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GLOSSAET. 



Depresscd-glo'bose; globular, -with the base 



and apex flatted. 

 Di; in composition, t%vo. 

 Piddelphuus; having the filaments united 



in 2 parcels, — usually 9 and 1, with a 



papilionaceous corolla 

 Didndrous; having 2 stamens. 

 Didphanoiis ; transparent ; i^ermitting light 



to pass through. 

 Dicliotomal flower. Situated in the fork 



of a dichotomous stem or branch. 

 Dichciomous; forked ; regularly divided 



and subdivided, in two equal branches. 

 Diclinous; having the stamens and pistils 



in distinct flowers, — whether on the same 



or difl'erent plants. 

 Dicotyledonous plants. "Where the em- 

 bryo has 2 lobes, or cotyledons. 

 I>idymous', twin; growing in pairs and 



more or less united. 

 Didynamous; having 2 long and 2 shorter 



stamens, mostly in"a bilabiate, ringent, or 



personate corolla. 

 Diffuse; spreading widely in a loose irrcg 



ular manner. 

 Digitate leaf. "Where a simple petiole 



connects several distinct leaflets, _^';i(7er- 



like, at its summit, — as in the' Horse 



Chestnut. 



D'lgynous; having 2 pistils, or 2 distinct 

 stigmas. 



Dilated; made wider ; stretched or ex- 

 panded. 



Dimerous; composed of two parts, — as a 

 dimerous calyx or corolla, when there are 

 2 sepals or petals. 



Dimidiate; halved, — as if one side, or half 

 had been cut off. 



Dingy; of a dull, soiled, smoky, or Icadcn- 

 brown color. 



Dijtcious ; or Dio'icous, having staminate 

 and pistillate flowers on distinct plants. 



Dixciously, or Dioicously polygamous; 

 having perfect and imperfect flowers on 

 different plants. 



Dipi.talous; having 2 petals. 



Discoid flower, or head. A disk of com- 

 pound flowers, without ray-florets. 



Disepalous; having 2 sepals. 



Diak. The surface of the leaf; also the 

 face, or central part, of a head of com- 

 pound flowers. 



Dissected; cut into segments, or lobes. 



Dissepiment. The partition between the 

 cells of seed-vessels. 



Distant; having a larger intervening space 

 than usual. 



D'lstichotis; two-rowed; bearing leaves, 



flowers, &c. in 2 opposite rows. 

 Distinct; separate ; not connected with 



each other, nor with any contiguous 



organ. • 

 Divaricate branches. Spreading so as to 



form more than a right angle wilh the 



stem above. 

 Divergent; spreading widely ; making a 



right-angle, or nearly so, with the stem. 



Divided; separated, or cleft to the base,— 



or to the midrib, if a leaf 

 Dorsal; belonging to, or growing on, the 



back. 



Dorsal suture. The line or seam on the 

 back of a carpel, or folded leaf, — being at 

 the place of the midrib ; the opposite of 

 central suture, — which see. 



Dorsally compressed ; flatted on the back. 



Dots. Minute tubercles, or specks. 



Dotted; covered with dots, specks, or mi- 

 nute and slightly elevated points. 



Downy; clothed with soft fine hairs. 



Drooping; inclining downwards, more than 

 nodding. 



Drupaceous; drupe-like, — of a structure 

 resembling a drupe, or what is usually 

 called stone-fruit. 



Drujje. A fleshy, succulent, or spongy 

 pericarp, without valves, containing" a 

 1 or 2 seeded nut, or stone. 



Drupel. A little drupe ; a constituent por- 

 tion of a compound berry,— such as that 

 of Eulius. 



E, or Ex; in composition ; destitute of ; not 



furnished with. 

 Ehrdcteate ; destitute of bracts. 

 Einbracteolate; destitute of bractlets. 

 Ecaudate; destitute of a cauda, or tail. 

 Ech'inate; hedgehog-like; covered with 



prickles. 



E letters. Minute, club-shaped filaments, 

 Avhich are coiled round the spores of cer- 

 tain cryptogamous plants,— and by un- 

 rolling assist in dispersing those spores. 



Elliptic, or elliptical; oval; longer than 

 wide, with the two ends narrowing 

 equally. 



Elongated; exceeding the usual or average 

 length. 



E longating; becoming gradually and final- 

 ly elongated. 



Emdrginate; having a notch or sinus at the 

 end. 



Emhryo. The young plant in the rudi- 

 mentary state, as it exists in the seed. 



Emersed; raised out of water. 



Endocarp. That membranous or bony 

 portion of the pericarp which lines the 

 cavity, or forms the cells for the seeds 

 {ex. gr. the stone, or hard shell, in a 

 Drupe). 



EndogenotisT^'\a.-nts. Those which have a 

 single cotyledon, — and grow by central 

 deposites of new matter, distending or 

 pushing the older deposites outwards. 



Endogens. Inside-growers; plants Avlsich 

 increase by central* or internal deposites 

 of new matter. Sec Endogenous plants. 



Ennednd.rous; having 9 stamens. 



Ensiform; sword-sliaped ; two-edged aiid 

 tapering from base to apex. 



Entire; having a continuous even margin ; 

 without incision, notch, or tooth. 



Envelope. An intescument, or covering. 



Ephemeral; diurnal ; enduring one day 

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