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Dissepimentum, partitions of the fruit, which divide the pcricarpiura into 
cells. 
Dissiliens siliqua, pods that burst with elasticity. 
Distant r ertillus, when the whorles of flowers, in verticillate plan, stand 
at a great distance from one another. 
Disticha folia, in two rows, when leaves all respect two sides of the 
branches only. 
Divaricati rumi, branches standing wide from each other in different direc- 
tions. 
Divergentcs rami, widening gradually. 
Decandiia, twelve males, the eleventh class in the sexual system. 
Dodrans, the seventh degree in the Linnsean scale for measuring the parts 
of plants, or nine Parisian inches. 
Dolabriforme folium, a leaf resembling an ax, as in mesembryanthemum 
dolabriforme. 
Dorsalis arista, an awne or beard, fixed to the back, or external part of 
the glnma, 
Drupa, a pulpy pericarpium, without valves, containing a stone, as in the 
plum aud peach. 
Drupaceat, an order of plants in the fragments method! naturalis of I.innauis. 
Dumosie, a bush, an order of plants in the fragmenta methodi naturalis 
of Einnams. 
Duplica radix, a double root, a species of a bulbous root, consisting of two 
solid bulbs, as in some species of orchis. .... 
Duplicate /erratum folium , sawed double, with lesser teeth within the 
greater. 
Kbracteatns racemus, without a broctiea, or floral leaf. 
J'candata corolla, without a tail or spur, as iu antirrhinum, cymbararia. 
Echinatum pericardium, pods beset with prickles like a hedge-hog. 
Efflorescentia, the precise time when a plant shews its first flowers. 
Emargijiamm joliain, when the apex ot a leaf terminates in a notch; the 
same may he applied to petala, and stigma. 
Enervium folium, leaves having no apparent nerves. 
Euneandria, nine males, the ninth class in the sexual system. 
Enneapesala corolla, flowers consisting of nine petals. _ 
Enodis caulis, cnlmis, stalks and straws, having no knots or joints. 
Enfatm, plants, having sword-shaped leaves, an order ol plants or joints in 
the fragmenta methodi naturalis of Limiteus. 
Ensiforme folium, leaves shaped like a two-edged sword, tapering tow ards 
the point. . 
Equitantia folia, riding when the sides of the leaves approach in such a 
manner as the outer embrace the inner. 
Erectus, caulis. ramus folium, upright, perpendicular. 
Erosam/ofiiun, guawc l, w hen the leaf is sinuate, and the margin appears 
as if it were gnawed or bitten. , „ 
Exserta stamina, standing forth, when the stamina appear above the corolla. 
Exstipulatus, without stipul®. 
Exscuccum/ofiton, when the substance of the. leal is dry . 
Extrafoliaceac stipula:, slipula, growing oil the outside ot the leaves 
Farctum/oKum, stuffed, opposed to tubulosum. 
Fasciculata folia, bundled, leaves growing in bunches. 
Fascicularis radix, bundled, tuberous roots growing in bundles. 
Fascial a ph*la, when many stalks grow together, like a taggot or bundle. 
Fastigiati peduiiculi, peduuculi pointed at the apex. 
Fauces, the jaws or cliops. 
Femina plan la, a plant beating female flowers on the same root only. 
Fibrosa radix, a fibrous root. . , , . 
Filaincntum, a thread applied to the thread-like part of the stamina. 
Filices, ferns, one of the seven divisions of the vegetable kingdom, and an 
order of plants in the fragment a methodi naturalis oi Linnaeus. 
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