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VOCABULARY. 



Diur'nus. Enduring but a day. 

 Ilor'sal. Belonging to the back. 

 Dotted. See Punctate and Perforated. 

 Droop'ing. Inclining downward, more 



than nodding. 

 Drupe. A fleshy pericarp, enclosing a 



stone or nut. 

 Dru'peole. A little drupe. 

 Drupa'ceous. Resembling, or bearing 



drupes. 

 Dul'cis. Sweet. 

 Dumo'sus. Bushy. 

 Du'j)lex. Double. 



Eared. Applied to the lobes of a heart- 

 form leaf, to the side lobes near ihe 

 base of some leaves, and to twisted 

 parts in plants which are supposed to 

 resemble the passage into the ear. 



Ebur'neus. Ivory-white. 



Echi'nate. Beset with prickles, as a 

 hedge-hog. 



Ecos'tate. Without nerves or ribs. 



Edible. Good for food, esculent. 



Efflorescen'tia. (From cffioresco, to 

 bloom.) A term expressive of the 

 precise time of the year, and the 

 month in which every plant blossoms. 

 The term efflorescence is applied to 

 the powder substance found on Lich- 

 ens. 



Effolia'tion. Premature falling off of 

 leaves, by means of diseases or some 

 accidental causes. 



Effuse. Having an opening by which 

 seeds or liquids may be poured out. 



Egg-form. See ovate. 



E'gret or Ai'grette. The feathery or 

 hairy crown of seeds, as the down of 

 thistles and dandelions. It includes 

 whatever remains on the top of the 

 seed after the corolla is removed. 

 The egret is stiped, when it is sup- 

 ported on a foot-stem ; it is simple, 

 when it consists of a bundle of simple 

 hairs; it is plumose, when each hair 

 composing the crown has other little 

 hairs arranged along its sides. 



Ellip'tic. Oval. 



Elon'gated. Exceeding a common 

 length. 



Emar'ginate. Having a notch at the 

 end, retuse. 



Em'bryo. (From embrao, to bud forth.) 

 The germ of a plant; called by Lin- 

 neeus the corculum. 



Emol'lient. A medicine which softens 

 and relaxes the animal fibre. 



En'docarp. The inside skin of a peri- 

 carp. 



Endog'enous. Applied to stems which 

 grow from the centre outwardly, as in 

 monocotyledons. 



Eno'dis. Without jomte or knots. 

 En'siform. Sword-form, two-edged, as 



in the flag and iris. 

 Entire. Even and whole at the edge. 

 EntovioVogy. The science which treats 



of insects. 

 Epi. A Greek word, signifying upon ; 



olten used in composition. 

 E'picarp. (From epi, upon, and karpos, 



fruit.) The outer skin of the pen- 

 carp. 

 Epider'mis. (From epi, upon, and 



derma, skin.) See Cuticle. 

 Epig'ynons. (From epi, upon, and gy' 



nia, pistil.) 

 Ep'isperm. (From epi, upon, and sper- 



7na, seed.) 

 Equinoc'Lial flowers. Opening at stated 



hours each day. 

 E'quitant. Opposite leaves alternately 



enclosing the edges of each other. 

 Erect'. Straight ; less unbending thaa 



strictus. 

 Ero'ded. Appearing as if gnawed at 



the edge. 

 Es'culent. Eatable. 

 Ev'ergreen. Remaining green through 



the year, not deciduous. 

 Excava'tus. Hollowed out. 

 Exog'enous. A term applied to stems 



which grow externally. 

 Exotic. Plants that are brought from 



foreign countries. 

 Expan'ded. Spread. 

 Expec'torant. (From expectoro, to dis- 

 charge from the breast.) Medicines 



which promote a discharge from the 



lungs. 

 Ex'serted. Projecting out of the flower 



or sheath. 

 Eye. See Hilam. 



Fucti'tious. (From facio, to make.) 

 Not natural, produced by art. 



Fam'ilies. A term in Botany implying 

 a natural union of several genera in 

 to groups ; sometimes used as synon 

 ymous with Natural Orders. 



FaVcate. Sickle-shaped; linear and 

 crooked. 



Farihia. (From far, corn.) Meal or 

 flour. A term given to the glutinous 

 parts of wheat and other seeds, which 

 is obtained by grinding and sifting. 

 It consists of gluten, starch, and mu- 

 cilage. The pollen is also called 

 farina. 



Fas'cicle. A bundle. 



Fascic'ulate. Collected in bundles. 



Fastig'iate. Flat-topped. Branches are 

 said to be fastigiate when they keep 

 in a similar direction to the main 

 stem, and their boughs point upwards. 



