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Dancing girls, Mantisia saltatcria Sims. 



Dandelion, Taraxacum officinale Weber. 



Dangleberry (Am.), Gaylussacia. 



Danielia Mello. Bignoniaceae (i). i Brazil. 



Daniella J. J. Benn. Leguminosae (n. 3). 3 trop. W. Afr. 



Danthonia DC. Gramineae (9). 150 trop. and temp., esp. S. Afr. 



Dapania Korth. Oxalidaceae. 2 Malaya. 



Daphnales (BH.). The 5th series of Monochlamydeae. 



Daphnandra Benth. Monimiaceae. 4 Austr. 



Daphne Tourn. ex L. Thymelaeaceae. 40 Eur., temp, and subtrop. 

 As. ; D. Mezeretim L. (mezereon) and D. Laureola L. (spurge- 

 laurel) Brit. Honey is secreted by the base of the ovary, and the 

 depth of the tube preserves it for long-tongued insects ; the fl. belongs 

 to class F. Several cult. orn. fl. Bark used for paper in India. 



Daphnidium Nees = Lindera Thunb. p.p. (Laur.). 



Daphniphyllum Blume. Euphorbiaceae (A. I. 3). i trop. Afr., Indo- 

 mal., China, &c. 



Daphnopsis Mart, et Zucc. Thymelaeaceae. 25 S. Am., Mex., W. I. 



Darlingia F. Muell. Proteaceae (n). i Queensland. 



Darlingtonia Torr. Sarraceniaceae. i Calif., a -pitcher pi. like Sar- 

 racenia, but top of tube bent over and a fish-tail-shaped flap in front. 



Darnel grass, Lolium tennilenttun L. 



Dartus Lour. Solanaceae (inc. sed.). i E. As. 



Darwinia Rudge. Myrtaceae (n. 2). 25 Austr. Heath-like shrubs. 



Dasheen, tuberous-rooted taro, Colocasia antiquomni Schott. 



Dasiogyna Rafin. Inc. sed. i N. Am. 



Dasistoma Rafin. =Gerardia L. (Scroph.). 



Dasus Lour. Inc. sed. i Cochin-china. 



Dasycephala Benth. et Hook. f. (Diodia L. EP.). Rubiaceae (n. 10). 

 5 trop. Am. 



Da'sycoleum Turcz. (Chisocheton EP.}. Meliac. (in). 4 Mai. Arch. 



Dasylepis Oliv. Flacourtiaceae (i). 2 W. Afr. 



Dasylirion Zucc. Liliaceae (vi). 10 Texas, Mex. Aloe-like, xero. ; 

 stems woody, often tuberous ; hard 1. Fls. dioec., in gigantic infl. 

 Cf. Cordyline. 



Dasyloma DC. = Oenanthe Tourn. p.p. (Umbell.) 



Dasymascbalon Hook. f. et Thorns. Anon. (4). 3 trop. As. 



Dasynema Schott = Sloanea L. (Elaeocarp.). 



Dasypoa Pilger (Poa p.p. EP.). Gramineae (10). i Peru. 



Dasypogon K. Br. Liliaceae (in.) (June. BH.}. i S.W. Austr. 



Dasyspermum Neck. Inc. sed. Farrago Umbelliferarum. 



Dasysphaera Volkens. Amarantaceae (2). 2 E. Afr. 



Dasystachys Baker (Chlorophytum p.p. EP.}. Lili. (in). 15 trop. 

 Afr. 



Dasystephana Adans. = Gentiana Tourn. p.p. (Gent.). 



Date, Phoenix dactylifera L. ; -plum, Diospyros Lotus L., &c. 



Datisca L. Datiscaceae. 2 N. Am., W. As. 



Datiscaceae (f., BH.}. Dicots. (Archichl. Parietales; Passiflorales 

 BH. }. 3 gen. 4 sp., trop. and temp. Trees or herbs with exstip. 1. 

 and racemes or spikes of reg., usu. dioec., sometimes apet. fls. cf fl-: 

 K 3 9, free or united ; C 4 9 or o ; A 4 9 or co ; ? : K 3 8, 



