2 o8 DECASPORA 



Decaspora R. Br. = Trochocarpa R. Br. (Epacricl.). 



Decastelma Schlechter. Asclepiadaceae (n. i). i W. Indies. 



Decatoca F. Muell. Epacridaceae (3). i New Guinea. 



Decatropis Hook. f. Rutaceae (i). i S. Mexico. 



Decazesia F. Muell. Composilae (4). i W. Austr. 



Deciduous (1.), falling in autumn, or at the beginning of the dry season ; 

 (perianth-), falling after fertilisation. 



Decipiens (Lat.), deceiving. 



Deckenia H. Wendl. (Acanthophoenix BH.}. Palmae (iv. i). i 

 Seychelles. 



Deckera Sch.-Bip. = Picris L. p.p. (Comp.). 



Declieuxia H. B. et K. Ruhiaceae (n. 5). 33 trop. S. Am., W. I. 



Declinate, bent downwards or forwards. 



Decodon J. F. Gmel. (Nesaea BH.}. Lythraceae. i N. Am. 



Decompound, several times divided. 



Decumaria L. Saxifragaceae (in), i China, S.E. U.S. 



Decumbent (stem), bending upwards from prostrate base. 



Decurrent (1.), continued by wing on stem, as in thistles. 



Decussate (L), each pair of opp. 1. _L to the next pair. 



Dedea Baill. Saxifragaceae (v). 2 New Caledonia. 



Dedoublement, branching, Polygonaccac. 



Deer-berry (Am.), Vacciniuni stamincnin L. ; -grass (Am.), Rhexia. 



Deeringia R. Br. Amarantaceae (i). 6 palaeotrop. 



Definite growth (stem), when the buds grow rapidly to their full elon- 

 gation, and stop, Aesculus, Pinus, &c. ; (infl ), when the branches 

 each in turn term, in a fl. (cymes, q.i> ). 



Deflersia Schweinf. ex Penzig. Euphorb. (inc. fed.). i Erythrea. 



Deflexed, bent sharply outwards. 



Defoliation, leaf-casting. 



Degenerate fl., one which has gone back to an earlier type. 



Degenia Hayek. (Lesquerella p.p.). Crucif. (4). i Croatia. 



Deguelia Aubl. (Deiris Lour. BH.}. Legum. (in. 8). 40 trop. 



Deliaasia Blume. Lauraceae (n). 10 Malay Archipelago. 



Deherainia Decne. Theophrastaceae. 2 Mex., W. I., incl. D. smarag- 

 dina Decne. with large green fls. (coloured by chlorophyll). 



Dehiscence, mode of opening; cf. Fruit, Stamen. 



Deianira Cham, et Schlecht. Gentianaceae (i). 5 Brazil. 



Deidamia Nor. ex Thou. Passifloraceae. 6 Madagascar. 



Deinacanthon Mez (Rhodostachys Phil.). Bromel. (4). i Argentina. 



Deinandra Greene = Hemizonia DC- (Comp.). 



Deinanthe Maxim. Saxifragaceae (in), i Japan. 



Deinbollia Schum. et Thonn. Sapindaceae (i). 15 warm Afr. , 

 Madag. 



Dekindtia Gilg. Oleaceae. i trop. Afr. 



Dekinia Mart, et Gal. (Lepechinia p.p. E.P.). Labiat. (vi). i Mex. 



Delamerea Sp. Moore. Compositae (4). i Brit. E. Afr. 



Delaportea Thorel et Gagnep. Leguminosae (i. i). i Laos. 



Delarbrea Vieill. Araliaceae (2). 3 New Caled., New Guinea. 



Delavaya Franch. Sapindaceae (n). i Yunnan. 



Delima L. =Tetracera L. p.p. (Dillen.). 



Deliquescent (stem), breaking up into branches. 



