruit, p. 40. 



Functions of leaves, p. 24. 



Functions of roots, p. 8. 



Functions of stem and branches, p. 16. 



Functions oftheflotrer, p. 38. 



Fusiform, spindle-shaped, 



Oaleate, helmet-shaped. 



Gamopetalous, monopetalous, p. 32. 



Gamosepahus, monosepalous, p. 31. 



Geniculate, bent like a knee. 



Genus, p. 47. 



Germ (or embryo), the rudimentary plant- 

 let in the seed, p. 45. 



Glabrous, smooth. 



Glands, small celh^lar organs which secrete 

 oily, resinous, or other products. 



Glaucous, covered with a bloom — a fine 

 white powdery coating which rubs off, as 

 the bloom of a grape. 



Ghmsnde, a dense head-like cluster, p. 30. 



Gymnospermous, naked-seeded. 



GyncBcium, a collective name for the pis- 

 tils. 



Gynandrous, with stamens and pistils 

 united. 



Habitat, the situation in which a plant 



grows without cultivation. 

 Hairs, hair-like appendages on the surface 



of plants. 



