BOTANICAL NAMES 83 



Diffusus (dif-u-sus). L. adj., ** spread out." A second 



hot. name. 

 Digitalis (dig-it-a-lis). L. adj., "finger-like." Bot. 



name for Foxglove group. 

 Digitaria (dig-it-ar-ia). 

 Digitata (dig-it-a-ta). Both L. " digitus " (a finger). 



Second hot. names. 

 Digraphis (di-graf-is). G. " Di " (two); " graphis " 



(style). Bot. name for a group of Grass family. 

 Dilatatum (di-la-ta-tum). L. adj., ** enlarging. " ~ Second 



hot. name. 

 Dillseed. The seeds of an aromatic plant, used as a 



soothing medicine for children. '* Dill " is an old 



word which means " to quiet." 

 Dioecious (di-esh-i-us). G. " Di " (two); " oikos " 



(house); i.e., when the male and female flowers of 



a plant are each separate in a flower by themselves. 



A common second hot. name. 

 Dioscorideae (di-os-kor-i-de-a). After Dioscorides, a G. 



physician, who lived somewhere about the second 



century, and wrote on herbs and their uses. Is the 



bot. name for the Yam family. 

 Diotis (di-o-tis). G. " Di " (two); " otis " (ears); 



refers to the two ear-like projections at the base of 



the flower and which adhere to the fruit. Bot. 



name for a group. 

 Diplotaxis (di-plo-tax-is). G. " Diplo " (double); 



*' taxis " (row) ; refers to the double row of seeds. 



Bot. name with some botanists for one of the 



groups. 

 Dipsaceae (dip-sa-ke-a). Bot. name for the Teasel 



family. 

 Dipsacus (dip-sa-kus). G. " Dipsao " (thirst); be- 



