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Haastia; dog-, Chrysanthemum Leucanthemitm\..\ globe-, Globu- 

 lar ia; Michaelmas-, Aster; ox-eye, Chrysanthemum Leucanthemwm 

 L.; -tree, Montanoa pinnatifida C. Koch. 



Dal, pigeon- pea, Cajanus indie us Spreng. 



Dalbergia L. f. Leguminosae (in. 8). 120 trop. Several are lianes. 

 D. variabilis Vog. is a shrub with pendulous twigs when growing in 

 the open, but in the forest becomes a liane climbing by aid of short 

 lat. shoots which are sensitive to contact. Many yield valuable 

 wood. e.g. D. nigra Allem. (rosewood ; Braz.) and other Am. spp. ; 

 D . melanoxylon Guill. et Perr. (Afr. blackwood; W. trop. Afr.) ; 

 D. latifolia Roxb. (blackwood or East Indian rosewood), and D. 

 Sissoo Roxb. (shisham, sissoo, India). 



Dalea L. Leguminosae (ill. 6). 100 Am. 



Dalechampia Plum, ex L. Euphorbiaceae (A. n. i). 60 trop. D. 

 Roezliana Miill.-Arg. cult. orn. infl.; it has a very 

 complex infl. (</. the diagram). The whole is enclosed 

 in two large outer bracts (the big brackets), coloured 

 pink or white. Above these on the axis is a smaller cushion, 

 bract (the little bracket), in whose axil is a 3-fld. * male fls. # 

 cyme of 9 fls. (F). Above this is the <? part of the * 



infl., starting with 4 bracts (repres. by the asterisks). F F F 



Above these, anteriorly, are 9 14 <? flrs. and pos- . ^ 



teriorly a curious yellow cushion, consisting of rudi- 



mentary 3 fls. In a Braz. sp. the cushion secretes 



resin, which is used by bees for nest making, and attracts them to 



the flr. 



Dalembertia Baill. Euphorbiaceae (A. n. 7). 4 Mexico. 



Dalenia Korth. . Melastomaceae (i). i Borneo. 



Dalhousiea R. Grah. Leguminosae (in. i). i palaeotrop. 



Dalibarda L. = Rubus Tourn. p.p. (Ros.). 



Dallachya F. Muell. Rhamnaceae. i E. Austr., Polynes. 



Dalmatian insect powder, Chrysanthemum cinerariaefolium Vis. 



Damask rose, Rosa damascena Mill. 



Damasonium Mill. Alismaceae. 3 Eur., Medit., Austr., Tasm., 

 Calif. 



Dame's violet, rocket, Hesperis matronalis L. 



Dammar, a hard resin, Agathis, Dipterocarpaceae, Shorea; black-, 

 Canariiim ; white-, Valeria. 



Dammara (Rumph.) Lam. = Agathis Salisb. (Conif.). 



Dammaropsis Warb. Moraceae (n). i New Guinea. 



Dammera Lauterb. et K. Schum. Palmaceae (i. 2). 2 New Guinea. 



Damnacanthus Gaertn. f. Rubiaceae (n. 9). 2 E. As. 



Dampiera R. Br. Goodeniaceae. 35 Austr. 



Damson, Primus insititia L., van; bitter- (W.I.), Simaruba amara 

 Aubl.; -plum (W.I.), Chrysophyllum. 



Danaa All. Physospermum Cunn. (Umbell.). 



Danae Medic. Liliaceae (vn). i W. As. 



Danaea Sm. Marattiaceae (in). 30 Am. The stem branches, a 

 rare character in M. The synangia are very long, sometimes reaching 

 from midrib to margin of the 1., and open by a terminal pore. 



Danais Comm. Rubiaceae (i. 5). 20 Madag., Masc. 



