BOTANICAL TE11MS. 
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Curved (curvatus) ; the same as arcuate. 
Cuspidate (ctispidatus) ; abruptly acumi- 
nate ; tapering gradually into a rigid point. 
Cylindrical (cylindricus) ; having a cylin- 
drical figure, as in the stems of grasses, and 
the greater number of monocotyledonous 
plants, palms, &c. 
Cymbiform (cymbiformis) ; boat-shaped, 
same as navicular. 
Decompound (decompositus) ; having com- 
pound divisions or ramifications, that is, when 
the divisions are themselves divided. 
Deliquescent (deliquescens) ; disappearing, 
branched, but in such a way that the principal 
axis is lost sight of in the ramifications, as in 
the head of the oak. 
Dendroid (dendroides) ; tree-like, applied 
to small plants when their tiny branches re- 
semble the head of a tree, as in some mosses 
and Lycopodiums. 
Dentate (dentatus); toothed, having sharp 
teeth with concave edges ; doubly-toothed, 
that is, when the teeth are themselves toothed, 
is expressed by duplicato- dentate. 
Depressed (depressus); flattened vertically, 
as in the root of the turnip. 
Dichotomous (dichotomus); applied to that 
particular form of branching when the di- 
visions are always in pairs ; if the branches 
come in threes it is called trichotomous. 
Dijform (dijformis); this term is used to 
express irregularity. 
Digitate (digitatus) ; fingered ; differs 
from palmate in having the segments narrower, 
and less divergent. 
Dimidiate (dimidiatus) ; halved, only half 
or partially formed. 
Dipterous ; two-winged, that is, having two 
thin broad margins ; pterus means winged, 
dipterus, tripterus, tetrapterus, &c. two, three, 
and four-winged. 
Discoidal (discoideus) ; orbicular, with 
some perceptible thickness, parallel faces, and 
a rounded border as in the fruit of Stryclinos 
Nux-vomica; also dilated, so as to be compared 
to a disk. 
Disomorplious ; two-formed, when the same 
class of organs is of two distinct shapes. 
Dolabriform (dolabriformis) ; axe-shaped, 
that is, nearly straight, fleshy, somewhat terete 
at the base, and compx-essed at the upper end, 
with a straight thick border, the other border 
being convex, considerably enlarged, and thin, 
as in Acacia dolabriformis. 
Edentate (edentatus); without teeth, that 
is, plain-edged : e prefixed to a word negatives 
its meaning, thus edentate is without teeth, 
whilst dentate signifies toothed. 
Ellipsoidal (ellipsoideus) ; having an ellip- 
tical figure ; applied to a solid. 
Emarginate (emarginatus) ; having a little 
notch at the end, as if a piece had been 
taken out, as in the leaf of the common box- 
tree. 
Entire (integer); without marginal di- 
vision or indentation of any kind; integerrimus 
means absolutely free from indentation. 
Epistomeres ; spigot-shaped. 
Equal (&qualis) ; applied when the two 
sides of a figure are symmetrical, or when all 
the parts correspond in size and form ; this 
term or its opposite is a good deal used in 
describing plants. 
Equestris; having a fancied resemblance to 
a horse's head, as the flowers of Amaryllis, 
or Hippeastrum equestris. 
Equilateral (cequilaterus) ; having equal 
or corresponding sides ; the same as equal. 
Erose (erosus) ; gnawed, having an irre- 
gularly toothed edge, as if gnawed or bitten. 
Excisa; bluntly cut off. 
Falcate (falcatus) ; sickle-shaped, plane 
and curved to any degree, with parallel edges. 
Fenestrate (fenestratus); windowed, hav- 
ing open spaces like windows ; some leaves 
have such spaces. 
Fibuliform (fibuliformn); button -shaped. 
Filamentose (Jilamentosus) ; thread-like, 
formed of, or furnished with thread-like bodies. 
Filiform (filiformis); thread - shaped ; 
slender like a thread, but less delicate than 
capillary. 
Fimbriate (fimbriatus) ; fringed, margined 
by thread-like processes thicker than hairs, as 
the flowers of Cucubalus Jimbriatus. 
Fisttdous (fistidosus) ; applied to bodies 
which are terete, hollow, and closed at each 
end, as in the leaves of the onion ; it is also 
applied to stems when they are hollow and 
pipe-like. 
Flabelliform (JlabelUformis) ; fan-shaped, 
plaited or folded like the rays of a fan, as in 
the leaves of many palms. 
Flagelliform (Jlagelliformis); whip-shaped, 
applied to stems and roots which are long, 
taper, and supple ; the well-known creeping 
Cereus (C. Jlagelliformis) is an example. 
Foliaceous ; leaf- like, having the texture 
and form of a leaf, as in the lobes of the calyx 
of a rose. 
Forficate (forficatus) ; pincer or nipper- 
shaped. 
Fornicate (fo7'?iicatus) ; vaulted or arched, 
having the appearance or figure of an arch. 
Funale (funalis); rope-shaped, formed of 
coarse fibres resembling cords, as the roots of 
many arborescent monocotyledonous plants. 
Furcate (furcatus) ; forked, having long 
terminal lobes like the prongs of a fork. 
Oaleate (galeatus); helmeted, applied 
chiefly to ringent or gaping flowers, where 
the upper lip is hollowed out, or helmet- 
shaped ; this part when so formed being called 
a galea. 
