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Didphanous : transparent or translucent. 



Dichlamydeous (flower) : having both calyx and corolla. 



Dichdlomons : two-forked. 



Diclinous: having the st.imcna in one flower, the pistils in another; p. 89, 



fig. 176, 177. 

 Dicdccous (fruit) : splitting into two cocci, or 'closed cai-pels. 

 Dicoti/le'donous (embryo) : having a pair of cotyledons ; p. 16, 137. 

 Dicoti/ledonous Plants, p. 150, 182. 

 Didijinous: twin. 

 Didynamous (stamens) ; having four stamens in two pairs, one pair shorter than 



the other, as in fig. 194, 195. 

 Diffuse ; spreading widely and iiTCgularly. 

 Dujiiale (fingered) : where the leaflets of a compound leaf are all borne on the 



apex of the petiole; p. 65, fig. 129. 

 Digijnous (flower) ; having two pistils or styles, p. 116. 

 Dimerous ; made up of two parts, or its 6rgans in twos. 

 Dimidiate : halved ; as where a leaf or leaflet has only one side developed, or a 



stamen has only one lobe or cell ; fig. 239. 

 Dimorphous : of two forms. 

 Diacious, or Dioicous : where the stamens and pistils are in separate flowers on 



different plants ; p. 89. 

 Dlp^talous : of two petals. Diphyllous: two-leaved. Dipterous; two-winged. 

 Disciform or Disk-shaped : flat and circular, like a disk or quoit. 

 Disk; the face of any flat body ; the central part of a head of flowei-s, like the 



Sunflower, or Coreopsis (fig. 224), as opposed to the ray or margin; a 



fleshy expansion of the receptacle of a flower ; p. 125. 

 Dissected ; cut deeply into many lobes or divisions. 

 Dissepiments : the partitions of an ovary or a fruit ; p. 119. 

 Distichous ; two-ranked ; p. 73. 

 Distinct; uncombined with each other ; p. 102. 

 Divaricate: straddling; \i^Yy widely divergent. 

 Divided (leaves, &c.) : cut into divisions extending about to the base or the mid 



rib; p. 62, fig. 125. 

 Dodeca- (in Greek compounds) : twelve; as 

 Dodecdy I/nous : with twelve pistils or styles. 

 Dodecandrous : with twelve stamens. 

 Dolabriform ; axe-shaped. 



Dbrsal; pertaining to the back (dorsum) of an organ. 

 Dorsal Suture, p. 117. 

 Dotted Duels, p. 148. 



Double Flowers, so called : where the petals are multiplied unduly ; p. 85, 98. 

 Downy : clotlicd with a coat of soft and short hairs. 

 Drupe; a stone-fruit ; p. 128, fig. 285. 

 Drupaceous: like or pertaining to a drupe. 

 Ducts : the so-called vessels of plants ; p. 146, 148. 

 Dumose: bushy, or relating to bushes. 

 Duramen: the heart-wood, p. 153. 

 Duur/i rom.arkably low iu stature. 



