GLOSSARY. 



Distinct: uncombined with each other. 



Divaricate: straddling; very widely divergent. 



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



midrib. 

 Dodeca- (in Greek compounds) : twelve; as 

 Dodecdgynous: with twelve pistils or styles. 

 Dodecandruus: with twelve stamens. 

 Dolabriform : axe-shaped. 



Dorsal: pertaining to the back (dorsum) of an organ. 

 Double Flowers, so called : where the petals are multiplied unduly. 

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

 Drupe: a stone-fruit. 



Drupaceous: like or pertaining to a drupe. 

 Dwarf: remarkably low in stature. 

 E-, or Ex-, at the beginning of compound words, means destitute of; as 



ecostate, without a rib or midrib ; exalbuminous, without albumen, &c. 

 Eared : see auriculate. 

 Ebrdcteate : destitute of bracts. 

 Echinate : armed with prickles (like a hedgehog). Echinulate: a diminutive 



of it. 

 Edentate : toothless. 

 Eglandulose : destitute of glands. 

 Ellipsoidal : approaching an elliptical figure. 

 Elliptical : oval or oblong, with the ends regularly rounded. 

 Emdrginate : notched at the summit. 



Embryo: the rudimentary undeveloped plantlet in a seed 

 Emersed : raised out of water. 

 Endocarp : the inner layer of a pericarp or fruit. 

 Endosperm : another name for the albumen of a seed. 

 Ensiform : sword-shaped ; as the leaves of Iris. 



Entire: the margins not at all toothed, notched, or divided, but even. 

 Ephemeral: lasting for a day or less, as the corolla of Purslane, &c 

 Epi-, in composition : upon ; as 

 Epicarp : the outermost layer of a fruit. 

 Epidermal : relating to the Epidermis, or the skin of a plant 

 Epigaous: growing on the earth, or close to the ground. 

 Epigynous : upon the ovary. 

 EpipeJalous : borne on the petals or the corolla. 

 Epiphyllous : borne on a leaf. 



Epiphyte : a plant growing on another plant, but not nourished by it. 

 Episperm : the skin or coat of a seed, especially the outer coat. 

 Equal: same as regular; or of the same number or length, as the case may 



be, of the body it is compared with. 

 Equally pinnate: same as abruptly pinnate. 

 £quitant (riding straddle). 

 Erose: eroded, as if gnawed 

 ErOstrate : not beaked. 

 Estivation : see cestivation. 



Etiolated: blanched by excluding the light, as the stalks of Celery. 

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