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DAY LILY. Sce Hemerocallis. 
DEADLY NIGHTSHADE. A common name for 
Atropa Belladonna. 
DEAD NETTLE. See Lamium. 
DEADWORT. See Sambucus Ebulus. 
DEALBATE. Covered with an opaque white powder. 
DEAL-WOOD. Chiefly the timber of Pinus sylvestris. 
DEATH'S HEAD HAWK MOTH. See Sphinx 
atropus. 
DEATH’S HERB. A common name for Atropa 
Belladonna. 
DECABELONE (from deka. ten, and belone, a needle; 
in reference to the ten filiform processes of the outer 
corona) ORD. Asclepiadew. Very showy dwarf green- 
house succulent perennials. For culture, see Stapelia. 
POM (Barkly's)* This interesting plant is closely allied to 
mw the flowers being very similar, but the branches have 
nearly twice the number of angles; and the two lateral sete of 
the spines are more slender, and deflexed instead of erect. It 
was discovered by Sir H. Barkly, about 1872, growing near the 
Orange River, Little Namaqualand. (B. M. 6203.) 
D. elegans (elegant). ЛД. large, solitary or twin, springing from 
the base of the young shoots; corolla yellowish-white, spotted 
with blood-red, funnel-shaped, 2in. long and ljin. in diameter at 
the mouth. Stems tufted, seven to nine-angled; on these are 
ia elevations bearing three-branched spines. A. 6in. Angola, 
873. (B. M. 6115.) 
DECAISNEA (named in honour of Joseph Decaisne, 
a distinguished French botanist, for a long time Director 
of the Paris Jardin des Plantes; born 1807, died 1882). 
ORD. Berberidem. A monotypic genus. This, perhaps, 
has not been tried in the open air in this country, but 
it thrives in any good loamy soil if planted out in a 
cool conservatory. Propagated by imported seeds; or by 
cuttings, struck in а cool, damp frame. 
D. remarkable).* f. greemsh, in terminal ; 
ejes Кы ONE narrow, sub-imbricate ; petals none, May, 
Jr. globose, edible. l. pinnate. л. 8ft. Sikkim Himala yas, ata 
great height. Ап erect shrub. (В. М. 6751.) 
DECANDROUS. Having ten sta- 
mens. 
DECIDUOUS. Falling off. Leaves 
whieh are shed annually are said to be 
Deciduous, as are also trees that annually 
lose their leaves. 
DECIDUOUS CYPEESS. 
Taxodium distichum. 
DECKERIA. See Iriartea. 
DECLINATE. Bending downwards. 
DECOMPOUND. A leaf is said to 
be Decompound when it is twice or 
ape MM Bes Fig. 629, 
See 
light, in a shady situation. 
D. barbara (wild).* ji. white, very sweet-scented, di in ter- 
minal corymbs. June. l T ge ovate-oblong, acute 
at both ends. South United States, 1785. SYN. D. sarmentosa. 
D. sarmentosa (twiggy). А synonym of D. barbara. 
DECUMBENT. Lying on the ground. 
.. DECURRENT. Running down. A leaf is said to 
be Decurrent when it extends down the leafstalk or 
stem. 
DECUSSATE. Leaves and branches are said to be 
Decussate when they cross each other at right angles, 
forming a kind of square, or four angles. - 
DEFOLIATION. ‘The shedding of the leaves, 
DEHERAINIA (named after Pierre Paul Deherain, 
Assistant Naturalist of the Museum of the Jardin des 
Plantes). ORD. Myrsinacem. An interesting and remark- 
able stove shrub, thriving in rich sandy loam and fibrous 
peat. Heeled cuttings of ripened shoots will root in sand, 
if placed under a glass, in bottom heat. 
D. smaragdina (emerald-green). fl. green, about 2in. in dia- 
meter, Primrose-like, disposed in clusters concealed below the 
leaves, 1. oblong-lanceolate, serrulate, hirsute along the nerves, 
^. 3ft. Mexico, 1876. Syn. Theophrasta smaragdina. (В. M. 6373.) 
DEHISCENT.  Gaping; opening. Ап expression 
often applied to the mode in which the anthers or the 
fruits burst open and discharge their contents. 
DELABECHEA (named in honour of the late Sir Н. 
T. De la Béche, an eminent geologist).  Bottle-tree of 
North-eastern Australia. ORD. Sterculiacem. This genus 
is now included by Bentham and Hooker under Ster- 
culia (which see). 3 
DELARBREA (named after M. Delarbre, a French 
naturalist). Orp. Атайасет. A genus containing two 
species of stove evergreen tall shrubs, natives of New 
Caledonia. For culture, see Aralia. 
D. ‘spectabilis (notable) This is the correct name of plant 
described in this work as Aralia concinna. 
DELIMA (from delimo, to shave off ; in reference to 
the leaves being used for polishing). Syn. Trachytella. 
ORD, Dilleniacem. A handsome stove evergreen climbing 
shrub, with the habit of Tetracera. It thrives ina compost 
of peat and turfy loam, to which may be added a little 
silver sand and small pieces of charcoal. Cuttings of young 
shoots will root, if inserted in sand and placed in bottom 
heat, in April. Perfect drainage is essential. 
D. sarmentosa twiggy). Л. white, in terminal panicles. L 
obovate, ovate, or broadly lanceolate, rigid, very scabrid, parallel- 
veined. Tropical Asia, 1820. ES б: 
DELOSTOMA (from delos, manifest, and stoma, a 
mouth; in allusion to the wide mouth of the flower). 
ORD. Bignoniacem. А small genus, containing three or — 
four species, all natives of Columbia and Pern. The one . 
described below is a handsome, robust-growing stove 
tree. For culture, see Bignonia. 
D. dentatum (tooth-leaved). — /t. bluish-white, large; corolla 
sub-cam , havi i in. across, of spreading 
SOMNIS lobes mios, > еч tree э е “October 
1. elliptic-oblong, toothed, downy beneath. Peru. ce 
DELPHINIUM (Greek name used by Dioscorides). 
Larkspur. ORD. Ramunculacem. Very ornamental hardy — 
annuals, biennials, or perennials, with erect branching 
habit. Flowers blue, purple, pink, or white, rarely yellow, 
racemed or panicled, bracteate; sepals five, petal-like, 
› the upper one drawn out below i 
petals two to four, two upper 
out at the base into appe 
any position with f treatment 
like most other cultivated: Buy 
real beauty and · сап 0 
Fie. 630. DeEnis- E oon attention 
CING йл СЫ: mated by Р special 
OF DELPHINIUM. upon them. ' 
A a mixed border—a posi- a 
tall perennial are vi pe 
varieties, and one for which they are well adapted—8ft., —— 
or even more, may be allowed. The dwarf annuals, when. 
cultivated in pots, are very ornamental for greenhouse 
decoration. — ECTS ЛЫ а ONU 
Propagation. Ж abunde э 
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