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INDEX 
tetragonophylla F. Muell. ; 
-nettle, Lamium 
Deal, Pinus 
Dealbate, whitened 
Deca- (Gr. pref.), ten- 
De Candolle, A., 140, 197 
Decandrous, with ten stamens 
Deciduous (leaf), 53, 154, (peri- 
anth), 77 
Declinate, bent down or forward 
Decompound, several times 
divided 
Decumbent, 44 
Decurrent, 51 
Decussate, 51 
Dedoublement, 70 
Deer-berry (Am.), Vaccinium 
stamineum L. ; -grass (Am.), 
Rhexia 
Definite growth of stem, 155 
Definite infloresence, 63 
Deflexed, bent sharply out 
Defoliation, leaf-casting 
Degenerate flowers, 85 
Dehiscence (anther), 78, (fruit) 
108 
Deliquescent stem, 154 
Deltoid, A-shaped 
Demersus (Lat.), sub-aqueous 
Dendroid, tree-like 
Dendron (Gr.), a tree 
Denizen, a plant probably foreign, 
but maintaining its place 
Dentate (dim. denticulate), 53 
Deodar, Cedrus 
Depauperate, diminutive 
Dependent, hanging down 
Descending aestivation, 75 
Description of flower, 85, of leaf, 
54 
Detmer on size of seeds, 112 
Development of organs, 28, 37 
Devil-in-a-bush, Nigella 
Devil’s bean (W. I.), Capparis 
jamaicenis Jacq. ; -bit-scabious, 
Scabiosa,', -cotton, Abroma 
augits ta L. 
De Vries, H., 22, 23, 46 
Dewberry, Rubus 
Dew-leaves, 144 
Dextrorse, to the right 
Dhak, Butea 
Dhal, Cajanus 
Di- (Gr. pref.), two 
Diadelphous, 78 
Diagram, floral, 80, 83 
Diaheliotropism, 36 
Dialypetalous, polypetalous 
Diandrous, with two stamens, 78 
Diaphragm, a dividing membrane 
Diatropism, a placing of organs 
transversely to a stimulus 
Dicarpellary, 82 
Dichasial cyme, 63 
Dichlamydeous, 76 
Dichogamy, 96, 86, 98 
Dichotomy, 41 
Diclinism, diclinous, 94, 68 
Dicot., Dicotyledons 
Dicyclic, 70 
Didymous, twinned 
Didynamous, 78 
Diffuse, loosely spreading 
Digitalin, Digitalis 
Digitate leaf, 51 
Dildo (W. I.), Cereus Swartzii 
Griseb. 
Dill, Peucedanum 
Dill., Dillenius 
Dimeric, dimerous, 70 
Dimidiate, halved 
Dimorphism, 29, 95, Chenopo - 
dium 
Dioecious, dioecism, 68, 97 
Dioicus (Lat.), dioecious 
Diphotic (Cl.), with two surfaces 
unequally lighted 
Diplecolobous, Cruciferae 
Diplochlam., diplochlamydeous, 
76 
Diplostemonous, 77, Oxalidaceae 
Diptera, 87 
Disarticulate, to separate at a 
joint 
Disc (flower), 71, 72, (tendril), 172 
Disc- flower, Compositae 
Discoid, like a Greek quoit 
Discolor (Lat.), with two surfaces 
of unlike colour 
Discontinuous distribution, 146, 
Canarina , &c. ; -variation, 22, 
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