432 GLOSSARY. 



Cyme. A mode of inflorescence in which the flower stalks arise 

 from a common centre, but are afterwards variously subdi- 

 vided ; as in Elder and Viburnum. 



Cymose. Bearing or flowering in cymes. 



Cynarrhodum. Acheuia inclosed within the fleshy tube of the 

 calyx ; as in the fruit of the Rose. 



Cypscla. An Achenium invested with the membranous tube of 

 the calyx, as in the seeds of compound flowers. 



D. 



Decagxjnous. Having ten styles. 



Decandrous. Having ten stamens. 



Deciduous. Falling off". In opposition to persistent and ever- 

 green. Later than caducous. 



Declined, or declinate. Tending downwards, as the stamens 

 and style of Rhododendron maximum. Med. Bot. PI. 51. 



Decompound. Twice compound. Composed of compound parts. 



Decumbent. Leaning upon the ground, the base only erect. 



Decurrcnt. When the edges of a leaf run down the stem or stalk. 



Decursivc. See Decurrent. 



Decussated, or Decussating. In pairs crossing each other. 



Deflected. Bent off". 



Dehiscent. Gaping, or cracking open at maturity. 



Deltoid. Nearly triangular. Leaves of this form approach in 

 shape to an isoceles triangle with the base projecting where 

 the petiole is inserted. 



Dentate. Toothed. Edged with sharp projections separated by 

 notches. Larger than serrate. 



Denticulate. Minutely toothed. 



Dentures. Teeth. The sharp parts which separate notches. 



Depauperated. Few flowered. 



Depressed. Flattened or pressed in at top. 



Diadelphous. Having the stamens united in two parcels or sets. 

 Flowers of this kind have conmionly a papilionaceous corol- 

 la and a leguminous fruit. 



Diandrous. With two stamens. 



Dichotomous. Forked. Dividing into two equal branches. 



Diclesium. An indehiscent, one seeded pericarp, inclosed within 

 an indurated perianth, as in MirabiUs. 



