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least to be regarded in descriptions; but stipules, bracts, and glan- 
dular hairs, are all of importance. 
Dextrar’sum. Twining from left to right, as the hop vine. 
Diadel’phous, (from dis, two, and adelphia, brotherhood,) two brother- 
hoods. Stamens united in two parcels or sets; flowers mostly pa- 
pilionaceous; fruit leguminous. 
Diamond form. See Deltoid. 
Dianthe’ria, (from dis, two, and anther ;) 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.. Containg two grains of seed. “4 
Dicotyled’onous. With two cotyledons or seed lobes. 
Did’ymous. 'Twinned, or double. 
Didyna’mia, (from dis, twice, and dunamis, power ;) two powers. A 
name of one of the Linnean classes. 
Diffrac’'ted. Twice bent... | 
Digi/tate. Like fingers. "When one petiole sends off several leafets 
from a single point at its extremity. 
Digyn’ia. Having two pistils. 
Dimid‘iate. Halved. 
Die’cious. Having staminate and pistillate flowers on different plants. 
Dis’coid. Resembling a disk without rays. - 
Disk. The whole surface of a leaf, or of the top of a compound flower, 
as opposed to its rays. 
Dis'permus. Containing two seeds. 
Dissep’iment. The partition of a capsule. : 
Dissil/iens. A pericarp, bursting with elasticity, as the Impatiens. 
Di’stichus. Growing in two opposite ranks or rows. 
Divar’icate. Diverging so as to turn backwards, 
Diver’ging. Spreading. Separating widely. 
Diurnus. Enduring but a day. 
Dor’sal. Belonging to the back. 
Dotted. See Punctate and Perforated. 
Droop’ing. Ynclining downward, more than nodding 
Drupe. A fieshy pericarp enclosing a stone or nut 
Drupa’ceous. Resembling, or bearing drupes. 
Dul’cis. Sweet. 
Dumo’sus. Bushy. 
Du/plex. Double. 
E. 
Eared. Applied to the lobes of a heart-form leaf, to the side lobes near | 
the base of some leaves, and to twisted parts in the plants which are 
supposed to resemble the passage into the ear. 
Ebur’neus. Ivory white. 
Eichi/nate. Beset with prickles, as a hedge-hog. 
Ecos‘tate. Without nerves or ribs. 
Efflorescen’tia, (from efforesco, to bloom.) A term expressive of the 
precise time of the year, and the month in which every plant olos- 
