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 exserted. The plants are 

 prop, by cuttings nf half ripened wooil. 



cotini£61ia, Linn. Lvs. oppo- 

 site and ali'TiKiic. nlilong or 

 obovate, a.'ut.' at hotli ends: in- 

 volucre a half shorter than the 

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

 across; fragrant. South Africa. 

 B. M. 147. 



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

 allusion to the sun-like form of 

 the flower). A name which 

 properly belongs to the Bell is 

 perennis of Europe, a low 

 early flowering compo te 

 which m its doul le f ms 

 (F w lely known a 



Belhs) The 



DAMASK VIOLE'I 



453 



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

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

 or climbers, belonging to tropical regions r.U over the 

 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. alttemate, odd-pinnate, 

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

 white, in forking cymes or irregular cyme-like panicles. 



The Sissoo tree is worth trial in nearly frostless 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. Thr tivi- is 

 raised easily from seeds or cuttings, -iml is of quick 

 growth. The demand is greater than tli.- 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, Roxb. A good sized tree, 80 ft. high in India: 

 lvs. pinnate; leaflets 5, alternate, stalked, obovate, ab- 

 ruptly acuminate, pubescent beneath : fls. white, in short, 

 axillary panicles.— In India considered one of the best 

 timbers, whenever elasticity and durability are required. 

 P. Fkanceschi and W. M. 

 'DALECHAMPIA I aftn- till- French savant.Dalechamps, 

 l.')i:j-l."iHH I . Kiipliurhii'irrir. This genus contains a tropi- 

 cal sliruli ran ly lultiwitrd for its showy rose-red bracts. 



a ve white bracts. 



Cult. 



Koezliina, Mucll. 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 2-2K 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. dlba, 

 Hort., has white bracts. 



DALIBABDA (after Thomas Dalibard, French bota- 

 Tiistl. h'lisdeew. A low-growing, native, hardy her- 

 liacoous j^erennial 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 

 fibrous 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. 



ripens, Linn. (Biihus Dalihdrda, Linn.). Fig. 673. 

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

 white, 1 or 2 on each scape ; calyx ."i-O-parted, 3 of the 

 divisions larger and toothed; petals 5; stamens numer- 

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

 In Pig. 673, a shows the perfect flower; h, c, akenes of 

 the cleistogamous fls. 



DAMASK HOSE. Bosa Damascena. 



DAMASK VIOLET. Besperis malroHalis. 



671. Yellow field Daisy, or Brown 



