GLOSSARY OF BOTANICAL TERMS 



Dentate Applied to leaves that have their margins toothed, with the teeth 

 airected outward. 



DiADELPHous -In two brotherhoods. Applied to stamens when cohering 



by their filaments into two sets 

 D.CHOTOMOUS.-Forking; dividing into two equal branches. 

 DICOTYLEDON.-A plant whose embryo has two opposite cotyledons. 

 Diffuse.— Widely spreading. • 



Digitate.— Applied to a compound leaf in which all the leaflets radiate from 

 the top of the petiole. 



DICECIOUS.-In two households. With staminate and pistillate flowers sep- 

 arate and on separate plants. 



Discoid.— Having the form of a disc. Descriptive of the shapes of certain 

 stigmas, glands, etc. 



Disk.— A development of the receptacle at or around the base of the pistil. 



Dissepiment. — A partition in a fruit. 



Drupe.— A fleshy or pulpy fruit with the inner portion of the pericarp hard 

 or stony. A stone fruit. 



Duramen. — Heartwood. 



ECHINATE. — Beset with prickles. 



Emarginate.— Notched. Applied to a leaf which is notched at the apex. 



Embryo — Applied in botany to the tiny plant within the seed. 



Endocarp. — The inner layer of the pericarp. 



Epicarp. — The outer layer of the pericarp. 



Epigynous. — Growing on the summit of the ovary, or apparently so. 



Erose. — Irregularly toothed, as if gnawed. 



EiiBRio. — A fruit, the product of a single flower, which consists of small 

 aggregated drupes. 



ExocARP. — The outer layer of the pericarp. 



Exserted. — Protruding ; as stamens extending beyond the throat of a 

 corolla. 



Extrorse. — Facing outward. Applied to anthers which face away from 

 the pistil. 



Falcate. — Curved or sickle-shaped. 



Fascicle. — A bundle. Applied to a compact cyme or a compact cluster of 

 leaves. 



Fertilization. — The union which takes place when the contents of the pol- 

 len cell enters the ovule. 



Fibro-vascular Bundles. — The bundles of vascular tissues of plants. 



Filament. — The stalk which supports the anther. 



Filiform. — Thread-like. 



Foliaceous. — Leaf-like. 



Fugacious. — Soon falling off. 



Galbulus.— A berry-like cone, as the fruit of the Juniper. 



Gamopetai.OUS.— Having the petals more or less united. 



Gamosepalous.— Having the sepals more or less united. 



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