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Dissiliens Siliqua, pods that burst with elasticity. 



Distains Verticillus, when the whorls of flowers, in verticdlate 



plants, stand at a great distance from one another. 

 Disticha Folia, in two rows, when leaves all respect two sides 



of the branches only. 

 Divaricati Rami, branches standing wide from each other, in 



different directions. 

 Divergentes Rami, widening gradually. 



Dodecandria, ttvelve males, the eleventh class in the Sexual 

 System. 



Dodrans, the seventh degree in the Linnaan Scale for measuring 



the parts of plants, or nine inches.* 

 Dodrantalis, nine inches. 



Dolabriforme Folium, a leaf resembling an axe, as in Mesembry> 



ANTHEM UM DoLABRIFORME. 



Dorsalis Arista, an awne or beard, fixed to the back or exter- 

 nal part of the gluma. 



Drupa, a pulpy pericarpium, without valves, containing a stone, 

 as in the plum and peach. 



Drupace.e, an order of plants in the Fragmenta Methodi Natu- 



*. ralis of Linnceus. 



Dumos^, a bush, an order of plants in the Fragmenta Methodi 



Natural is of Linn&us. 

 Duplicata Radix, a double root, a species of bulbous root, con* 



sisting of two solid bulbs, as in some species of Orchis. 

 Duplicato-Serratum Folium, sawed double, with lesser teeth 



within the greater. 



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Ebracteatus Racemus, without a bractea orfioral leaf. 

 Ecaudata Corolla, without a tail or spur, as in Antirrhinum, 

 ...Cymbalaria. 



Echinatum Pericarpium, pods beset with prickles, like a hedge- 

 hog. 



Pfflorescentia, the precise time when a plant shows its fir4 

 flowers. 



