DIGITALIS 



EBB. JFls. purplish. 



Thapsi, Linn. Plant much like -D. ;»(»•/)«/•«(. Peren- 

 nial, 2-4 ft. high: Its. oblong, rugose, deourrent: fls. 

 purple, throat paler, marked with red dots. June-Sept. 

 Spain. 



AA. Middle lobe of the lower lip shorter or hnrdUj 



longer than the others. 



B. Fls.yellou-ish. 



ambiffua, Murr. (i>. grandifUra, Lam. V. ochro- 

 leuca, Jacq.). Perennial, 2-3 ft. high: Ivs. ovate- 

 lanceolate, toothed, sessile, downy below : Hs. 

 large, 2 in. long, yellowish, marked with brown; 

 low er bracts about as long as the fls Eu W Asia 

 B R 1 04 



BB tU uhite to piiiple, !,eldom yellonish 



purpurea, Lmn {D tomentosa, Link &j 

 Hoffmgg ) Common Fo-s.GLO\E The species most 

 conimonlj cultivited Mbstly biennial but some 

 times peiennnl Height 2-'! ft h s rugose some 

 whitduniiN fls lii^. Jill l.mf, rim,ing fT..in 



DIMORPHOTHECA 



stigma: fr. edible, acid, the size of an apple, 

 and many ovuled. Trop. Asia. B.M. 5011) 

 Bibbertia voUtbiUs). 



DIMORPHANTHUS. Included in Aral 





Ho.V'"(/' "/'/" nu ,1 



Hoit ) I 1 II 1 



longer i i i i i 



nearly il 



variety 



punctatf 



and spotted varieties 



ptirea 



D laciniata Lmdl Perenni 

 Jigged lis, yellow dowuv witli 

 much shorter thin the pedKf 1 

 gata Wildst & Kit Perenni. I 

 late ridicil ones Dbo\itelii 

 yellow Dinubeind Cxreece — /' 

 very dowii\ o\ ite oblong 11 i 

 D monstroia Hort ininteits 

 piirei P (t 4 111 Monstrositit 

 Roth Bieiinn 

 spotted at th 



71 \ 11 gloxmiaefldra 

 ui n gin, u, union, 

 »f more robust habit, 

 ^ which open widei 

 sl>otted though a sub 

 is offered J> alba and 

 presumabh white 

 alba, fechrank = Z) pm 



mouth lower 1 



DILIVAKIA See Ai 



ntho 



DILL \inethnin graieohns, Lunn ) an annual or 

 biennial plant of the Umbellitnte Native of S Eu 

 the seeds of which aie used as a seasoning as seeds of 

 Caiawaj and Coriander are It is of the eisiest culture 

 from seeds. It should have a warm position. The plant 

 grows 2-3 ft. high : the Ivs. are cut into thread-like di- 

 visions: the stem is very smooth: the fls. are small and 

 yellowish, the little petals falling early. It is a hardy 

 plant. The foliage is sometimes used in flavoring, and 

 medicinal preparations are made from the plant. The 

 seeds are very flat and bitter-flavored. 



DILL£NIA (named by Linnfeus for J. J. Dillenius, 

 botanist and professor at Oxford). Dillenidceep. A ge- 

 nus of handsome East Indian trees, thought by some to 

 be as showy as a magnolia. One species is cult, in S. 

 Pla. and S. Calif., but it takes too much room and 

 flowers too rarely for northern conservatories. It has 

 gorgeous white fls. fully 9 in. across. Tall tropical trees 

 from Asia, Indian Archipelago and Australia. Lvs. 

 large, with pronounced pinnate, parallel venation: fls. 

 white or yellow, lateral, solitary or clustered. D. Indica 

 is said to be the showiest of the whole order, being at- 

 tractive in foliage, flower and fruit. Dillenias may be 

 grown in light, sandy loam. Prop, readily by seeds, but 

 with difliculty from cuttings. 



Indica, Linn. (D. specidsa, Thunb.). Trunk stout, 

 not high: branches numerous, spreading, then ascend- 

 ing: lvs. confined to the ends of branches, on short, 

 broad, channelled sheathing petioles, the blade 6-12 in. 

 long, oblong or oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, narrowed 

 at the base, strongly serrate: sepals 5, thick, fleshy, en- 

 larging and inclosing the fr. ; petals obovate, white; sta- 

 mens very numerous, forming a large yellow globe 

 crowned by the white, slender, spreading rays of the 



712 Border of Foxgloves 



DIMOKPHOTHfiCA ((,reek In i i,t I , ,,ptacU, 

 the disk florets of two kinds) ( oi i ,1 i \ charming 

 genus of plmts from the tape < 1 i d II. | h ^^hlch is 

 almost totally neglected here, Kirgely because the cli- 

 matic conditions of that wonderful region are not gen- 

 erally understood. This genus contains about 20 spe- 

 cies, "some of which rival the Paris Daisy and others vie 

 with Cinerarias. Annual or perennial herbs, or even 

 somewhat sbniliby: lvs alternate or radical, entire,, 

 toothed, or incis. . 

 rays yellow, cuai 

 colors except wlii 

 lendula,buthasst 

 fls. are usually s; 

 unless they have 

 a variety of colori 

 in. across, and thf 



■. 'I'iii' genus is closely allied to Ca- 

 iiigbt instead of incurved seeds. The 

 d to close up, like those of Gazania, 

 iinlight. Their backs have as great 

 g as their faces. The fls. are often 3 

 long, slender rays (20 or more) give 



nd charming effect. A dozen kinds are grown 

 abroad, representing a wide range of colors and foliage. 

 They are wintered in coolhouses and flowered in spring, 

 or else transplanted to the open, where they flower freely 

 during summer. The shrubby kind, D. JScklonis, has 

 been grown at Kew as a summer bedding plant, flower- 

 ing from July to frost, and was a surprising success a& 

 a coolhouse plant, making a much branched plant 3 ft. 

 high, and flowering freely all spring. Monograph by 

 Harvey and Sonder, Flora Capensis 3:417 (1864-65). 

 Sometimes called Cape Marigolds. 



Annua, Less. {CetKiiditln pliiriAlis, Linn.). This is 

 the only white-fld. annual kind and the only species 

 sold in America at present. Erect or diffuse, simple or 

 branched, rough with jointed and gland-tipped hairs 

 (seen with a small lens) : lvs. narrowly oblo 

 vate-oblong, tapering 



base, with a few distant 



