INDEX AND GLOSSARY. 



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Cotyledon, 125. 



Ootyledonous plants, 48. 



Creeper, 1S2. 



Crenate, 235, 4. 



Crenulate, 235, 4. 



Crisped, 235, 10. 



Cruciform, 105, 1. 



Cryptogamia, 345. 



Cucullate ; hooded, cowled. 



Culm, 186, a. 



Cultivation, effects of, 15. 



Cuneate ; wedge-shaped. 



Cupule; the cup, or involucre, of the 

 acorn, and of all amentaceous plants. 



Cuspidate ; like the point of a spear. A 

 leaf is cuspidate when suddenly con- 

 tracted to a point. 



Cuticle ; the epidermis ; scarf-skin. 



Cyathiform; cup-shaped; concave. 



Cylindraceous ; like a cylinder in fonn. 



Cyme, 307. Cymose, like a cyme. 



Cyanic, of the blue series ; i. e. white, red, 

 blue,any color saVe yellow or ochroleuc. 



Decandrous ; with 10 stamens. 



Deciduous, 98. 



Declinate ; turned towards one side. 



Decompound ; more than once compoun- 

 ded, as bipinnate, &c. 



Decumbent; lying down, or leaning on 

 the ground. 



Decurrent, 242, 3. 



Decussate; crossing each other at right 

 angles. 



Deflexed ; bent downwards. 



Defoliation, 259. 



Dehiscence, 68, a, 115. 



Deltoid ; shaped like the Greek letter A. 



Dentate, 235, 2. 



Denticulate, 235, 2. 



Depressed ; pressed inward or flattened 

 from above. 



Diandrous ; with two stamens. 



Diadelphous ; having the stamens united 

 in 2 sets. 



Diaphanous ; transparent. 



Dichotomous; branching by two equal 

 divisions; forked. 



Diclinous ; (stamens and pistils) in sepa- 

 rate flowers. 



Dicotyledonous plants, 127. 



Didymous ; two united. 



Didynamous ; having two long stamens 

 and two short ones in the same flower. 



Diffuse; wide-spread, scattered. 

 -Digestion, 2S1. 



Digitate, 233, 18. 



Digynous ; with two pistils. 



Dioecious ; bearing staminate flowers on 

 one individual, and pistillate on another. 



Discoid; in the Composite, when the 

 flowers are all tubular in the same 

 head. 



Disk, 107, b ; also, the centre of a head in 

 the Composite. 



Dissected ; cut into 2 parts. 

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Dissepiment; the partitions by which 

 the cells of the pericarp are separated. 



Dissemination of seeds, 135. 



Distichous ; leaves or flowers in two op- 

 posite rows. 



Distinct, 63, e. 



Divaricate; spreading in a straggling 

 manner. 



Dodecandrous ; having twelve stamens. 



Dorsal, 84 (on the back). 



Drupe, 116, 6. 



Ducts, 33, /. 



Duramen, 203. 



Echinate ; beset with prickles. 



Elernentarv organs, 29, &c. 



Elliptical, 232, 2. 



Elongated ; exceeding the common length 



Emarginate, 236, 4. 



Embryo, 123, 124, 130. 



Emollient ; softening. 



Endocarp, 112. 



Endogenous structure 210, 211. 



Endogens, 126, 197, 348. 



Endopleura, 118. 



Endosmose, 158, a. 



Endostome ; inner mouth or perforation. 



Ensiform ; sword-shaped, two-edged. 



Entire, 235, 1. 



Epicarp, 112. 



Epidermis, 35. 



Epigvnous, 107, 6. 



Epiphytes, 150, b. 



Equitant, 217, 1. 



Erose, 235, 5. 



Esculent; eatable. 



Etiolated ; blanched or whitened. 



Exhalation, 269, 271. 



Exogenous structure, 198, 199, &c. 



Exogens, 127, 196, 348. 



Excsmose, 158, a. 



Exotic ; foreign ; not native. 



Exserted ; projecting or extending out of 



the flower or sheath. 

 Exsiccated ; dried up. 

 Exstipulate, 251. 

 Extrorse, 68, 4. 



Fsecula ; the nutritious part of wheat and 



other fruits. 



Falcate ; sickle-shaped ; linear and curved 

 Farinaceous ; mealy. 

 Fascicle, 308. 

 Fasciculated, 146, a. 

 Fastigiate ; having a flat or level top. 

 Favose ; deeply pitted. 

 Feather-veined, 230, 1. 

 Febrifuge ; efficacious against fever. 

 Fecundation ; the act of making fruitful. 

 Ferruginous ; iron-colored ; rusty. 

 Fibrils, 142, b, 152. 

 Fibro-vascular tissue, 260. 

 Fibrous, 146. 

 Filament, 67. 

 Filiform ; shaped like a thread. 



