DICER OSTYLIS 2 1 3 



(Sweet William),/?. Caryophyllus\^,. (carnation, picotee, clove-pink), 

 D. chinensis (China or Indian pink), &c. 



Diapedium Koen. = Dicliptera Juss. (Acanth.). 



Diapensia L. Diapensiaceae. 2, one Himal., D. lapponica L. circum- 

 polar boreal. Tufted, like oo alpine and arctic pi.; fl. protog. 



Diapensiaceae (EP., BH.}. Dicots. (Sympet. Ericales EP., BH.). 

 6 gen., 9 sp., "^ , chiefly alpine and arctic evergr. under-shrubs, with 

 rosettes of 1. ; fls. sol. or in racemes, with two bracteoles, , actinom., 

 without a disc. K (5) or 5, C (;) nearly polypet., A 5, epipet., opp. 

 sepals, with frequently 5 stds. opp. petals ; anthers transv., each lobe 

 opening by longitudinal slit ; pollen simple ; G (3) with axile plac. 

 bearing oo anatr. or amphitr. ov. ; style simple with 3-lobed capitate 

 stigma. Fruit a loculic. caps. Embryo cylindrical, endosp. fleshy. 

 Chief genera : Diapensia, Shortia, Galax. 



Diaperia Nutt. (Evax p.p.). Compositae (4). 4 N. Am. 



Diaphanantlie Schlechter. Orchid, (n. 20). 20 trop. Afr. 



Diapliycarpus Calest. (Canmi p.p.). Umbell. (in. 5). i Medit. 



Diarrhena Beauv. Gramineae uo). 3 N. Am., E. As. 



Diarthron Turcx. Thymelaeaceae. i C. As. 



Diascia Link et Otto. Scrophulariaceae (n. i). 30 S. Afr. 



Diaspasis R. Br. Goodeniaceae. i S.W. Austr. 



Diasperus L. = Phyllanthus L. (Euph.). 



Diaspis Niedenzu. Malpighiaceae (i). i Brit. E. Afr. 



Diastatea Scheidw. Campanulaceae (inc. sed.). i Mexico. 



Diastema Benth. Gesneriaceae (n). 18 trop. Am. Cult. orn. fl. 



Diateinacanthus Lindau. Acanthaceae (iv. B). i Centr. Am. 



Diatenopteryx Radlk. Sapindaceae (i). i S. Am. 



Diberara Baill. (Nebelia BH.}. Bruniaceae. 5 S. Afr. 



Dicaelospermum C. B. Clarke. Cucurbitaceae (2). i Indomal. 



Dicarpidium F. Muell. Bombacaceae. i Austr. 



Dicaryum Willd. (Geissanthus EP.}. Myrsinaceae (n). 2 S. Am. 



Dicella Griseb. Malpighiaceae (n). 3 Brazil, Paraguay. 



Dicellandra Hook. f. Melastomaceae (i). 2 trop. W. Afr. 



Dicellostyles Benth. Malvaceae (4). 2 Ceylon, Sikkim. 



Dicentra Bernh. Papaveraceae (in), 15 As., N. Am. D. Cucullaria 

 Bernh. (Dutchman's breeches) and others cult. orn. fl. The rhiz. of 

 many sp. ( Cucullaria} resembles a succession of bulbs, on account 

 of the fleshiness of the scale 1. and of the sheathing bases of the fol. 1. 

 The materials formed in the 1. during the growing season are stored 

 up in the fleshy base, which survives the winter, while the rest of the 

 1. dies. Fls. in racemes, pend. Each outer petal has a large pouch 

 at its base. The inner petals are spoon-shaped and cohere at the tip, 

 forming a hood which covers the anthers and stigma. The pend. 

 position and complex structure of the fl. render it suited to bees, 

 which hang on to it and probe for honey first one side, then the 

 other, in the pouches of the petals. In so doing they push aside 

 the hood and touch the stigma, on which there is usu. pollen from 

 its own sta. 



Dicerandra Benth. = Ceranthera Ell. (Labiatae). 



Diceratella Boiss. Cruciferae (4). 3 W. As., trop. Afr. 



Dicerostylis Blume (Hylophila EP.}. Orchidaceae (n. 2). t Malaya. 



