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Dichotomous, forked ; ier into two equal branches. 
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Digitate, fi ne. ered, x essa leaflets, = little — 
P m the summit of a common foot-stalk ; 
leaf which branches into several Pe leaflets, 
ie lieaa, 
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whole surface or bis in distinction from the edge. 
— ate, standing out wide. 
Dorsal, pertaining to ae beipee dorsal awn, etc. 
Drupe, (Drupa, Drupe, ) a pulpy seed- vessel, consistin 
of a hard nut or stone, geen hea by a soft pulpy 
substance, as the cherry, olive 
Emarginate, notched at the end; poe to the leaf, 
leaf. 
‘An entire dito Pe is without arn ornotches. An 
re stem, is without bra 
Bssert, pr cjeting or extending ont of the flower or 
Fascicle, (a bundle, ) a term applied to flowers on little 
oot-stalks, variously inserted, and subdivided, col- 
lected into a close bundle, evel at the top, as in 
sweet-william 
Filiform, having the form of thread, or filament; of 
al neigh from top to bottom 
Floral-leaf, see ctea 
grit: a little Hai ‘the separate little flower of an 
er. 
e flo 
Plse, a partial, or lesser floret ne an 2 Reyes flower. 
Gibbous, swelling on both sides, o 
ion | anise, ae brea ie or secretory ducts 
A ant on the stalk, and other parts 
ye ‘i. i Moos Rose, a oahu the most promi- 
nent character of that flow 
Glume, or Husk, the nab 8 date of grasses or corn, 
formed of one or more thin, dry, semi-transparent 
cates called valves, eimicaris the seed, often termi- 
ated by the arista, or beard. The chaff. 
His rsute, rough with hairs. 
id, ed having strong hairs, or bristles, more 
than hir. 
Imbricated, — over each other, like tiles on a roof; 
as leaves in the bud. 
iio below— — or corolla is inferior, when it 
e germ. 
Inflorescence, a term used to express the particular man- 
ner in which flowers are situated upon a plant. As 
se panicle, whee 
whorl, cyme, fascicle, e 
Involucre, or dnsvolwcsien, a sort of general calyx nates 
for many flowers ; generally situated at the base 
; head; as in cornus florida, or dogwood. 
led spirally | inwards ; the reverse of revolute. 
Labiate, having an upper and lower lip, as in flowers of 
the lass Didynamia. 
Lamina, Ry ge the upper part, eo bes one 
part of tal, in distinction from i 
ni ehaped like a lance yea ae ER radua’ ually 
ard each extremity, spear-shaped, as in 
ping illon 
Leaflet, a litile leaf, or one of the divisions of a com- 
pound leaf. 
Legume, a seed-vessel of two valves, in which the seeds 
are fixed to one suture only. iffering from 
siliqua, ara E.) in which the seeds are attached 
hs 
Limb, = Dorie or upper spreading part of a monope- 
talou 
Linear, ree the same breadth throughout, except at the 
extremities; as in most of the grasses. 
Lip, the mre: or under ae . the mouth of a labiate 
corolla, sage, hyss 
Lobed, we vd divided to the dene into parts distant 
from each other, with aa or convex margins, 
leaves of sassafras 
gore acim! Bsns or reseni oo g parchment. 
ranaceous leaf h 
sate ee large oe vein of a leaf, which is a con- 
tinu of the petiole. 
Prine havi si heady one — SN. of two 
a tube, or lower part, an mb. 
; having many Selaie 
pie vate, inv nia: dua having the narrow end down- 
Oficin 1, officinalis _ for sale as medici 
Orbiculate in the form of an orb; a leaf ‘ik has both 
its ngitidinal and transverse diameters ves 
Ovate, egg-shaped; the base wider than the - 
fro sane mnea? with the fingers stron apd 
Pane {t. Panicula) a species of Soe in 
the flowers or fruits are scattered on pedunc'! 
hina subdivided, without order, as in Oat, sd 
grasses. 
Poeiaed having branches variously subdivided, as 
lowers in paniches, 
wings, and a lower petal styled keel. © 
Pappus, the down of — as that of the dandelion. 
A feathery appendag, 
Parasitic, stow on amathed aia and drawing nour- 
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