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Decussate ; opposite leaves, but the succeasiye ps,jir8 placed at 



liglit angles to each other. 

 -De/fe^etif; curved downwards or towards the back. 

 Dehiscence; the mode in which an organ. opens. 

 Deltoid ; fleshy with a triangular transverse section. 

 Dentate ; ^^th. short equiiateral triangular teeth.. When these 



are a^ain dentate, the whole is doubly dentate :, not hidentate, 



which means having two teeth. 

 Denticulate ; finely dentate. 



Depressed; when flattened vertically or at the top. 

 Determinate inflorescence ends in a flower. 

 2)tcofe/&rfono!<s; with two .opposite cotyledons^ ,, ,,, 

 Didymoua ; formed of two similar parts attached to each other 



by a small portion of their margin. 

 Disuse; widely spreadiiig. ;: 



Digitate; fingered; of several leaves all starting irom the top 



of the petiole. 

 Dioecious; with the sexes on difierent plants, ,; 

 Dish; a fleshy space from which the stamens and pistils spring, 



or between them ;, the central part of a head (capitulum). 

 Dissepiments ; vertical plates dividing an ovary intp^iparts ; septa. 

 Distichous ; arranged above each other in two rows on opposite 



., sides of an axis. ■ , , 



Distinct ; separate from its neighbours. 

 Divaricate ; spreading at an obtuse angle. 

 Diverging ; gradually separating. 

 Dorsal; attached to, or on the back. . 



Drupe; a one-celled superior fruit, not bursting, fleshy exter- 

 nally, stony within, containing oiie or two seeds. , , 



Echinate; armed with straight slender prickles like a,, hedgehog. 



Elliptic ; oval but acute at each end. 



Elongate ; much lengthened. 



Emarginate ;; slightly notched at the end. 



Embryo ; the young plant as flrst seen in the seei^. 



Entire; i^ot toothed, nor lobed at the edge, i ; 



Epidermis ; the skin. 



Epigynous ; apparently seated upon the ovary. 



Epipetaloits ; borne on the petals. , 



Epiphytes; plants growing upon others, but Hot deriving nou- 

 rishment from their juices, 



.EjMflf^Jn^ ; when the ends of organs rise to the same height, 

 even though their relative lengths are different. 



Equitant ; when a condupUeate organ, covers the, edges .^f 

 another similarly folded, and that covers a third, and 

 so,on. r , ,1 ,: ' ■ , , , 



Erect; standing nearly perpendicular to, that, from which it 



