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Disporum—continued. 
D. lanuginosum (woolly).* 7. yellow, green; peduncies dicho- 
tomous, two-flowered. May. Ù ovate-lanceolate, far acuminate, 
three-ribbed, reticulately veined, downy on the under, naked on 
` the upper, surface. Stem terminating in two or three divergent 
branches, from green becoming brown, adpressedly downy. h. lft. 
South Carolina, 1758. (B. 
lanuginosa.) 
D. Menziesii (Menzies) Л. greenish, one to five; segments 
nearly pes. jin. to lin, had stamens a third shorter than the 
perianth. J. 
rounded or slightly cordate at base, more or less woolly-pubescent. 
h, lft. to 3ft. California. 
_ D. pullum (dusky).* Ji, corolla brown without, cernuous, 
longer than pore cupped-campanulate ; racemes one to four. 
flowered, axillary. September. l. ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, 
Shortly petioled, nerved. Stem herbaceous, 12%. high, angular, 
sub-geniculately flexuose. China, 1801. A singular plant, 
SYN. D. fulvum. (В. M. 916, under name of Uvularia chinensis.) 
Р. p. parviflorum (small-flowered) only differs from the type 
in its smaller flowers. 
DISSECTED. Cut into many deep lobes. 
DISTEGANTHUS (from distegos, two stories, and 
anthos, a flower; referring to the "disposition of the 
M. 1490, under name of Uvularia 
corolla above the receptacle). ORD. Bromeliacem. For 
culture, see Bromelia. 
D. scarlatinus (scarlet) is described as being a magnificent 
Stove perennial, with central leaves of a most intense vivi scarlet 
colour. Amazon, 1869. SYN. Bromelia amazonica. 
. , DISTICHOUS. Producing flowers, 
“branches in two opposite rows. 
leaves, or 
DITTANY. See Cunila mariana and Dictamnus. 
DITTANY OF AMORGOS. See Origanum 
 Tournefortii. 
і Origanum 
DITTANY OF CRETE. See 
Us. 
DIURIS (from dis, double, and oura, a tail; in allu- 
n to the two tail-like sepals). ORD. Orchidew. This 
genus of terrestrial orchids, containing about fifteen 
Species, all of them interesting, and some very beautiful, 
ost unknown in our gardens, and the species as yet 
introduced are very rare. All are natives of Australia. 
For culture, see Pterostylis. 
alba (whi white, ro een, brownish-purple. August. 
Att, New South Wales тозе, "Qi kr oe Peele. Augus 
. Curvifolia (curved-leaved). A synonym of D. maculata. 
elongata (elongated) A synonym of D. punctata. 
lilac). A synonym of D. punctata. 
on lon icels, muc 
ЕДА 
h 
* rigid, and embracing the 
at the base, ovate-oblong, and very open at the top; 
| Sepals at length recurved, narrow, rarely exceeding the 
tals ; s ovate, on a long rigid dark-coloured claw; lip 
ter , the dorsal 9б obed from above the base, 
lateral lobes large and usually as long, or nearly as long, as 
the broad middle lobe. March. ^L. narrow. ueensland, 1825. 
rather small slender species, usually under lft. high. SYNS. 
D. curvifolia and D. pardina. (B. M. 3156.) 
Pardina (leopard-marked). A synonym of D. maculata. 
У. punctata (dotted). blue or purplish, often dotted ; dorsal 
Sepal in the typical ad нна Ое. lateral sepals 
deflexed, very narrow ; petals broadly elliptical-oblong ; lip about 
i^ long as the dorsal sepal, divided at the base into three lobes. 
ok R Gab linear, 3in. to 6in. long, with two empty sheathing 
bracts ve them. Stems 1%. to 2ft. high, or even more. SYNS. 
"al 
$ a and D. 
DIVARICATE. Growing in a straggling manner. 
ovate to ovate-lanceolate, narrowly acuminate, 
DIVI-DIVI. The reddish-brown, tough, curved pods 
of Cesalpinia coriaria ; they are largely imported into this 
country for dyeing and tanning purposes. 
DOCK. See Rumex. 
DODDER. See Cuscuta. 
DODECATHEON (from dodeka, 
gods; of fanciful application). 
Meadia. ORD. Primulacem. A genus containing two or 
three species of very ornamental 
hardy herbaceous. peren- 
nials, with oblong-spathulate leaves and naked umbellate 
scapes of flowers. 
Petals long, narrow, reflexed. They 
succeed in a moist position, and in a compost of leaf mould 
and loam. All the species are &dmirably adapted for 
sheltered parts of the rock garden, or for borders. They 
are of easy propagation by division of the crowns, either 
in spring or autumn, the latter preferred. In addition 
to their value outside, 
decoration of cool greenhouses. For this purpose, the 
plants may be taken up in November, placed in 6in. pots, 
and kept in a cold frame until early in March. After 
flowering, they should be plunged in a bed of coal 
ashes for the summer, under a north wall Dodecatheons — 
will not bear forcing ; neither should they be in a position 
exposed to hot sunshine in summer. 
. entire-] "X i not so 
D, шок но ( pin 3 leaved).* fl. deep rosy-crimson, 
12 ; umbels small, few-flowered ; petals | 
white at the base. Early summer. 1, ovate, entire. A. dim. to — 
6in. North America, ) 
twelve, and theos, 
American Cowslip. Syn. 
- (B. M. 3622. 
ка" „нен (Jeffrey’s). A garden synonym of D. Meadia lanci- 
ium. j 
1744. In the Western States, called 
(B. M. 12.) There are several 
very excellent forms of this species 
including the following: —— 
D. M. elegant) Л. deeper in colour, shorter and broader 
in leaf, and и: flower-stems shorter ; umbels more 
numerous, than in the type. 
scape than -flowered, mostly fewer. l 
irregularly’ noie i the — about 3in. long, 
spreadi Western North America, 1869. A very pretty 
and 
form, with several nursery synonyms. It is somewhat difficult 
ENT. Spreading outwards from a common 
,and should have stones around its roots 
Sn equable temperature. (B. M. 5871.) 
DOCKWEED, TROPICAL. See Pistia Stratiotes. _ 
they may be employed for the _ 
D. M. frigidum (oM Ж deep reddish-purple, not drooping ; . u€—— 
