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{Numbers refer to paragraphs,) 

 Culm. The stem of grasses, sedges, and related plants. 

 Cuneate. Wedge-shaped. 131. 

 Gutting. A severed portion of a plant, set in soil or water, with the intention 



that it shall grow. 476. 

 Gyme. A flower-cluster of the determinate type, — the central br uppermost 



flower opening first. 222. 

 Oymule. Secondary cyme : a small cyme in a compound cyme. 224. 

 Gypsela. The akene-like fruit of compositous plants. 293a. 

 Decompound. More than once compound. 97. 

 Decurrent. Said when a sessile leaf-blade is extended down the stem upon 



which it is attached. 121, Fig. 107. 

 Decussate. Said of four-ranked leaves which are in alternating pairs. 64. 

 Dehiscenee. The mode of opening: applied especially to fruits and anthers. 



1646. 

 Deliquescent. Said of trees which are diffuse ia form of top: the "leader" 



does not continue. 15. 

 Deltoid. Triangular. 131. 



Dentate. Toothed: very strongly or coarsely serrate. 133. 

 Determinate. Said of plants in which the upward growth does not take place 



from the terminal bud. 15, 29. 

 Dextrorse. From left to right. 501a. 

 Diadelphous . Said of stamens which are disposed or united so as to form 



two groups or companies. 238a. 

 Dichogamy. Term used to express the non-concurrence in maturity of stamens 



and pistils: the two essential organs maturing at different times in any 



flower. 150a. 

 Diclinous. Flowers which lack either gynoeeium or androecium: imperfect. 



152a. 

 Dicotyledon. One of the great class of plants characterized by having two 



(or more) cotyledons. 396. 

 Digitate. Arrangement in which the parts radiate from a common point: 



palmate. 94. 

 Dimerous. Parts in twos. 246a. 

 Dimorphic, dimorphous. "Two-formed": used to designate the fact of two 



different relative lengths of stamens and pistils in different flowers of the 



same kind. 277a. 

 Dioecious. Staminate and pistillate flowers borne upon different plants. 192a. 

 Discoid. In compositous flowers used to designate heads which are destitute 



of rays. 204. 

 Dissected. Deeply cut, as the leaf in Fig. 87. 

 Dissepiment. Partition in a capsule. 312. 



