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Now ready, in one vol. 8vo, price 12s. 
THE FIFTH EDITION OF 
Structural and 
OF BOTANY, 
Physiological. 
With a copious Glossary of Terms. The whole Illustrated with nearly Seven Hundred Woodcuts. 
BY JOHN LINM EV, Pn. p., F. R. S. 
This will complete the series of Elementary Botanical Works si 
Professor Linptey, of which“ School Borany,” and“ Tux VeGeTaBLE KrNapom,”™ 
arts. 
orm the other 
Contents. 
Chap, 1. Gen ttributes. Chap. 9. Of Food and ons. Chap. ad Of the Receptacle of Torus. 
nie Of the Elementary X 10. Of the Sonem of Fluids, Of the Ovule. 
3. Of the Epidermis and its Processes, 11. Of the F 2 Of lecken. 
” Or the Co d 8 fers 20. Of t 
4. Of the und Organs. 12. Of the ese 
5. Of the en. 13. Of the ! e | Envelopes. — Ok th th e 
6. Of the S 14. Of the Male Organs. . Of Germination. 
7. Of the Leaf Buds. Okt 23, Of Flowerless Plants, 
8. Of the Leaves. 16. Of the Foilo Organs. 
PART II. 
Chap. 1. Linnzan Sexual System. Chap. 2. Analytical Method. Chap. 3. The Manner of Studying. GLOSSARY; 
SPECIMEN OF THE ABOVE WORK. 
ji DEO—DIG. 
9 DEHISCENCE. 103 
Deorsum.—Down — The short characters or de- 
fet hed sine jut less per- scription by which plants are dininguished 584. When a separation in the pericarp takes place across the cells 
~~ Tee than is usual in plants from e a e * the dehiscence is transverse ; Ex. naga is. 
of the hen th 1 The same as Polyp 
Aer, ae 2. — Dialyphyldue.—The „ 9 x f se eae ag is pe vi partial openings of the pericarp, 
` plant produce no flowers, such scales t Draphysts.—A preternatural extension of it is sai 5 take place by pores; Eg py. 
said to be depauperated, or starved. the eentre of the 8 or of an inflo-| 586. Sometimes the cells remain elosed, separating from the axis formed 
f 
8 E growth had 
(cx¥vii.) | 
rescence, 
t Diophanus.— Transparent, or 
eee 80. 
place horiz: deows.—Having both ealyx and 
t Dichogamwue.—When the florets of an in- 
floxeseence are of two separate sexe 
Dichotomia.—A forking or division by tw 
CXLVIL (adj. t ot 3 
Dran e as Retuse. Having the divisions alwa 3 
$ Deregularis. Something between regular — equally applied to geod se 
and irregular. veins, or forks. (axliæ.) 
Derma,—In Greek compounds c the bark or 
ri 
+ Dernis.—The — of a plant. 
Descending. & direstion gradually 
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+ Descemeus.— The roo 
Lenne. 8 e ia SS 
Dimes. Gite = anything 
bound to . — or brought into dine 
contact wi 
of a third degres in ` 
the development of leaves. i 
1 CXLIX. 
à Dielinous.— Havi ving the stamens in one flower 
„and the lies in another. 
one-seeded indehiscent fruit 
inclosed * — a hardened perianth 
Dicotyledonous.— Ha o cotyledons 
mus. — Double; n pairs, as the 
fruit of Umbellifers ; t divided into two 
_ „lobes, like > W of a fork. 
o stamens 
: —.— the tw two other 65 173, 2). 
en istinct leaflets 
from tions W of a leaf-stalk. 
LONTON: 
by the 8 of the growing point (230); He. l r 
7587. Or the cells open and separate from the axis, which is formed by a 
cohesion of the placent which separate from the dissepiments. 
All these are eases of central placentation, and are much more eommon than is 
supp j 
88. Somet times the dissepiments cohere at the axis, and separate from 
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| the valves „ ee or back of the carpels, when the dehiseence becomes sept 
* fragai ™ 
In su the dissepiments are either eomposed of mere placentary plates, oF 
h 
of the sides of earpellary leave: 
589. The dissepiments of a 4 are usually formed by the confluent , 
sides of carpellary leaves (480), and are plated at right angles to the 
590. But peculiarities of structure interfere with this: rule, and give rise 
to 8 — . a different . 
Th a is produced by the er of 1 
bb me the confluence of the placentse and a 
on the other hand, where 10 cells pe 
= and another 
dorsal suture. In Nigella 206, 
derived from 5 one- celled — = th A additional cells ree — 
caused by the ne the e a N 7 2 * aes 
the e to cele —.— by — enddearp, and dhe sag 
591. All fruits are eith 
er rage or multi Apple, 
592. Simple fruits proceed from a ee flower; Ex. Psy 
Nut, Strawberry. 
593. Multiple fruits are formed out of several flowers ; Ez. Fir, Pine: 
apple, Fi * They are masses of inflorescence in a state of adhesion, 
are eailea amnocaspous. 
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