INTRODUCTION. 



Depressed: flattened horizontally. 



Descending: directed downward. 



Diadelphous : collected in two sets. 



Diandrous : having two stamens. 



Dichlamydeous : having both calyx and 

 corolla. 



Dichotomous : forked. 



Diclinous, 66. 



Dicotyledonous : having two cotyledons. 



Didymous: twin. 



Didynamous : having four stamens, with 

 two of them longer than the others. 



Diffuse: loosely spreading. 



Digitate : when the apex of the petiole 

 bears five or more leaflets. 



Dimorphous : of two forms. 



Dioecious, 67. 



Discoid: Flora, p. 184. 



Disk, 73. Also the central part of the 

 head of composite flowers. 



Dissected : divided into many lobes. 



Distichous : two-ranked ; placed on oppo- 

 site sides of the axis. 



Distinct: separate. 



Divaricate : widely spreading. 



Divided : parted nearly to the base. 



Dorsal : pertaining to back or outside. 



Dorsal Suture, 80. 



Downy: bearing soft short hairs. 



Drupe, 94. 



Drupaceous : with the characters of a 



drupe. 

 "Duramen, 30. 



Dwarf: below the common size. 



Eared: see Auriculate. 



Echinate : beset with prickles. 



Elliptical : in outline twice as long as 

 wide, broadest in the middle, and 

 rounded at each end. 



Elongated: unusually long; extended. 



Emarginate : notched at the apex. 



Embryo, 102. 



Emersed : raised out of water. 



Endocarp : the inner layer of the pericarp. 



Endogenous (stems), 32. 



Enneandrous : having nine stamens. 



Ensiform : sword-shaped. 



Entire : with margins not toothed or di- 

 vided. 



Epigynous, 70. 



Epiphytes, 11. 



Equilateral : equal-sided. 



Equitant (leaves) : two-ranked, with their 

 bases clasped one within the other, and 

 their sides facing the horizon. 



Erose : with the margin irregularly scal- 

 loped, as if gnawed. 



Evergreen : lasting through the winter. 



Exogenous, 28. 



Exserted : protruding out of the surround- 

 ing parts. 



Exstipulate: without stipules. 



Extrorse Anthers, 72. 



Falcate : scythe-shaped. 

 Family, 113. 



Fan-shaped : folded or plaited like a fan. 



Farinaceous : mealy. 



Fascicle > a cluster. 



Fascicled: collected in a cluster. 



Fastigiate : rising to the same level ; flat- 



Feather-veined, 41. 



Female (flowers) : bearing only pistils. 



Ferruginous : of the color of iron-rust. 



Fertile : bearing fruit. 



Fibre, 4. 



Fibrous Roots, 8. 



Fiddle-shaped : oblong in outline, and 



contracted in the middle. 

 Filament, 69. Any thread-like part. 

 Filamentose : bearing or composed of 



threads. 



Filiform: thread-like. 

 Fimbriate : with the margin cut into a 



fringe. 



Fistulous : hollow. 

 Fleshy : soft and juicy. 

 Flexuous: zigzag; bent outward and in- 



ward. 

 Floating: resting on the surface of the 



water. 



Floccose : bearing tufts of deciduous hairs. 

 Flora : a systematic description of the 



plants of a country. 

 Floral : belonging to the flowers. 

 Floret : one of the flowers of a cluster. 

 Flower, 61. 



Flowering Plants, 106. 

 Flowerless Plants, 107. 

 Foliaceous: leaf-like. 

 Foliolate : bearing leaflets. 

 Follicle, 87. 



Follicular : like a follicle. 

 Forked : divided into two branches. 

 Free: separate; disconnected. 

 Fringed: see Ciliate. 

 Frond : the leaf of a Fern. 

 Fructification : the fruiting state. 

 Fruit, 84. 



Frutescent: shrubby. 

 Fugacious : continuing for a short time. 

 Fulvous: tawny. 

 Funiculus, 82. 

 Funnel-shaped : gradually dilated upward 



from a tubular base. 

 Furrowed : grooved lengthwise. 

 Fusiform : spindle-shaped ; broadest in 



the middle, and tapering at each end. 



Geminate: by pairs. 

 Geniculate : bent abruptly. 

 Genus, 113. 

 Germination, 105. 

 Gibbous : puffed out. 

 Glabrous : free from roughness, or hairs. 

 Glands : small knobs or excrescences. 

 Glandular: bearing glands. 

 Glaucous : covered with a minute whitish 

 powder. 



Glomerate : collected in a close cluster. 



