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D^d album Folium, a leaf whose texture is remarkably beautiful, 



and exquisitely wrought. 

 Debilis Caulis, a weak, feeble stalk. 



Decagynia, ten females, the fifth order in the tenth class : flow- 

 ers that have ten styli. 



Decandria, ten males, the tenth class of Linnceiis. 



Decaphyllus Calyx, a calyx consisting of ten leaves* 



Deciduum Folium, leaves that fall of in winter. 



Declinatus Caulis, a stalk bending towards the earth. 



Decomposita Folia, when a petiole, once divided, connects many 

 folioles. 



Decumbens, to lie down. 



Decurrens Folium, running down, when the base of a sessile 

 leaf extends itself downwards along the stem, beyond the 

 proper base or termination of the leaf. 



Decursjve, Folium Pinnatum, when the bases of the foliole are 

 continued along the sides of the petiolus. 



Decussata Folia, to divide, when leaves grow in pairs, and op- 

 posite, each pair being opposite alternately. 



Deflexus Ramus, a branch bent a little downwards. 



Deflorata Stamina, having shed or discharged the farina fe- 

 cundans. 



Defoliatio, the time in Autumn when plants shed their leaves. 



Deltoides Folium, a leaf formed like the Greek delta, as in Me- 

 sembryanthemum Deltoides. 



Demersum Folium, in aquatic plants, leaves sunk below the sur- 

 face of the water. 



Dentroides Surculus, shrub-like, a subdivision of the surculus 

 in the genus Hypnum. 



Dent at um Folium, leaves having horizontal points of the saine 

 consistence of the leaf, and standing at a little distance 

 from each other. 



Benudatje, stripped naked, an order of plants in the Fragments 

 Methodi Naturalis of Linnaeus. 



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