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D. '/tf#art* (elegant). 1. June. N. Holland. 1824. 

 fla'ccida (feeble). ).. June. N.Holland. 1820. 



fumarioVdes (fumaria-like). August. W. Ind. 



1823. 



gibbero'sa (swollen-roofed). 3. June. N. 



Holland. 1325. 



pentaphy'lla (five-leaved). April. Singapore. 



pyxida'ta (box-like). J. June. N. S. Wales. 



1808. 



relu'sa (abrupt-ended). June. Isle of Luzon. 



so'lida (solid). July. Isle of Luzon. 1844. 



tenuifo'lia (slender-leaved). July. Isle of 



Luzon. 



DAVIE'SIA. (Named after the Rev. H. 

 Davies, a Welsh botanist. Nat. ord., 

 Leguminous Plants [Fabacese]. Linn., 

 \0-Decandria 1-Monogynia. Allied to 

 Viminaria.) 



Greenhouse ever greens, fromNew Holland. Cut- 

 tings of young shoots, rather firm, (stumpy side- 

 shoots are best,) in sand, under y. bell-glass ; seeds 

 sown in a slight hotbed in March ; peat and loam. 

 Summer temp., 55 to 80; winter, 38 to 45. 

 D, acicula'ris (needle-leaved). 2. Yellow. June. 



1604. 



ala'ta (winged). 3. Yellow. June. 1818. 



angula'tu (sharp-cornered). Yellow. April. 



corda'ta (heart-leaved). 3. Yellow. June. 



1824. 



corymbo'sa (corymbose). 2. White, red. 



July. 1804. 



genistoi'des (genista-like). Yellow. May, 1823. 



incrussa'ta (thick-leaved). i>. Yellow. June. 



1820. 



juniperi'na (juniper-like). 2. Yellow. May. 



1825. 



ju'ncea. (rush-like). 2J. Yellow. July. 1923. 



latifo'lia (broad-leaved). 3. Yellow. June. 



1805. 



leptophy'lla (slender-leaved). 2. Yellow. July. 



1824. 



linea'ris(iia.rTOvr-leavsd'). l. Yellow. July. 



1827. 



longifo'lia (long-leaved). Yellow. May. 1810. 



mimosoi'des (mimosa-like). 2. Yellow. May. 



1809. 



peduncula'ta f/&g--flowered-stalked). Yellow. 



May. 



physo'des (bladdery). 2. Yellow. May. 



polyphy'lla (many-ieaved) . Yellow. May. 



1842. 



pu'ngens (pungent). Yellow. May. 1825. 



(juadrila'tera (four - sided - leaved). Yellow. 



May. 1840. 



racemulo'sa (slightly-racemed). 2i. Yellow. 



July. 1823. 



ramulo'sa (branching). Yellow* May. 1842. 



squarro'sa (spreading). 2, Yellow. June. 



1824. 



ulici'na (furze-leaved). 3. Yellow. June. 1792. 



umbellula'ta (small-umbdled). 2.J. Yellow. 



May. 1816. 



virga'ta, (twiggy). 2. Tawny, July. 182?. 



BAY LILY. Hemeroca'llis. 



DE'CODON. See NESJE'A. 



DECUMA'RIA. (From decuma, a tenth ; 

 referring to the ten valvate divisions of 

 the calyx, and the ten cells of the cap- 

 sule, or seed-pod. Nat. ord., Syringas 

 [Philadelphaceas] . Linn., 1 l-Dodecandria 

 1-Monogynia. Allied to Philadelphia.) 



Kardy deciduous twiners, with all white 

 flowers, requiring supports, or to be trained 

 against a south wall in a dry, warm border of 

 light, rich soil. Cuttings under a hand-light, in a 

 shady placs, and in sandy soil, in summer. 



D. ba'rbara (barbarous). 4. July. Carolina. 1785. 



prostra'ta (prostrate). 5. July. N. Amer. 



1820. 



tarmento'ta (twiggy). 30. July. Carolina. 



1758. 



DELI' MA. (From delimo, to shave or 

 polish; referring to the hard asperities 

 which cover the leaves, and render them 

 fit for polishing. Nat. ord., Dilleniads 

 [Diileniaceeej. Linn., I3-Polyandria 1- 

 Munogynia. Allied to Tetracera.) 



Handsome stove evergreen twiners, with fins 

 large leaves and yellow flowere, having much th 

 aspect of small Magnolia flowers-. Cuttings of 

 fine young shoots in April, in sand, under a bell- 

 l-claas, and in bottom-heat ; peat and loam, both 

 uirfy and fibry, with a little sitver sand, pieces of 

 charcoal, ana good drainage. Summer temp., 60 

 to 85 ; winter, 50 to 55. 



D. ni'tida (shining-icawf). 10. Trinidad, 1830. 



sarmento'sa (twiggy). 10. Ceylon. 1820. 



DELPHI'NIUM. Larkspur, (From del- 

 phm, a dolphin; supposed resemblance 

 of the spur to a dolphin's head. Nat, 

 ovd., Crowfoots [Kanunculacese]. Linn., 

 13-Polyandria S-Triyynia.) 



Annuals and biennials, by seeds in. common 

 soil, in the open border, ?n M~rch and April ; 

 perennials, by division of the roots in spring and 

 summer, and by seeds in March or April. 



HARDY ANNUALS AND BIENNIALS. 



D. Aconi'ti (Aconite-like). 1. Purple. June. 

 Levant. 1801. 



Aja'cis (Ajas). l. Pink. June. Switaerland. 



1573. 



fitfre-pltfno (double-flowered). 1 . Varie- 

 gated. June. Europe. 1578. 



ambi'guum (doubtful). Blue. June. Bturbary. 



1759. 



oordiope 1 ialum (heart-petaled). 1. Bloc. June. 



Pyrenees. 1818. 



conso'lida (uniting. Branched). 2. Blue. 



April. England. 



fio're-ple'no (don 1 ^-flowered). 1. Var 



rie gated. June. .England*. 



divariea'fum (straggling). Purple. July. 



Persia. 1830. 



Oliveria'num (Oliver's). 1&. Sloe. Juue. 



South Europe. 1826. 



pei-9gri'num (diffuse) . I. Blue. July. Italr. 



1629. 



pi'etum (painted). 1^. Light bine. Jn3. South 



Europe. 1816. Biennial. 



pultefscens (downy). 2. Blue. Aoigtjst. Me- 



diterranean. 1816. 



Requie'nii (Requien's). 4. Blue. Joly. Ma- 



jorca. 1824. Biennial. 



Staphisa'gria (Stavesacre). 2. Light blae. 



July. South Europe. 1595. Biennial. 



tenui'ssimum (slenderest-6rancfted). 1. Purple. 



August. Greece. 1835. 



virga? turn (twiggy). l. Blue. June. Syria. 



1823. 



