VOCABULARY. 



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Oya'jie7is. Blue, 



Cy'at/dfornl. Shaped like a common 

 wine-glass. 



Cylin'drical. A circular shaft of near- 

 ly equal dimensions throughout its 

 extent. 



Cyme. Flower stalks arising from a 

 common centre, afterward variously 

 subdivided. 



Cymose. Inflorescence in cymes. 



Cypsc'lc. (From the Greek, kupselion.) 

 A little chest. 



De'bilis. Weak, feeble. 



Decan'drous. Plants with ten stamens 

 in each flower. 



Decapkyl'kms. Ten-leaved. 



Decid'uoHs. Falling oflT in the usual 

 season ; opposed to persistent and ev- 

 ergreen, more durable than caducous. 



Decli'ncd. Curved downwards. 



Decomposi'tio7i. Separation of the chem- 

 ical elements of bodies. 



Decompound'. Twice compound, com- 

 posed of compound parts. 



Decomposi'ta. Name of an ancient 

 class of plants, having leaves twice 

 compound ; that is, a common foot- 

 stalk supporting a number of lesser 

 leaves, each of which is compounded. 



Decumfbent. Leaning upon the ground, 

 the base being erect. This term is 

 applied to stems, stamens, &c. 



Dccur'reat. When the edges of a leaf 

 run down the stem, or stalk. 



Decur'sive. Decurrently. 



Decus'satcd. In pairs, crossing each 

 other. 



Dcflec'ted. Bending down. 



Defolla'tion. Shedding leaves in the 

 proper season. 



Dehis'cent. Gaping or opening. Most 

 capsules when ripe are dehiscent. 



Deltoid. Nearly triangular, or dia- 

 mond-form, as in the leaves of the 



Lombardy poplar. 

 kmer'siis. Under water. 



Denier 



Dense. Close, compact. 



Den'tate. Toothed ; edged with sharp 

 projections ; larger than serrate. 



Dentic'ulate. Minutely toothed. 



Denu'date. Plants whose flowers ap- 

 pear before the leaves; appearing 

 naked. 



Deor'sum. Downwards. 



Depres'sed. Flattened, or pressed in at 

 the top. 



Descrip'tions. In giving a complete 

 description of a plant, the order of 

 nature is to begin with the root, pro 

 ceed to the stem, branches, leaves, ap- 

 pendages, and lastly, to the organs 

 which compose the flower, and the 



manner of inflorescence. Colour and 

 size are circumstances least to be re- 

 garded in description ; but stipules, 

 bracts, and glandular hairs, are all of 

 importance. 

 Dextror'sum. Twining from left to 



right, as the hop-vine. 

 Diadel'phous. (From dis, two, and 

 adelphia, brotherhood.) Two brother- 

 hoods. Stamens united in two par- 

 cels or sets ; flowers mostly papiliona- 

 ceous; fruit leguminous. 



Diagno'sis. The characters which dis- 

 tinguish one species of plants from 

 another. 



Di'amond-form. See Deltoid. 



Dianthe'ria. (From dis, two, and aiv- 

 ther.) A class of plants including all 

 such as have two anthers. 



Dichot'ovio'us. Forked, divided into two 

 equal branches. 



Diclin'ia. Stamens in one flower, and 

 pistils in another; whether on the 

 same plant or on different plants. 



Dicoc'cous. Containing two grains or 

 seeds. 



Dicotyled' ononis. With two cotyledons 

 or seed lobes. 



Didy'mous. Twined, or double. 



Didyjia'viia. (From dis, twice, and <iM- 

 namis, power.) Two powers. A 

 name appropriated to one of the Lin- 

 nsean classes. 



DierisiVia. (From diairesis, division.) 

 One of Jussieu's orders of fruits. 



Difform. A monopetalous corolla whose 

 tube widens above gradually, and is 

 divided into unequal parts ; any dis- 

 torted part of the plant. 



Diffrac'ted. Twice bent. 



Diffu'sed. Spreading. 



Digitate. Like fingers. When one 

 petiole sends off several leafets from 

 a single point at its extremity. 



Digyn'ia. Having two pistils. 



Dimid'iate. Halved. 



Dim'cious. Having staminate and pis- 

 tillate flowers on different plants. 



Dis'coid. Resembling a disk, without 

 rays. 



Disk. The whole surface of a leaf, or 

 of the top of a compound flower, as 

 opposed to its rays. 



Disper'mus. Containing two seeds. 



Dissep'iment. The partition of a cap- 

 sule. 



Dissil'iens. A pericarp, bursting with 

 elasticity ; as the Impatiens. 



Di'stichus. Growing in two opposite 

 ranks or rows. 



Divar'icate. Diverging so as to turc 

 backwards. 



Diver' ging. Spreading ; separating 

 widely. 



