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are only varieties, is not unlike the European 

 Lotus ; it thrives best in damp peat, and is often 

 much injured by frost. In India many species 

 of Diospyros are found, where they are remark- 

 able for the hardness of the wood. The Ebony 

 on which the order is founded is D. Ebenus. 

 The Iron-wood is also one of the species. The 

 Kau Apple of the Cape, and the Kaki preserve 

 from China, are said to be the fruit of a Dios- 

 pyros. Greenhouse species by cuttings of half- 

 ripened shoots, in sand, under a bell-glass. 

 Stove species strike best from ripened shoots, 

 in sand, under a glass, and in a brisk bottom- 

 heat, any time from March to May. The hardy 

 species are best propagated by seeds, and sown 

 out of doors in a sheltered moist place. 



D. Lo'tus (Lotus). 20. Yellow, green. June. 

 Italy. 1596. Evergreen. 



lu'cida (shining). 15. Yellow. June. North 



America. 1820. 



pube'scens (downy). 20. Yellow, green. 



April. N. America. 1812. Evergreen. 



Virginia.' na (Virginian). 20. Yellow, green. 



June. North America. 1629. 



du'lcis (sweet). Yellow. July. 



America. 1629. 



GREENHOUSE EVERGREENS. 



D. Ka'ki (Kaki). 12. White, green. Japan. 

 1789. 



loba'ta (lobe-fruited). 16. China. 1822. 



monta'na (mountain). 6. White, green. 



East Indies. 1822. 



reticula'ta (netted). 20. Mauritius. 1824. 



rugulosa (small-wrinkled). 20. New Hol- 



land. 1823. 



vaccinioi'des (Vaccinium-like). 2. White. 



May. China. 1823. 



STOVE EVERGREENS. 



D. chloro'xylon (green-wooded). 20. White. 

 East Indies. 1822. 



cordifo'lia (heart-leaved). 15. White, green. 



East Indies. 1/94. 



di'scolor (two-coloured). 20. Philippine. 



1821. 



Ehenu'ster (Ebenaster). 20. Bengal. 1792. 



Ebefneum (Ebony). 30. White. East In- 



dies. 1/92. 



edu'lis (eatable). 20. East Indies. 1824. 



J5wiij-^o'/jem(Embryopteris). 25. White, 



green. July. East Indies. 1818. 



hirsu'ta (hairy). 20. Ceylon. 1820. 



lycioi'des (Lycium-likc). 10. 1806. 



Mabo'la (Mabola). 8. Yellow, green. Phi- 



lippines. 1822. 



melano'xylon (black- wooded). 20. White. 



East Indies. 1817. 



obovu'ta (reversed-epg-/t'ffrerf). 15. White, 



green. West Indies. 1796. 



supo'ta (Sapota). White. July. Philippines. 



1843. 



sylva'tica (wood). 20. White. East Indies. 



1812. 



DI'PHACA. [From dis, two or twice, 

 and phakc, a lentil ; referring to the 

 seed pods being divided into two di- 

 visions, having one seed in each. Nat. 



1 ord., Leynmlnous Plants [FabaceaeJ. 

 ! Linn., 11 -D lad el phi a -i-Dccandria.) 



A greenhouse evergreen, of strong habit ; old 

 plants of it may be turned out into the borders 

 in summer, and left to their fate ; young ones 

 only being good for pot cultivation. Cuttings 

 of half-ripened shoots in April; peat and loam. 

 1 Summer temp., do to 80 ; winter, 45 to 48. 

 i D. Cochinchine' nsis (Cochinchina). 3. White. 

 China. 



DIPHYLLE'JA. (From dis, two, and 



phyllon, a leaf ; the leaves produced in 



I twos. Nat. ord., Berberids [Berberi- 



t dacese]. Linn., 6-Hexandrla l-Mono- 



yynia. Allied to Jeffersonia.) 



A pretty hardy herbaceous plant, best treated 

 I as an Alpine plant, or on the shady side of a 



rockwork ; divisions ; rich light soil. 

 | D. cymo'sa (cyme-flowered). . White. May. 



North America. 1812. 



."DIPHY'SA. (From dis, two, &n<lp1it/s(i, 

 \ a bladder ; referring to the seed pods 

 being produced in twos, and bladdery- 

 like, as in Sntherlandia, to which it is 

 nearly allied. Nat. ord., Lcrfuminom 

 Plants [Fabacere]. ~Linn.,l7-l}iadelphia 

 i-Dccandia.) 



Stove evergreen. Cuttings of young shoots, 

 a little firm at the base, in sand, under a glass, 

 and in a mild bottom heat ; sandy loam and 

 n'bry peat. Summer temp., 60 to 85 ; winter, 

 50 to 55. 



D. Cartftagine'nsis (Carthagena). 10. Yellow. 

 Carthagena. 1827. 



DI'PLACUS. (From dis, two, and 

 ; pinkos, a placenta, or the part inside a 

 I seed-pod on which the seeds originate. 

 ! When the seeds are ripe, the placenta 



in this and some other genera divide 

 I into two parts. A very slight feature 

 1 to separate Diplacus from Mimulus, to 

 1 which it is allied. Nat. ord., Fif/wurt* 

 1 [Scrophulariacese]. Linn., 1-i-D'tdyna- 



mia '2-Anyiospcrmia.} 



This and the old Mimulus glutinosus are as 



nearly one and the same thing, botanically con- 



| sidered, as any two plants can be, yet they will 



j not interbreed. Both are good plants for turn- 



i ing out into warm borders through the summer, 



' and for planting in mixed flower-beds. Green- 



j house evergreens from California. Cuttings of 



young shoots getting firm at the base, in April, 



"in sand, under a bell-glass; rich fibry loam, 



with a little peat. Summer temp,, 55 to 75; 



winter, 40 to 45. 



I D. glutino'sus (clammy). 3. Orange. 1/9-1. 

 : puniceus (earlet-/T0u>era?). 4. Scarlet. 

 1837. 



DirLADE'xrA. ( From diploos, a double, 

 and aden , a gland ; referring to the pre- 



