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GLOSSARY. 



dSn'tate, toothed. 



den tic'u late, toothed ivith fine or small 

 teeth. 



de nu'ded, become naked. 



de pau'per ate, less developed than usual. 



de pend'ent, hanging down. 



de pressed' ^ flattened from above; low. 



de scend'ing, tending gradually downwards. 



de scend''ing ax'is, the root. 



dSx'trin, a gummy substance produced by 

 the action of diastase upon starch. 



dex'trorse, twining; turning to the right. 



di a del'phous, having stamens grouped into 

 two sets by united filaments. 



di ag no'sis, a brief statement of the distinc- 

 tive character of a plant or group. 



di al y pet'a lous, having separate petals; 

 polypetalous. 



di 5n''drous, with two stamens. 



di Sph'a nous, transparent, or translucent. 



di'astase, a peculiar ferment in malt, alter- 

 ing starch into dextrine. 



di car'pel la ry, having tivo carpels. 



di ehla myd'e ous, having both calyx and 

 corolla. 



di chog'a mous, having stamens which ripen 

 before the pistils, or vice versa. 



di ehot'o mous, forked, or two-forked. 



dic'li nous, having flowers of separate sexes. 



dicoc'eous, splitting into two cocci or closed 

 carpels. 



di cot y led'on ous, having tivo cotyledons or 

 seed-lobes. 



di cot y le'dous, plants ivhich have two seed- 

 leaves in their embryos. 



did'y mous, double. 



didyn'amous, having the stamens of afour- 

 androus flower in two. pairs, one pair 

 shorter than the other. 



diffuse', much divided and spreading. 



dig'i tate, having several distinct leaflets 

 palmately arranged, as in the leaf of the 

 Horse-chestnut. 



dig'y nous, having two pistils or styles. 



dlm'er ous, made up of two parts, or having 

 organs in tivo. 



di mTd'i ate {anther), halved. 



di m8r'phous, having two forms. 



dice'cious, having staminate and pistillate 

 floivers borne on different plants, 



di pet'al ous, having tivo petals. 



diph'yl lous, two-leaved. 



dip'ter ous, having two tvings. 



dis'gi form, or disc-shaped, flat and circu- 

 lar, like a disk or quoit. 



dis'eoid, having no rays. 



discol'or, of two different colors or hues. 



dis Crete', separate ; opposite of concrete. 



di sSp'al ous, having two sepals. 



disk, face of an organ, or a circular spot 

 on cells. 



dlsk-flow'ers, flowers of the disk in Com- 

 positce. 



dia sSct'ed, ctit into deep lobes. 



dis sep'i ment, a partition, a separating 

 tissue. 



dis sil'i ent, bursting into pieces. 



dis'tich ous, arranged in tivo rows. 



dis tiuct', separate ; not united. 



dithe'cous, having two thecce, or anther- 

 cells. 



di var'i cate, ividespread ; straggling. 



di ver'gent, spreading with a smaller angle. 



divid'ed {leaves), cut into divisions, down 

 to the base or midrib. 



do de cag'y nous, having twelve pistils. 



do de can'drous, having twelve stamens. 



do lab'ri form, ax-shaped. 



d8r'sal, on, or relating to, the back. 



dot'ted cells, cells ivith small spots. 



dot'ted ducts, ducts with spots or dots. 



doii'ble flow'er, a flower in which the sta- 

 mens become petals. 



dowai'y, clothed with short, weak hairs. 



dru pa'ceous, like a drupe. 



drupe, a stone fruit, as the Peach and 

 Cherry. 



dry'ing-press, an apparatus for drying bo- 

 tanical specimens. 



diicts, elongated cells through which the 

 fluids of a plant pass. 



dumose', bushy; like a bush. 



du'plicate, in pairs; double. 



du ra'men, heart-wood. 



dwari'ing, preventing a plant from growing 

 to its full size. 



E. 



eared, auriculate ; having ears. 



e brSe'te ate, ivithout bracts. 



eeh'i nate, prickly ; with rigid hairs. 



e den'tate, toothless. 



ef fete', sterile, exhausted. 



ef fuse', very loosely branched and spread- 

 ing. 



e glan'du lose, destitute of glands. 



el'a ters, spiral, elastic threads accompany- 

 ing certain spores. 



el lip soi'dal, shaped like an ellipsoid. 



el ITp'tic, el ITp'tic al, having the form of an 

 ellipse. 



elon'gated, lengthened ; extended. 



e mar'gi nate, having a notch at the apex or 

 top. 



Sm'bry o, the young plant in the seed. 



gm'bry o sSc, the cell in the ovule in ivhich 

 the embryo is formed. 



em'bryonal, belonging, or relating to, the 

 ovary. 



e mersed', raised out of water. 



en de cSg'y nous, having eleven pistils or 

 styles. 



en dSm'ic, peculiar to a country geogi'aphi- 

 cally. 



6n'do carp, the inner layer of a seed-vessel. 



Sn'do chrome, the coloring matter of plants. 



