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Delissea Gaudich. Campanulaceae (in). 7 Sandwich Islands. 



Delognaea Cogn. Cucurbitaceae (3). i Madagascar. 



Delopyrum Small (Polygonella p.p.)- Polygon. (11. 2). 2 U. S. 



Delostoma D. Don. Bignoniaceae (2). 5 trop. Andes. 



Delpechia Montr. Inc. sed. 2 New Caled. 



Delphinium Tourn. ex L. Ranunculaceae (2). 150 N. temp. D. 

 Ajacis L. (larkspur) Brit. Several cult. orn. fl. Fls. -|- in racemes; 

 the post, sepal is drawn out into a spur containing the spurs of the 

 two post, petals, in which the honey is secreted. (Cf. with Aconitum, 

 which is far more frequently robbed by humble-bees.) The fl. is 

 protandr. with movement of sta., fert. by humble-bees. The open 

 fl. projects horiz., but subsequently the stalk bends up and the follicles 

 stand erect so that the seeds can only escape if shaken, e.g. by 

 strong wind (censer-mechanism). 



Delphyodon K. Schum. Apocynaceae (n. i). i New Guinea. 



Delpinoa H. Ross (Agave p.p. EP. ). Amaryll. (n). i N. Am. 



Delpinoella Spegazz. Cruciferae (inc. sed.). i Patagonia. 



Delpinophytum Spegazz. Cruciferae (2). i Patagonia. 



Delpya Pierre ex Bonati (Vandellia p.p.). Scrophulariaceae (11. 6). 

 i Cochin-China. 



Delpydora Pierre. Sapotaceae (i). i trop. Afr. 



Deltoid, the shape of an equilateral triangle. 



Dematophyllum Griseb. Zygophyllaceae(P). i Argentina. 



Demazeria Dum. Gramineae (10). 4 Medit., S. Afr. D.(Brizopyruni) 

 sicitla Dum. is a cult, ornam. grass. 



Demersus (Lat.), sub-aqueous. 



Demeusia De Wild, et Durand. Amaryllidaceae (i). i Congo. 



Demidium DC. (Aniphidoxa EP.}. Compositae (4). i Madagascar. 



Democrita Veil. Inc. sed. i Brazil. 



Dendrobangia Rusby. Icacinaceae. i Bolivia. 



Dendrobium S\v. Orchidaceae (n. 15). 600 trop. As., Japan, Austr., 

 Polynes. Epiphytes; cult. orn. fl. For floral mechanism see Dar- 

 win's Orchids, p. 138. 



Dendrocalamus Nees. Gramineae (13). 12 Indomal., China. D. 

 giganteus Munro (the giant bamboo), the largest known bamboo (cf. 

 bamboos), grovvs with great rapidity (see Lock in Ann. Perad., II. 

 1904, p. 21 1), even as much as 46 cm. a day. D. strictus Nees (male 

 bamboo) has solid stems, used for lances, &c. 



DendrocMlum Blume. Orchidaceae (n. 16). 3 Indomal. 



Dendrocolla Blume = Sarcochilus R. Br. p.p. (Orchid.). 



Dendroconche Copeland (Polypodium p.p.). Polypod. i Phil. Is. 



Dendrocousinia Millspaugh. Euphorbiaceae (A. n. 7). 2 N. Am. 



Dendroid, tree-like. 



Dendromecon Henth. Papaveraceae (n). ro California. 



Dendron (Gr.), a tree. 



Dendropanax Decne. et Planch. (Gilibertia Ruiz et Pav. EP.}. Aralia- 

 ceae (i). 25 trop. and subtrop. 



Dendrophthoe Mart. = Loranthus L. p.p. (Loranth.). 



Dendrophthora Eichl. Loranthaceae (n). 20 W.I., trop. Am. 



Dendrophylax Reichb. f. Orchidaceae (n. 20). 3 W. Indies. 



Dendropogon Rafin.^Tillandsia L. (Bromel.). 



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