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GLOSSARY. 



Depressed-glohose; globular, -v^-ith the base 



and apex flatted. 

 J)i: in composition, two. 

 DiddeljjTiuus-, having the filaments united 



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



papiilDDuceous corolla 

 piandrouv having 2 stamens. 



iK'iis : transparent : permitting light 



to pa^s tlirough. 

 Dichutomal llower. Situated in the fork 



of a dichotomous stem or branch. 

 Didiotoiiioii!}; forked ; regularly divided 



and subdivided, in two equal branches. 

 Piclmam; having the stamens and pistils 



in distinct flowers, — whether on the same 



or different plants. 

 DicoiyUdonou^ plants. "Where the em 



bryo has 2 lobes, or cotyleduns. 

 liidymoun; twin ; growing in pairs and 



more or less united. 

 Didynamoas; having 2 long and 2 shorter 



stamens, mostly in"a bilabiate, ringent, or 



personate corolla. 

 I>ifuse: spreading widely in a loose irreg 



ular manner. 

 Digitate leaf. "Where a simple petiole 



connects several distinct leaflets, Jinger- 



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. 



Z>«/»/c//«^ 5- halved, — as if one side, or half 

 had been cut olf. 



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

 brown color. 



Dij-cious ; or Dio'tcous, having staminate 

 and pistillate flowers on distinct plants. 



Di.tciously, or Dioicously polygamous; 

 having perfect and imperfect flowers on 

 different plants. 



Dijjetalous; having 2 petals. 



Discoid flower, or head. A disk of com- 

 pound flowers, without ray-florets. 



Divepalam; having 2 sepals. 



Disk. 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'l-itichoiis; two-rowed: bearing leaves, 

 flowers, Xc. 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 with the 

 stem abcve. 



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. 

 1 Dorsal; belonging to, or growing on. the 

 back. 



j Dorsal suture. The line or seam on the 

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

 j the place of the midrib : the oi)posite of 



central suture. — which see. 

 i Dorsally compressed ; flatted on the back, 

 j Dots. Minute tubercles, or specks. 

 I Dotted; covered with dots, specks, or mi- 

 j nute and slightly elevated points, 

 j Dou ny; clothe^i with soft fine hairs, 

 i Drooping; inclining downwards, more than 

 j nodding. 



' Driif/aceozis; drupe-like, — of a structure 

 resembling a drupe, or what is usually 

 j caUed stoTie-fi uit. 



Drupe. A fleshy, succulent, or spongy 

 j pericarp, without valves, containing a 

 i 1 or 2 seeded nut. or stone. 

 : Drnpel. A little drupe : a constituent por- 

 I tion of a compound berrv,— such as that 

 of Did us. 



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

 i furnished with, 

 j Ehructeaie : destitute of bracts. 

 I Ernhratteclale: destitute of bractlets. 

 ! Ecaudate; destitute of a cauda, or tail. 

 .Ech'inate: heds:ehos-like ; covered witii 

 : la-ickles. 



Elat,ii's. Minute, club-shaped filaments, 

 i which are coiled round the spores of cer- 

 j tain cvyiitogamous plants.— and by un- 



lolliug assist in dispersing those snores. 

 \ E llijitic. or elliptical; oval; huigor than 



wide, with the two ends narrowing 



equally. 



Elongated,; exceedins the usual or average 

 length. 



E longating: becoming gradually and final- 

 ly elongated. 



Erndrginate; having a notch or sinus at the 

 end. 



Emljryo. The young plant in the rudi 

 mentary state." as it exists in the seed. 



Emerged, raised out ot 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 hai'd shell, in a 

 Drupe ^. 



Endogenous plants. Those which have a 

 single cotyledon,— and grow by central 

 deposites'of new matter, disiending or 

 pusning the older deposites outwards. 



Endogens. Inside-growers; plants which 

 increase by central or internal deposites 

 of new matter. Sec Endogenous \)\&nxs,. 



Enneunil-rous; having 9 stamens. 



Ensijorm: sword-shaped: two-edged and 

 tiiperhig from base to apex. 



Eiiti -e: having a continuous even mai-gin ; 

 wiihout incision, notch, or tooth. 



Enrelope. An integument, or covering. 

 I Ephemeral; diurnal ; enduring one day 

 I only 



