DAIS 



S. Africa or Madagascar. Tender deciduous shrubs: Ivs. 

 opposite, often crowded at the ends of branches : fls. in 

 terminal heads; perianth tube cylindrical, often curved; 

 stamens 10, in a double series, the alternate ones shorter, 

 upper or all exserted ; style esserted. The plants are 

 prop, by cuttings of half ripened wood. 



cotinifdlia, Linn. Lvs. oppo- 

 site and alternate, oblong or 

 obovate, acute at both ends : in- 

 volucre a half shorter than the 

 fls. : head about 15-fld. : fls. Kin. 

 across ; fragrant. South Africa. 

 B. M. 147. 



DAISY (i. e., day's eye, in 

 allusion to the sun-like form of 

 the flower). A name which 

 properly belongs to the BeUis 

 pei-einiis of Europe, a low 

 early - flowering composite, 

 which, in its double foims 

 ( Fig. 669 ) . is widely known as 

 agarden plant (seeieiHs). The 

 American congener is JB. in- 

 tegrifolia, Michx., an annual 

 or biennial very like the Old 

 World species ranging south 



DAMASK VIOLET 



453 



672 W Id Aster o 



Michaelmas Daisy 



(XX) 



N \ 



Kent k-\ it IS not domesticated In 

 r 1 D ipphed to mil v field com- 



I 1 II I t I r t 1 low growth 



all i 1 I 1 [ 1 ti "l tl id l>3 com- 



I 1 1 I ' / " L cattU- 



\ I \\ Id i-liut h h has become 



u 1 1 ea tern part of the coun- 



tr 1 I nly known a» the Oi Ej e 



D 1 New England it i known as 



AM lei airlieltoJ?<d6fC* a 



1 111 U \ed head Kin to 



1 / / re the Pans Dai- 



I tl tones (see Ory- 



\\ \ 1 6 2) are called 



1 1 li Ai 1 1 I) s m many parts 



ot the uuntij parti 1 ih t t \ w York Spring- 



flowering Erigerons al are He 1 Dais es The Swan 

 River Dai y is Bracl ico I ! f I a (tigs ''oo ''56). 

 The African Daisy is a species of Lonas. l, g_ g 



DALBfiEGIA (N. Dalberg, a Swedish botanist, 1730 to 

 1820). Jjeguminisce. About 60 species of trees, shrubs, 

 or climbers, belonging to tropical regions :ill over tiie 

 world. One species only Introduced to S. Calif., and 

 most likely to prove of great interest as a timber tree. 

 Experiments in Egypt have shown its most remarkable 

 property of standing severe droughts, as well as sub- 

 mersion for a long period. Lvs. alternate, odd-pinnate, 

 without stipules: fls. small, numerous, purple, violet or 

 white, in forking ctou-s or irregular cyme-like panicles. 



The Sissoo tree is worth trial in nearly frosMess dis- 

 tricts, especially along sandy river banks. It improves 



sterile lands. The wood is very elastic, seasons well, 

 does not warp or split, is easily worked, and takes a fine 

 polish. It is also a durable wood for boats. The tree is 

 raised easily from seeds or cuttings, and is of quick 

 growth. The demand is greater than the supply in 

 India, and the tree is cult, for timber. ( F. von Mueller, 

 Extra Trop. Plants. ) Other species of Dalbergia are of 

 economic value. 



Sissoo Roxh K o-ood 



lvs p nnat 1 fl 

 rxptlva nun ,1 



tuub when 



1 tree 80 ft high in India: 

 1 te stalked obovate ab- 



1 neath fls wh te n short, 

 In 1 a con dered one of the best 

 I c ty and durabil ty are requ red. 

 P Frajjcesch and W M 

 DALECHAMPIA ft rthe French savant Dalechamps, 

 11 / r Th s genus conta ns a tropi- 



il 1 d f r ts howj ro e red bracts. 



ill 1 was one of the noblest plants 



I H I h the 



It 





orth 



Bou II 



and 1 r U u t 



E pi 1 1 I 1 a a 



tr al n tl e finer en r at r 



50 spec es w lely cattered u hrubs, 



twiners or tall climbers, some of which ha\ e white bracts. 



Cult, in a warm house. Prop, by cuttings. 



Eoezliina, Muell. Arg. Erect shrub, 3-4 ft. high, much 

 branched, leafy : lvs. 6 in. long, sessile, obovate-lanceo- 

 late, acuminate, entire, or with coarse obtuse teeth above 

 the middle, narrowed to a cordate base: bracts 2-2^ in. 

 long, broadly heart-shaped, sessile, toothed, membra- 

 nous, nerved, rose-red, with other smaller bracts: fls. 

 small, yellow, clustered. Mex. B.M. 5640. Var. 41ba, 

 Hort., has white bracts, 



DALIBABDA (after Thomas Dalibard, French bota- 

 nist). RosHcece. A low-growing, native, hardy her- 

 baceous perennial plant, with foliage resembling a 

 violet and fls. like those of a strawberry. It is a shy, 

 modest plant, flowering from June to August in shady 

 woods. It is rarely cultivated in alpine gardens and 

 rockeries, being a slow-growing plant, liking a deep 

 flbrous soil and a sheltered position. Prop, by cuttings. 

 The genus has lately been referred to Rubus, but it 

 differs utterly in habit, in the carpels being usually well 

 defined instead of indefinite and the akenes dry instead 

 of drupaceous. 



rdpens, Linn. (Eiihus DaliMrda, Linn.). Fig. 673. 

 Tufted, creeping: lvs. heart-shaped, wavy-toothed: fls. 

 white, 1 or 2 on each scape; calyx 5-6-parted, 3 of the 

 divisions larger and toothed ; petals 5 ; stamens numer- 

 ous; pistils 5-10. Common in northern woods. D. 85. 

 In Fig. 673, a shows the perfect flower; 6, c, akenes of 

 the cleistogamous fls. 



DAMASK ROSE. Eosa Damascena. 



DAMASK VIOLET. He 



671. Yellow field Daisy, or Brown-eyed Susan— Rudbeck 



