GLOSSARY OF BOTANICAL TERMS 



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



directed outward. 

 DlADEi.rnous.— Intwo brotherhoods. Applied to stamens when cohering 



by their filaments into two sets. 

 I)]CHOT<_)MOU,s. — Foriving; dividing into two ecjual branches. 

 Dicotyledon. — A plant whose embryo has two opposite cotvledons. 

 DiFFUSK.— Widely spreading. 

 Digitate. — Applied to a compound leaf in which all the leaflels radiate frord 



the top of the peticile. 

 DiCECiODs. — 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. 

 DISSEI'IMENT. — 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 wdiich 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. 



Epigvnous. — Growing on the summit of the o\'ary, or a]>parently so. 

 Erosf. — Irregularly toothed, as if gnawed. 

 Et.'ERIO. — 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. 

 Fertii.izaito.N'. — The union wdiich takes place when the contents of the pol- 

 len cell enters the ovule. 

 Fibro-vascul.'VR 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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