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Distichajfo//, in two rows, when the leaves all respect two 

 sides of the branches only. 



Divaricati rarni, branches standing wide from each other in 

 different directions. 



Divergentes ramij widening gradually. 



Dodecandria, twelve males, the eleventh class in the sexual 

 system. 



Dodrans, the seventh degree in the Linnrean scale for mea- 

 suring the parts of plants, or nine Parisian inches. 



Dodrantalis, nine inches. 



Dolabrifonnejfo/My?z, a leaf resembling an axe, as in Mesem- 

 bryanthemum dolabriforme. 



Dorsalis arista,' an awn, or beard, fixed to the back or ex- 

 ternal part of the Gluma. 



Drupa, a pulpy pericarpium, without valves, containing a 

 stone, as in the Plumb and Peach. 



Drupaceae, an order of plants in the Fragmenta methodi na- 

 turalis of Linnaeus. 



Dumosae, a bush, an order of plants in the Fragmenta me- 

 thodi naturalis of Linnaeus. 



Duplicata radix, a double root, a species of bulbous root, 

 consisting of two solid bulbs, as in some species of Orchis. 



Quplicato-serratum folium, sawed double, with lesser teeth 

 within the greater. 



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Ebracteatus racemm, without a Bractea, or floral leaf. 



Ecaudata corolla, without a tail or spur, as in Antirrhinum 

 cymbalaria 



Ediinatumpericarpium, pods beset with prickles like a hedge- 

 hog. 



Efflorescentia, the precise time when a plant shews its first 

 flowers for the season. 



Emarginatumyb/ww,, when the apex of a leaf terminates in a 

 notch ; the same may be applied to petala, and stigma. 



Enervuum folium, leaves having no apparent nerves. 



Enneandria, nine males, the ninth class in the sexual system. 



Enneapetala corolla, a flower consisting of nine petals. 



Enodis caulis, culmus, stalks and straws, having no knots or 

 joints. 



Ensatae, plants having sword-shaped leaves, an order of plants 

 in the Fragmenta methodi naturalis of Linnaeus. 



JZnsiforme foil urn, leaves shaped like a two-edged sword, ta- 

 pering towards the point. 



Epiphragma, a thin membrane which, in the genus Poly- 

 tnchum, stretches over the mouth of the Theca. 



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