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 DAISIES. See BellIs. 

 DALECHAMPIA. Lin. 



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1 02 2. Plum. Nov. Gen. 17. tab. 3S. 

 This pferit was fo' named by father Plumief, in honour 

 of the inertloty of Jacobus Dalechamp, who was a 

 cvJrious botanift. 



' ^he Charac^ters are, 

 1^ hdth fnale and female flowers ^ri the fame plant % the 

 fnale flowers areftttiated between two h'a£ha ; they have 

 a corhmhh invclucrufn cut intb font (fell figments -, the 

 mfalemcnt is cc'fripofed of fix cbtufe oval leaves^ reflexed at 

 their pcints. They have no petals^ but have a broad nee- 

 idrium^ having mdny plain folds l^ing d^eT each other, 

 and ihdfiy ftmijia joinid in a lo^g eohtmtty terminated by 

 roundifh fummits hoAjing four furrows \ the female flowers 

 are alfo fituated in the fame manner as the male ; thefe 

 have a permanent three-leaved involucrum^ and each have 

 d permanent ten-leaved empalement ; they have^ no petals^ 

 iui a roundifh germen fhorter than the empakmmVy having 

 IhmfurfoWs fuppotiin^ H Mg ftender flyle^ bending to- 

 ward the tnaU ft^Mrs, cf^mmed by a. headed ftigma -, the 



0erhjdrd becomes a rdundijh capfuk 



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'iicldfihg me fdidtdiflb feed 



^K^etlU^ of plants is ranged in the ninth feftion of 



; ti(rentY-firft clafi, intitled Moiibecia Mo- 



r "fiadclj^Uv JP praftif^ ^ha^fTg thklt and female flow- 



'■ td Oft^the fame ro6L and the ftamina of the male 



c ft^ei^ af^ j6ified in in^'body to the ftyle. ^ 



-oni^eiiave fri!t(5hfc SfECits of this in England, viz. 



DAtECHAWPf A CScandeHs) foliis trilobis dabris, floribus 



akillafibus caule volubili. Dalechampia with fmooth 



temh 'hk^tiig ThYec lobes, flowirs grdwing from the fides 



^ the bYhyiches, and a twining ftalh Dalechampia 



fcalid^ns, liipuli foliis, ffudtu tticocco glabro, calyce 



• hifpido. Houft. MSS. ■ 



This plaht grows naturally in Jamaica, from whence 

 ihe late Dr. Mouftoun fent me the feeds, which fuc- 

 fceedtd in ihfc Chelfea giarden, where the plants have 

 fl^^itd and perfefted their feeds. This mull be ^ 

 ^iff^t^flt plant from that which Plumier found 

 gfdifrihg in Martinicb, or he has taken the involucrum 

 tbr the fced-veffel by his title of it; fof he calls it 

 fruftu tricocco hifpido, whereas this hath a fmooth 

 fruit with a -liifpid empalement. 

 It hath a robt compofed of many fibres, ^vliich ex- 

 tend Jo a gf€at diftance, from wliich arife feveral 



"Weak twinincr ftrflks. thjir faifl-pn fhpmfrW/»c m rKp 



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height ,5 'thefe are garnifhed "at each joint by one leaf, 

 having three lobes ; they are fmooth, the two fide 

 Idbes are o1>fique to the midrib, but the middle one 

 is 'equal. The flowers ^re produced from the fide of 

 ^he ftalks, 'three or four growing iipon each foot- 

 ftalk ; feme of thefe are male, and others female \ 

 th€y are oTan he^rbacebus colour, and fmall, fo make 

 no appearance; they have each a double involucrum, 

 made up Of two orders of leaves, which are narrow, 

 and armied with fmall briftly hairs, which fting the 

 liafnds of thofe who unwarily touch them j the flowers 

 ^re fucceeded by roundifli capfules, having three pro- 

 'itiinerit lobes which are fmooth, each inclofing a 

 finale feed. 



l^his plant is propagated by feeds, which muft be 

 fovvn early in the fprine on a hot-bed ; and Vrtien the 



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plants are come up three inches high, they fliould 

 be carefully tranfplanted, each into a feparate fmall 

 pot, filled with light rich earth, and then plunged 

 into a hot-bed of tanners bark, being careful to fcrcen 

 them from the fun until they have taken new root; 

 after which time the glafles of the hot-bed fhould be 

 raifcd every day, in proportion to the heat of the 

 weather, to admit frelh air to the plants ; they muft 

 alfo be frequently watered, for they naturally grow 

 in moift places. When the plants have grown fo 

 krge as to fill thefe pots with their roots, they Ihould 

 be removed into larger pots, and placed in the bark- 

 bed in the ftove, where they muft be fupported 

 either with ftakes or a trellis, round which they 

 will twine, and rife to the height of eight or ten feet. 

 Thefe plants mufl: be kept conftantly in the flx)ve, 

 for they are" too tender to bear the open air in this 

 country, even in the fummer feafon ; therefore they 

 Ihould be olaced with Convolvulufes, ^d other 

 twinifi 



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made an efpal 



fituati^' they will thrive, and produce their flowers, 

 iiSd foittetitt*e§ -will perfcft tiieir feeds in this country; 

 but, in order to th^s^ they Ihoiild have a large fhare 

 of frcfh air in warm weather, by drawing down the 

 upper glalTes of Ac ftove ; but in winter the ftove 



t to a temperate heat, or rather higher, 



*y will require a large Ihare of water, 

 but in winter it fhouid be given to them in lefs quan- 

 tities, but muft be frequendy repeated. Thefe 

 plants do not continue above two years, fo that 

 young plants fhould be raifcd in order to prcfcrve die 

 kind. 



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DAMASONIUM, Star-headed Water Plantain. 

 The Characters are, > .: 



// hath a flower compofed of three leaves, which are 

 placed orbicularly, and expand in form of a Rofe : out of 

 the flower-cup rifes the pointal, which afterward becomes 

 a ftar-fhaped fruit, with many cellsy which are fuU of 



oblong feeds. 



The Species are, 



1. Damasonium {AUfma) ftellatum. Lugd.' Star-headed 

 JVater Plantain. -1 



2. Damasonium (Flava) Americanum maximum, 

 plantaginis folio, flore flavefcente, fructu globofo. 



. Plum. Greateft American Water Plantain, with aJ^lan- 

 tain leaf, a yellowifh flower^ and a globular fruit. 

 The firft of thefe plants is a native of England; it 



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feveral other places in the warm parts of America, 

 where it is generally found in ftagnadng waters, and 

 other fwampy places ; ib that it would be difiicult 

 to preferve this plant in England, for it will not liye 

 in the open air, aiid requires a bog to make it 

 thrive ; but as it is a plant of no great beauty or 

 ufe, it is not worth the trouble of cultivating in this 

 country. 



DANDELION. See Leontddon. 

 DAPHNE. Lin. Gen. Plant, 436. Thymelaea. 



Toum. Inft. R. H. 594. tab. 366. Spurge Laurel, or 



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