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GLOSSARY AND INDEX. 



Cyme (cyma) ■ a, clu';tcr of centi-ifugal 

 inflorescences, 218. 



Cyniose ; bearing cymes, or cyme-like. 



Cymuh [ci/ inula) : u, ajmelet, or little 

 cyme, 218. 



Cynarrhodiun : such a fruit as that of 

 Kose (fig. 429) and Calycanthus, 

 fig. 815,819. 



Cyperaeeffi, 496. 



Cypsela : an achenium with an adher- 

 ent calyx-tube, as in Compositae. 



Cusfidium : a utricle. 



Gjstolithes, 60. 



Q/loblast : the nucleus of a vegetable 

 cell. 



Dammer Pitch, 400. 



Deca-, in words of Greek derivation : 

 ten ; as in 



Decagy'nia, .51. "5. 



Decaiynous : with ten pistils or styles. 



Dpcdmerons : the parts in tens, 234. 



Docandria, 512. 



Decdndrons : with ten stamens, 280, 



Decu/ie'talous : with ten petals, 276. 



Deciduous : falling off, or suliject to 

 fall ; as petals falling after blos- 

 soming, 279, and leaves before 

 winter, 172. 



Dc'clinute, declined: turned to one side. 



JJecompoiind : several times compound- 

 eil, 165. 



Decumbent : reclined on the ground, the 

 summit rising, 102. 



Decurrent: prolonged below the inser- 

 tion, as the leaves of the Thistle, 

 170. 



Decussate: the successive pairs crossing 

 each other at right angles, 142. 



Deduplication {dc'douUement) , 243. 



Definite : of a fixed number, and not 

 above twelve or twenty. 



Definite (jroivth, 100.- 



Definite inflorescence, 217. 



Deflexed: bent downwards. 



Defldiate : past the flowering state. 



Defoliate : having cast its leaves. 



Deliiscent fruits, &c., 315 ; opening by 



Dehiscence : splitting, as do pods,3 11,316. 

 " of anthers, 283. 



Deliquescent : the stem dissolving into 

 branches, 99. 



Ddloid: shaped like the Greek capital A. 



Demersed: growing under water. 



Dendroid, dendritic : tree-like. 



Dentate : same as toothed ; 159, fig. 255. 



Denticulate : furnished with fine teeth, or 

 denticulations. 



Denildate : made naked. 



Depauperate : dwarfed in size. 



Depressed : flattened vertically or from 

 above. 



Descending : tending gradually down- 

 wards. 



Descending azi^, 72, 79. 



Desraidiffi, or Desniidiacea;, 510. 



Determinate inflorescence, 217. 



Descriptive Botany, 15. 



Development, 19. 



Dextrine, 54, 193. 



Dextrorse : towards the right. 



Di-, in Greek compounds ; two. 



Diadelphia, 513. 



Diade'lphous : stamens united by their 

 filaments in two sets ; 280, fig. 461. 



Diandria, 512. 



Didndrous : with two stamens, 279. 



Diagnosis : a brief essential character. 



Dialype'talous : of distinct petals. 



Diapensiacea;, 454. 



Diaphanous : transparent. 



Diatomaceae, 510. 



Dicdrpellnrij : of two carpels. 



Dichlamrjdcous : with both calyx and 

 corolla. 



Dichondrea;, 455. 



Dichdtomous ; forking into two branches. 



Diclinous : with the stamens and pistils 

 in separate blossoms, 261. 



Diakcous : separable into two cocci. 



Dicotyle'donous : having a pair of cotyle- 

 dons, 78, 326. 



Dicotyledon,?, Dicotyledonous PlantSi 

 114, 326, 370. 



Didymous : twin. 



Didynamia, 512. 



Didynamous: with two long and two 

 shorter stamens, 258, 281. 



Diflformed: of unusual shape. 



Diffuse : widely and loosely spreading. 



Digamous : having flowers of two dif- 

 ferent sexes. 



Digestion, 190. 



iiiV/itate (fingered) : compoimd, with the 

 parts all arising from the same 

 point ; 163, fig. 277. 



Digitalely tri-plurifoliolate, 164. 



Digynia, 515. 



Digynous : with two pistils or styles, 287. 



DiUeniaccEB, 380. 



Dimerous : the parts in twos, 234, 239. 



Dimidiate: halved, or appearing as if 

 one half or side were wanting, 283. 



Dinidrphous : of two forms. 



Dioecia, 513. 



Dioecious : with stamens and pistils in 

 separate blos.soms on different 

 individuals, 262. 



Dioscoreacere, 492. 



Diosmea;, 407. 



Dipe'talous : of two petals, 276. 



DiphjUous : two-leaved, 275. 



Diploste'monous: stamens double the 

 petals or sepals in number. 



