DIMORPHA NDRA 2 1 7 



Dienia Lindl. = Microstylis Nutt. (Orchid.). 



Dierama C. Koch. Iridaceae (in). 4 trop. and S. Afr. 



DierviUa Tourn. ex L. ( Weigelia Thunh.). Caprifoliaceae. 8 E. As., 

 N. Am. D. florida Sieb. et Succ. , and others, cult. orn. shrubs. 

 Fl. adapted to bees; changes colour after fert. (? only the effect of 

 age) ; cf. Ribes, Fumaria, &c. 



Dietes Salisb. = Moraea L. p.p. (Irid.). 



Dieudonnaea Cogn. Cucurbitaceae (3). i Peru. 



Diffuse, loosely spreading. 



Digera Forsk. Amarantaceae (2). i trop. As., Afr. 



Digitalin, Digitalis. 



Digitalis (Tourn.) L. Scrophulariaceae (in. i). 22 Eur., W. As., 

 Canary Is. D. purpurea L. (foxglove), Brit. Fls. in racemes, one- 

 sided by twisting of peduncles ; adapted to fert. by bees. The 1. are 

 offic., containing the poisonous alkaloid digitalin. 



Digitaria Heist, ex Adans. = Panicum L. p.p. (Gram.). 



Digitate (1.), palmate with 5 (or 7) leaflets. 



Diglyphosa Blume (Ckrysoglossum BH.}. Orchid, (n. a. n). i Java. 



Dignathe Lindl. Orchidaceae (ll. 19). i Mexico. 



Dignathia Stapf. Gramineae (3). 2 E. trop. Afr. 



DigompMa Benth. Bignoniaceae (2). i Guiana. 



DigrapMs Trin. = Phalaris L. p.p. (Gramm.). 



Digyroloma Turcz. Acanthaceae (inc. sed.). i Madras. 



Diholcos K yd berg (Astragahis p.p.). Legumin. (ill. 6). 4 N. Am. 



Dilatris Berg. Haemodoraceae. 2 S. Afr. 



Dildo (W.I.), Cereus Swartzii Griseb. 



Dilkea Mast. Passifloraceae. 5 N. Brazil. 



Dill, Peucedanitm graveolens Benth. et Hook. f. 



Dillenia L. (incl. Wormia Rottb.). Dilleniaceae. 25 sp. Indomal. 



Dilleniaceae (EP. ; BH. incl. Crossosomataceae}. Dicots. (Archichl. 

 Parietales ; Ranales BH.}. 12 gen., 320 sp., trop., esp. well repres. 

 in the Austr. ' scrub' veg. Most are trees and shrubs (many lianes) 

 with alt. usu. leathery 1. and cymose infl. Fl. usu. reg., ?. K 5, 

 or 3, 4 or even oo , spiral, persistent after flowering ; C usu. 5 ; A oo , 

 hypog., free or united at base; G. oo i, free or united; styles 

 usu. free; ov. oo i, erect, anatr., with ventral raphe. Plac. usu. 

 inconspic., unthickened. Fr. dehisc. or not. Seed always with funi- 

 cular aril united to the testa. Endosp. copious; embryo small, 

 straight. Chief genera: Dillenia, Hibbertia. 



Dillwynia Sm. in Kon. et Sims. Leguminosae (in. 2). 10 Austr. 



Dilobeia Thou. Pioteaceae (i). i Madagascar. 



Dilodendron Radlk. Sapindaceae (i). i S. Brazil. Seeds yield oil. 



Dilophia T. Thorns. Cruciferae (2). 5 Centr. As. 



Dimacria Lindl. in Sweet. = Pelargonium L'Herit. (Geran.). 



Dimeresia A. Gray. Compositae (4). i Oregon. 



Dimeria R. Br. Gramineae (2). -20 Indomal., S. China. 



Dimerocostus O. Ktze. Zingiberaceae (n). 4 W. S.Am. 



Dimerostemma Cass. Compositae (5). i Brazil. 



Dimetopis DC. = Trachymene Rudge (BH.} = Didiscus DC. (Umb.). 



Dimorphandra Schott. Leguminosae (n. i). 10 trop. Am. D. Mora 

 Benth. et Hook, furnishes excellent timber. 



