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DATE. Vide Phoenix Dactylifera. 



DELIMA SARMENTOSA. Dilleniacece. A shrub with small white 

 flowers in panicles. 



DENDROBIUM PIERARDI. Orchidacece. A parasite ; caulescent, 

 stems leafless, from six to twelve inches long, round jointed ; 

 flowers, several towards the top of the stem, of a light rose- 

 colour. 



DENDROBIUM ALBUM. Orchidacece. A parasitic flower in white 

 racemes. 



DEUTZIA SCABRA. Philadelphacece. Very ornamental plants, 

 producing white flowers, not so large as the snowdrop, but many 

 together, in numerous clusters on the young branches ; the 

 foliage is dark green. They thrive in any garden soil, and may 

 be propagated with facility by cuttings or layers, 



DESMODIUM LATIFOLIUM. Leguminosce. A shrubby plant, 

 bearing handsome purple flowers. 



DESMODIUM. RECURVATUM Jungle grass. Flowers in the 

 rains, colour purple and white. 



DESMODIUM GYRANS. Flowers pale yellow tinged with blue, 

 the lateral leaflets have the power of singular motions. 



DILLENIA SPECIOSA. Dilleniacece. NAT. MOOTA KURMUL. A 

 large tree ; flowers white and yellow, nine inches in diameter ; 

 fruit size of a cocoanut. The thick fleshy leaflets of the calyx 

 have an agreeable acid taste, and are eaten by the Natives. 



DIOSPYROS GLUTINOSA. Ebenacece. NAT. GAUB. TAM. PANI- 

 CHEKAI. A small tree, bearing a rusty coloured fruit abounding 

 in a glutinous astringent juice, obnoxious to insects and is 

 used by book binders, and also for soaking fishing nets in. 



DIOSPYROS EBENUM. The Ebony tree. Yielding a heavy black 

 wood, grows abundantly in Ceylon and many parts of the 

 Deccan. 



DIOSPYROS SAPOTA. Vide Achras Sapota. 



DOMBEYA PALMATA. Byttneriacece. A shrub; leaves palmate, 

 resembling the common castor oil plant ; flowers, in large termi- 

 nal corymbs, rose-coloured, appear in September and October. 



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