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VOCABULARY. 
scarf or outer skin of animals. It 
is considered as forming a part of 
the bark. 
Cya'neus. Blue. 
Cy'athiform. Shaped like a common 
wine glass. 
Cylindrical. A circular shaft of 1 
nearly equal dimensions through- 
out its extent. 
Cyme. Flower stalks arising from 
a common centre, afterwards va- 
riously subdivided. 
Cymo'se. Inflorescence in cymes 
Cyp'sele , (from the Greek, kupselion.) 
A little chest. 
D. 
De'bilis. Weak, feeble. 
Decandrous. Plants with ten sta 
mens in each flower. 
Decaphyl'lus. Ten leaved. 
Decid uous. Falling off in the usual 
season ; opposed to persistent an' 1 
evergreen , more durable than ca- 
ducous. 
Declined. Curved downwards. 
Decomposition. Separation of the 
chemical elements of bodies. 
Decompound. Twice compound, 
composed of compound parts. 
Decompos'itae. Name of an ancient 
class of plants, having leaves twice 
compound ; that is, a common foot- 
stalk supporting a number of lesser 
leaves, each of which is com 
pounded. 
Decumbent. Leaning upon the 
ground, the base being erect. — 
This term is applied to stems, sta- 
mens, Sic. 
Dccur'rent. When the edges of a 
leaf run down the stem or stalk. 
Dccur'sive. Decurreutly. 
Decussated. In pairs, crossing each 
other. 
Dejtec'led. Bent off. 
Dcfolia'lion. Shedding leaves in the 
proper season. 
Dehis cent. Gaping, or opening. — 
iVIost capsules when ripe are de 
hiscent. 
Deltoid. Nearly triangular, or dia- 
mond form, as in the leaves of the 
Lombardy poplar. 
Demer sus. Under water. 
Dense. Close, compact. 
Dentate. Toothed; edged with 
sharp projections : larger than ser- 
rate. 
Dcntic'ulate. Minutely toothed. 
Dcnu'date. Plants whose flowers ap- 
pear before the leaves ; appearing 
naked. 
Deor'sum. Downwards. 
Depres sed ■ Flattened, or pressed in 
at the top. 
Dcsr ip' lions . In giving a complete 
description of a plant, the order of 
nature is to begin with the root, 
proceed to the stem, branches, 
leaves, appendages, and lastly to 
the organs which compose the flow- 
er, and the manner of inflorescence. 
Colour and size arc circumstances, 
least to be regarded in descriptions; 
but stipules, bracts, and glandular 
hairs are all of importance. 
Dextror'sum. Twining from left to 
right, as the hop vine. 
Diadcl'phous . (From dis two, and a- 
delphia brotherhood,) two brother- 
hoods. Stamens united in two par- 
cels or sets ; flowers mostly papilio- 
naceous ; fruit leguminous. 
Diamond form. See deltoid. 
Dianthe'ria. (from dis two, and anth- 
er ; a class of plants including all 
such as have two anthers. 
Dichot omous. Forked, dividing into 
two equal branches. 
Diclin'ia. Stamens in one flower, and 
pistils in another; whether on the 
same plant or on different plants. 
Dicoc'cous. Containing two grains or 
seeds. 
Dicot ytcd'onous. With twocotylcdons 
or seed lobes. 
Did'ymous. Twinned, or double. 
Ditty na‘ mia. From dis, twice and 
dunainis, power ; two powers. A 
name appropriate to one of the Lin- 
nean classes. 
Dierisil'ia. From diairesis division ; 
one of Jussieu’s orders of fruits. 
Difform. A monopetalous corolla 
whose tube widens above gradually, 
and is divided into unequal parts ; 
any distorted part of the plant. 
Diffrac'lcd. Twice bent. 
Dijj'u'sed. Spreading. 
Dig'itale. Like fingers. When 
one petiole sends oil several leay 
