Doronicum—rontinued. 
. FIG. 677. FLOWERING BRANCHES OF DORONICUM CAUCASICUM. 
. D. caucasicum (Caucasian). f.-heads yetiow, nearly 2in. across, 
wA u = e 
Эй... : , cauline EM 
2d, with a broad toothed ; 
ў тенот, margins deeply toothed. A. lft. Europe, Asia. 
D. Columnze (Columna’s). Jj.-heads yellow large. Spring. l 
toothed, mm radical ones stalked, almost kidney. ; 
lower cauline ones auricled; middle ones te; 
рег ones ovate-lanceolate, amplexicaul. h. 1ft. to Europe, 
1824. ; : 
Pardalianches.* Great Leopard’s Bane. .-heads yellow, 
mt three to five on each stem. Aun l. cordate, 
toothed ; radical ones on — stalks, o; stem 
ovate ; upper ones sessile, amplexicaul. A. 14ft. to 3ft. Europe. 
This species is reputed to be poisonous. (Sy. B. 762.) 
lantain). /l.-heads yellow, usually solitary, 
ata Me Кы l. toothed ; lower ones stalked, ovate, or 
Slightly cordate; the rest sessile, except the lowest, which has 
a stalk, and half embraces the stem. A. 2ft. 
to 3ft. Western Europe (Britain) (Sy. En. B. 162.) 
excelsum (tall).* /l.-heads yellow, as in the type. 
-y › Sin. e йїп, in diameter; ray achenes gla- 
out pus. March to October. l, radical 
25 dm rather roughly hairy ; stem ones 
cordate-o 
A annd vg Meat чту 
m stout, sparse Eyo rrowed, simple, 
or with one or two branches. A. t., or more. А very 
egant more robust than the type. (G. C. п. s., 
xx. agr.) ать 
DORSAL. On the back; or growing on the 
i: Ex 
 DORSTENIA (named pw ers mo n, 
* German botanist, born 1492, di uc OR 
Urticacec. Very curious plants, of neat compaet 
habit, and easily cultivated in a moderately damp 
. "The flowers are on a flattened leaf-like 
24 е, and are green and inconspicuous. Some of the 
Species have elegantly eut leaves; whilst those of others 
е decorated with silver markings. Increased by di- 
sions, made before active growth commences; or by 
sown on a hotbed, about March or April. 
a 1 yd lliptic, or oblong-lanceolate, 3in. to 
» dark о the mn and having а broad silvery 
central which is ж. җа extended towards the margin of 
South Brazil, 1869. Ii is of erect habit, with a downy 
} i doti iei to 5in. long, lin. to 
ni °з). 2. lanceolate, 3in. to 5in. long, lin. 
broad, vn :urel: d bright green and smooth 
AN ENCYCLOPADIA 
ones few, · 
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OF HORTICULTURE. 
Dorstenia—continued. " 4 
above, variegated with a white border to the midrib and 1 
ower 
half of the principal veins. Receptacle round, i ly lobed, 
хата y eee about 6in. high, leafy. Rio Janeiro, 1872. 
ef. B. 303. 
D. maculata (spotted) 1. deep green, blotched with white, sub- 
radical, sp ging from a creeping rhizome, long-stalked, cordate 
at the base, tate; margin crenate-dentate ; receptacle quad- 
rate, green. Mexico, 1863. (I. H. 362.) 
. Mannii (Mann's).* J., receptacle on the stem at the scars of 
old leaves; peduncles orbicular, about lin. in diameter, ош; 
pubescent оп the back, very convex; margin with ten to fifteen 
slender, stiff, unequal processes; peduncle Jin. long; surface of 
receptacle nearly smooth. November. 1. rather mem 
tre or obovate, acute, narrowed at the small obtuse or sub- 
cordate base, dark green, pale beneath, obscurely sinuate- 
toothed, or quite entire, glabrous, but opaque on both sides. 
Stem біп. to 10in, high, terete, rather flexuous, erect, somewhat 
swollen at the scars of the fallen leaves, densely tomentose. 
h. lft. West tropical Africa, 1863. A very singular plant. 
(B. M. 5908.) 
D. tubicina (Peziza-flowered). _ about — 
equal in length with the tioles, terminated by a za er o 
wine-glass-shaped receptacle, whose margin is incurved and 
with granulated scales; anthers pum two-lobed. 
ong, denticulate at 
-venose, petiolated ; petiole about as long . 
as theleaf. Root large in proportion to the size of the plant, 
woody, sub-fusiform, descending, truncated or premorse, power- 
fully aromatic. А. 3in. Trinidad, 1817. A very rare and curious 
plant. (B. M. 2804.) 
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DORYANTHES (from dory, & spear, and anthos, a 
flower; the flower-stem is from 19ft. to 20ft. high, like 
aks 
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Fig. 018. DORYANTHES EXCELSA. 
