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THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 
Digitalis— continued, 
x few-flowered. June. 1. glabrous above, downy beneath ; radical 
ones recurved to the ground, lanceolate, flat, denticulated ; w per 
ones quite entire. л. біп. to 9in. Spain,1789. Perennial, SYN. 
D. minor. (B. M. 2160.) 
D. ferruginea (rusty. /. rusty, reticulated inside, downy out- 
side ; up et corolla ovate, entire, ed ; racemes long, dense, 
yramidal, 
Ш p July. 2, glabrous or ciliated. Stem glabrous, densely 
eafy. h. 4ft. to 6%. Europe, 1597. Biennial. SYN. D. aurea. 
(B. M. 1828.) 
D. grandiflora (large-flowered). A synonym of D. ambigua. 
D. laciniata 
D, Jevigate (smooth Л. scattered, rous; corolla fulvous, 
reticulated ; lip hte: ciliated. July. l, linear-lunceolate ; 
radical ones obovate-la late, obscurely-toothed; upper ones 
Europe, 1816. Perennial, (B. M. 
D. lanata (woolly). jl, corolla grey, downy, reticulated; lip 
white, sometimes purplish, naked ; racemes dense, many-flowered ; 
bracts shorter than the flowers. July, August, i deep green, 
ae ded A. 26%. to 3ft. Eastern Europe, 1789. Perennial. 
(Sierra Morena). rose-coloured ; corolla bearded 
on the lower part inside with ong white hairs, where they are 
4. mostly radical, 
Spain. Peren- 
marked with brownish-red spots, Summer. 
^. da very downy on both sides. A. Lift. 
| JDILLENIACEZE. A rather large o 
shrubs, or suffruticose herbs, allied to the 
.| four, or numerous), persist: 
Digitalis—continued. 
D. minor (smaller), A synonym of D. dubia. : 
D. ochroleuca (yellowish-white) A synonym of D. ambigua. 
D. purpurea (purple). Common Foxglove. Jf. purple, marked 
inside with dark purple spots, which are edged with white, large, 
disposed in a dense terminal raceme. Summer. J. oblon , rugose, 
crenated. Л. Sft. to 5ft. A very handsome biennial, the colour 
of the flowers varying from cream to white. Western Europe 
(Britain). See Fig. 667. 
. Thapsi (Thapsi). fl., corolla limb purple ; throat pale, marked 
with blood-red dots. June to September. l oblong, rugose, 
crenated, undulated, decurrent. A. 2ft. to 4ft, Western Europe, 
1752, Perennial. Plant tomentose, in habit much like D. pur- 
purea, z 
DIGITARIA. Included under Panicum. 
DIGITATE. Fingered; shaped like the open hand; 
when several distinct leaflets radiate from the point of 
3, leafstalk. 
DILATED. Widened. 
DILATRIS (from dilato, to open wide; referring to 
the opening of the flower). ORD. Hamodoracew. A genus 
of greenhouse herbaceous plants, containing a couple of 
species, natives of the Cape of Good Hope. Flowers 
purple or yellow, corymbose or panicled ; perianth petaloid, 
externally downy, и six-parted, the segments erect, 
persistent. Leaves radical, equitant, ensiform, rigid, sheath- 
ing at the base. For culture, see Anigozanthus. — 
D. Seed ыт. corymbose) jl. purple; corymb leveltopped, _ 
. viscosa (clamm blue; corymb level-topped, villous, 
Muda Ki ME T s | 
DILL (Anethwm graveolens). А herb rarely grown in 
this country. It is used for flavouring soups, sauces, &c., 
for which purpose the young leaves only are required. It 
is of very easy culture. Seeds may be sown broadcast, or 
in drills, about March or April, in any ordinary garden 
soil; and, if the flower-stalks are allowed to remain and 
seed each year, plenty of plants will always be produced. 
The genus Anethum is now included, by Bentham and 
Hooker, under Ремседатит. 
DILLENIA (named after John James Dillenius, a 
former Professor of Botany, at Oxford, author of * Historia 
Muscorum,” and “Hortus Elthamensis.”) Including Col- 
bertia, ORD. Dilleniacem. A genus of less than a score 
species of very beautiful stove evergreen trees, with large 
flowers; they are only suited to places where plenty of 
room ean be afforded. They thrive in a light sandy loam. 
Cuttings of half-ripened wood root readily, if inserted in 
imported, and are usually found to grow without much 
difficulty. | 
iz 
1 i five-carpelled ellow ; 
acute; pec yet or осу АА along the 
of the year. March. i. oblong, villous on the nerves 
beneath. h. 20. India, 1805. S 
scabrella (roughish) Л. eg 
or obovate; peduncles in axil 
tapering to the base, pilose on both 
tures. Assam and Sylhet, 1820. A 
D. speci 
diameter; peduncles one-flowered. P E 
‘Spreading bush. (B. M. 50: 
very showy, hermaphrodite 
; sepals five (rarely three, 
ersistent, in two rows; petals five, or 
fewer, deciduous. Fruit consisting of two or five distinct 
or united earpels. There are about seventeen genera and 
200 species, chiefly found in Australia, India, and North 
imeriea. Some are large timber trees, while others are 
ng. Well-known genera are: Candollea, De- 
Flowers yellow or white, o 
or polygamous, rarely 
nia, and Tetracera. 
