GLOSSARY AND INDEX. 



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Bipsaceo^, 435. 



Diptcrocarpcte, 400. 



Dipterous : two-wingecl. 



Disciform : disk-slmpe ; flat and circu- 

 lar, like a disk or quoit. 



Discoidal, discoid : like a disk ; or be- 

 longing to the disk ; destitute of 

 rays, 436. 



Dis<fpal,ous • of two sepals. 



Disk, or disc : a fleshy expansion of the 

 receptacle of a flower, 267 - the 

 central part of a head of flowers, 

 as opposed to the border, 436 ; the 

 face of any flat body, as opposed 

 to the margins. 



Disk-hearing woody tissue, 43. 



Disk-Jlowers, 436. 



Dissected : cut into pieces, or nearly so. 



Dissepiment : the partition of apod, 291. 



Dissilienl : bursting in pieces. 



Distichous : in two vertical ranks, 134. 



Distinct : when parts of the same name 

 are unconnected, 251. 



Divaricate : straddling widely. 



Divergent ; separating, their summits 

 inclining from each other. 



Divided: cut into distinct portions; 

 160, fig. 263, 267. 



Dodeca- : in Greek derivatives ; twelve. 



Dodccagynia, 515 



Dodecdgi/nous : with twelve pistils or 

 styles. 



Dodccandria, 512. 



Dodecdndrous : with twelve (or from 

 twelve to nineteen) stamens, 280. 



Dohlhriform : axe-shapcd. 



Dorsal : belonging to tlie back (dorsum). 



Dorsal snfurc, 289. 



DotUd ducts, 38. 



Dotted leaves, &c. ; marked with small 

 spots, either colored, or transparent 

 and apjjearing like punctures. 



Double flowers : monstrous blossoms, 

 with the petals unduly multiplied, 

 222, 229. 



Douhlij compound, 164. 



Downy : clothed with soft pubescence. 



Dragon's blood, 414, 493. 



Droseracea?, 394. 



Drupaceous : like or pertaining to a 



Drupe: a stone-fruit, 312. 



Drupelet: a diminutive drupe, 313. 



Dryadeie, 418. 



Ducts, 45. 



Dumose: bushy. 



Duplicate .■ doubled or folded. 



Duramen: heart-wood, 126. 



Dwarf: comparatively low in stature. 



E- or Ex-, as a prefix, means destitute 

 of ; as, ecostate, ribless ; exalbumi- 

 nous, without albumen, &c. 



Eared: see Auriculato. 



Earthy constituents of plants, 179, 186. 



EbcnaecEe, 442. 



Eheneous : black like ebony. 



Ebony, 442. 



Ehrdcteale : destitute of bracts. 



Ebrdcteolate : dcstitnte of bractlets. 



Elmrneous : white like ivory. 



Echinate : beset with prickles (like a 

 hedgehog). 



Echinulute : rough with small prickles. 



Edentate : toothless. 



Effete: past the perfect or productive 

 state. 



Effuse : very loosely spreading. 



Eglandulose : destitute of glands. 



Elaborated sap, 53. 



Elffiagnaceae, 467. 



Elaters, 40, 505. 



Elatinacea;, 395. 



Elementary constituents of plants, 179. 



Elementani structure of plants, 17. 



Ellipsoidal : approacliing the form of 



Elliptical: oval or oblong, and with 

 both ends similar and regularly 

 rounded. 



Emarginate: notched at the end ; 162, 

 fig. 273. 



Embracing : surrounding, as by a broad 

 f attachment. 



Embryo: the rudimentai-y plantlet in a 

 seed, 71,323. 



Embryo-sac, 304. 



Embryogeny ; the formation of the em- 

 bryo, 304. 



Embryonal vesicle, 306. 



Emersed : raised out of water. 



Emetine, 433. 



Enantiobldstous : with the embryo at the 

 end of the (ortliotropous) seed dia- 

 metrically opposite the hilura, as in 

 Tradescantia. 



Endecagynia, 515. 



Endecdgynous : with eleven pistils or 

 , styles. 



Endoc'arp : the inner layer of a pericai-p, 

 , 310,312. 



Endochrorac : the coloring matter of 

 , Algffi. 



Endogen, Enddgenae, Endogenous 

 Plants, 113, 370, 482. 



Endogenous structure, 113, 114. 



Endophlceum : inner bark, 120. 



Endoplaira: the innermost seed-coat, 

 321. 



Endorliizas : a synonyme for Endogens. 



Endorhtzal : said of "an embryo which 

 has the radicle sheathed by the 

 cotyledon or plumule wrapped 

 around it. 



Endosmdse, or Endosmdsis, 33. 



E'ndosperm : the albumen of the seed, 



