Cylindrical 



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Drupels 



Cylindrical, round, in the form of 



a cylinder. 



Cymbiform, boat shaped. 

 Cyme, a centrifugal inflorescence. 

 Ci/psela, a hollow, one seeded fruit 



of a composite flower ; e.g. tlie 



seed of the Dandelion invested 



by an adnate calyx. 

 Cytos, a cell. 



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Daddock, the rotten body of a 

 tree. 



Dollop, a tuft or clump. 



Das//-, thickly covered with hairs. 



Dasycarpus, hairy fruited. 



Dasyphylliis, hairy leaved. 



Dealbatus, whitened, covered with 

 a white, opaque substance. 



Debilis, weakly. 



Deca, ten. 



Decaijynous, with ten pistils. 



Decandrous, with ten stamens. 



De-capetaloui, with ten petals. 



Decaphyllous, having ten leaves or 

 perianth segments. 



Deciduous, falling off, applied to 

 plants which lose their leaves 

 annually. 



Dcclinate. curved downwards, as 

 the filaments of Echium vul- 

 gare. 



Decompound, divided into com- 

 pound sections, as the leaves of 

 the Parsley and Chamomile. 



Decorticated, deprived of bark. 



Decumbent, lying horizontally with 

 a tendency to become erect at ! 

 the tips. 



Decnrrent, running down, when 

 the edges of the leaf extend 

 down the sides of the stem, as 

 in the Comfrey 



Dee-Hi rive, inclined to run down. 



Decussate, crossing each other at 

 right angles ; intersecting in 

 such a manner as to resem- 

 ble a square. 



Definite, ending in a single flower, 

 or having a limited number of 

 parts. 



Dejlexed turned downwards. 



Drfcliation,the discarding of leaves. 



Jleformts, misshapen. 



Degeneration, applied to an organ 

 which, becoming less highly 

 developed, changes in appear- 

 ance, as when leaves revert 

 to scales, or branches to phyl- 

 lodes. as in some Acacias. 



Dehiscent, gaping, opening regu- 

 larly and liberating seeds, 

 applied to the manner in which 

 a fruit opens. 



Delicatus, tender, delicate. 



Deliqvetaent, melting when ex- 

 posed to the air. 



Deltoid, shaped like a triangle 

 with a narrow base. 



Di'lre, to dig. 



liemissHg, lowered, abased. 



Demulcent, capable of softening 

 other things. 



Dendriform, formed like a tree. 



Dendroineter, an instrument used 

 for measuring trees. 



Dens-canis, dog's tooth. 



Densns, thick, dense. 



Dentate, with the margins divided 

 into tooth-like incisions. 



Dentuto-ciliatc, having toothed 

 margins tipped with fine hairs. 



Hentato-tina1e, with toothed and 

 scalloped margins. 



Denticulate, with fine teeth, as the 

 margins of Camellia leaves. 



Dentiform, tooth shaped. 



Denudale, a hairy surface becom- 

 ing bare. 



Di-pressed, flattened from the top 

 downwards, as the fruit of the 

 Orange. 



Di-scisreiis, withdrawing. 



JJcsmos, brought or bound into 

 close contact with. 



Detergent, possessed of cleansing 

 power. 



Determinate, applied to a definite 

 inflorescence. 



Dextrorse, pointed to the right. 



Diafantlic, with two spines. 



Diadclphous, united in two bun- 

 dles, as the stamens of the 

 False Acacia. 



Uiaholiotropim, the tendency to 

 lie at right angles to the light. 



Dialycarpoits, with fruits made up 

 of separate carpels. 



Diandratis, having two stamens. 



Diaphanous, nearly transparent. 



Dichlamydemis, having both calyx 

 and corolla. 



Dichogamous, anthers and pistils 

 not ripening together. 



Dlekatotunu, regularly divided or 

 forked into pairs, as the 

 branches of the Mistletoe. 



Diclinous, having stamens in one 

 flower and pistils in another. 



Dicotyledons, one of the two 

 classes into which flowering 

 plants are divided. Embryo 

 with two seed leaves, leaves 

 with netted veins, and flowers 

 with the organs in twos or fives 

 or their multiples are the 

 characteristics. 



Dictijoijens, Monocotyledonous 

 plants which have netted 

 veins. 



Didistifha, with leaves in two 

 rows. 



Didy movs, two ; united, or in 

 pairs. 



Didi/namous, with two long and 

 two short stamens in the same 

 flower, as in the Larnium. 



Diffuse, scattered, widely spread- 

 ing. 



Digitate, with the lobes of the 

 leaves arranged fingerwise, as 

 in the Lupin. 



Digit-form, shaped like fingers. 



/l'f/i/ni>ns, with two styles. 



IHlitattts, spreading, ciliated. 



Dimerus, composed of two pieces. 



Dimidiate, divided into two very 

 unequal parts, as a Begonia 

 leaf. 



Dimorphous, two forms, when 

 similar parts of plants assume 

 different shapes, as the stamens 

 and pistils of Primulas. 



Dicecioiis, having stamens (male 

 organs) and pistils (female 

 organs) on different plants, as 

 in the Yew tree. 



Dtofftoltntt, with two petals. 



Diphyllout, two leaved. 



Diplort0mon0u$i having twice as 

 many stamens as petals. 



Dipterous, two winged. 



Di, twice. 



Disc, the surface of a leaf; the 

 centre of a Composite flower, 

 as the yellow inner part of 

 a Daisy. 



Discoid, in the form of a flattened 

 sphere; applied to Composite 

 flowers when the ray florets 

 are suppressed. 



Discolor, parti-coloured, with one 

 surface of one colour and the 

 other of another, as the leaves 

 of Vitis (Cissus) discolor. 



Di.ipar, unequal. 



Disiii-rmniif, having two seeds. 



Jl'wrtitK, cut into ma,ny divisions. 



Dissepiment, the internal division 

 of a seed vessel or ovary. 



Dissilient, applied to fruits or 

 capsules which burst elastic- 

 ally ; e.g. those of Impatiens. 



Distichous, with leaves, flowers, or 

 branches in two opposite rows, 

 as the leaves in Taxodiinii 

 distichum, Vandas, etc. 



Dinrniis, daily. 



Dirnriratc, spreading, branching 

 at an obtuse angle. 



Ilia njent, gradually spreading 

 outwards from a common 

 centre. 



Dirersijolius, witli different kinds 

 of leaves, as the Water Crow- 

 foot (Itammculus aquatilis). 



Divisiis, divided. 



lln/lirti, twelve. 



/><>i/, -riii/i/Hiiiis, having twelve 

 pistils. 



Dodecandrous, having twelve 

 stamens. 



Doldbriformit, shaped like an axe. 



DomesliCHg, belonging to a lmu.sc. 



Dorsal, attached to the back, as 

 the large upright sepal in 

 Cypripedium. 



Doriifiaxd, joined by the back. 



Jhnihli; applied to flowers whose 

 stamens or pistils have been 

 transformed into petals. 



Dinrn, soft, short hairs. 



Drupaceous, producing drupes. 



Drupe, a stone fruit with a suc- 

 culent or fleshy covering ; e.g. 

 the Cherry and Plum. 



Druffls, small drupes which com- 

 pose a fruit, as in the Easp- 

 berrv. 



