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THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 



DICTTOPTERIS. 8ee Polypodium. 



DICTYOSPERMA (from diktyon, a net, and tperma, 

 a seed; in allusion to the raphe of the seed forming a 

 loose network.). ORD. Palmce. A genua of stove Palms, 



Dictyosperma continued. 



D. aureum (golden).* I. pinnate, with long, narrow, distant, 

 rk green leaflets. Seychelles Islands, 1868. A 

 lly spreading le 

 arkable for the yellow colour acquired by the petioles when 



. . . , w og, nrow, san, 



pendent, dark green leaflets. Seychelles Islands, 1868. A fine 

 species, of erect habit, and with gracefully 



leaves, 



grown in a temperate house SYN. Areca aurea. 



PIG. 661. DIKFKKNBACHIA CiRDRRI (866 page 473). 



related to Areca. Flowers unisexual, often in threes (one 



female between two males). Leaves pinnate ; leaflets with 



the sides reflexed before unfolding. For culture, see Areca. 



D. album (white).* I. 4ft. to 8ft. long, pinnate ; petioles clothed 



with white tomentum ; leaflets 2ft. long, and about 2in. wide, 



bright green on both surfaces. Stem slender. A. 30ft. Mauritius, 



1842. Whole plant unarmed. SYN. Areca alba. 



D. fnrfaracenm (mealy) differs principally from D. rubriim 

 in the tomentose character of the petiole and leaf sheath of 

 the young plant Mauritius. SYNS. Areca furfuracea and A. 

 pisifera. 



D. rubrum (red). Palmiste Rouge. I. dark green, with primary 

 veins and margins dark red, the redness disappearing very much 

 in adult plants. Branches of the spadix longer and more reflexed 

 than in D. album. Mauritius. SYN. A rcc.a rubra. 



