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THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 
Dalbergia—continued. 
under a glass, and in a little bottom heat. 
most important are here described. 
D. latifolia (broad-leaved) Black Wood. Л. white; panicles 
terminal. May. fr. lanceolate. Z. pinnate ; leaflets roundish, 
emarginate. h. 30%. East Indies. A large deciduous tree, the 
wood of which is extremely hard, and of a dark colour. It is 
extensively employed for furniture, carving and fancy work, as 
well as for gun carriages, &c. (B. F. 8. 24) 
D. Sissoo (Sissoo. Л. white; panicles axi ‚ puberulous, 
horter than the leaves. May. 1., leaflets five, alternate, petio- 
late, obovate, abruptly acuminated, glabrous above, but pubescent 
beneath. h. 30ft. 1, 1820. The wood of this species is 
very durable, and is largely used in Bengal in the manufacture 
of gun carriages, railway sleepers, &c. (B. F. S. 25.) 
Two of the 
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impari - pinnate, 
Е € Flowers purplish- 
| rarely yellow, disposed in pedunculate 
, which are opposite the leaves. More than a 
-— Species are known. The headquarters of the 
15 Mexico, à few only being found in Chili and 
les. For eulture, see Psoralea. 
oides (Alopecurus-like). 1, whitish, in dense суйп. 
Aft tro es. Summer, /. of many linear-ob. ba 
D. t. to 2t, States. Annual. $ 
bicolor (two-coloured). A 
аон _ А Synonym of D. mutabilis. - 
Fig. 611. Sine. ge 
LE DANLIA GEORGE CLARK, OR PARAGON IMPROVED—VARIETY ILLUSTRATING FLOWERS SLIGHTLY REFLEXED. 
Dalea—continued. 
D. mutabilis (changeable). Л. at first white, but ultimatel 
changing to violet ; spikes cylindrical, at length becoming muc 
elongated, pedunculate. October. /. with five to ten pairs of 
obovate or obcordate leaflets. А. lift. Mexico, 1818. Plant 
erect, branched. Perennial. Syn. D. bicolor. (B. M. 2486.) 
D. Mutisii (Mutis's) fl. deep blue, disposed in dense cylindrical 
heads, which are about llin. long. July. 1. with eight to ten ` 
pairs of elliptic-oblong, obtuse leaflets. А. 24ft. to Sft. South 
America, 1828, An elegant greenhouse perennial SYN. Psoralea 
Mutisii. 
DALECHAMPIA (named in honour of James Dale- 
champ, 1513-1588, a French physician, botanist, and 
philologist). Including Rhopalostylis (of Klotzsch). Овр. 
Euphorbiacem. There are above sixty species in this 
genus, but very few of which are of any cultural un. 
merit. The one described below (perhaps the only a E 
cultivation) is attractive on account of the brilliant FIO — 
carmine-rose colour of the bracts. It thrives well a 
stove, and requires perfect drainage, and a mixture © — — 
loam, peat, and leaf mould, in equal parts, to which — 
may be added a good portion of silver sand. Propa- x 
gated by cuttings. ш 
D. Roezliana (Roez/s. Л. very fragrant; peduncles slend —— 
thread-like, angular, 2in. to 3in. long, bearing at the top DE 
small te bracts, placed at the base of two large, broadly Өр P) 
wl 
haped, acuminate, denticulate, rosy-pink floral leaves ; 
uu are other smaller bracts, placed around а шейш : 
waxy- 
ale flowers, some of them thick and 
confe rr the top a fringe of short, yellow, 
