288 JOURNAL, BOMBAY NATURAL HIST. SOCIETY, Vol. XXLV 



Genus and Authok, Natural Date. 

 Obdek. 



Dic^LOSPBKMDM, * Cucurbit. 1879 . 

 O.B. 0. 



Dicentra, Bernh. Fumar. 1833 



I>icerma,J>Q. ...Leg. P. 1825 



Dichoespermum, Wight. Commel. 1858 



Dicho2ms, Thw. 



Sapot. 1864 



Dichorisandra, Mik. . . Commel. 1820 . 



Diohrocephala, Oompo. 1833 . 



L'Her.t 



DiCHBosTACHYs, Leg. M. 1834 



W. & A. I 



DiCLiPTERA, Juss. . . Acanth. 1807 



DicoMA, Cass. 



Dictyosperma, 

 Wend. & Dr. 



Compo. 1817 



Palm. 1875 



Didymocarpus, Wall. . . G-esner. 1819 , 



DieiFenbachia, Sohott... Araceise. 1829 . 



DiGEBA, Forsk. . . Amarant. 1775. 



Digitalis, (Tourn.) L.. Scroph. 1735. 



DiGiTABiA, Heist. . . Gram. 1763 . 



Dilivaria, Juss. . . Acanth. 1789 . 



DiLLENiA, L. t . . Dillen. 1735 . 



Debivation and Common Name. 



the seeds are longitudinally ridged 

 and slightly rugulose in the mid- 

 dle, containing three cavities, 

 the central one enclosing the 

 embryo, the tioo lateral empty. 



meaning two spurred ; the twd 

 outer petals are spurred. — N. 

 cf. Diplocentrum below. Seal- 

 flower. 



from dicJia, in two or asunder, and 

 sperma, a seed ; the seeds are 

 biseriate. 

 , dicha, double, and opsis, resemblan- 

 ce. The lobes of the calyx are in 

 two series and the anthers 

 2-lobed. 

 , meaning stamens divided into two 



series. — B. 

 , from di, two, c/iroa, colour, and 7ce- 

 phalos, a head; the corollas of the 

 ray and disk flowers are of dift'er- 

 ent colours. 



in allusion to the spike bearing 

 flowers of different colours at th6 

 top and at the bottom. 



from diklis, double-doored, and 

 pteron, a wing ; refers to the 

 capsule. — N. 



meaning a double coma ; pappus- 

 hairs many seriate, the inner or 

 all flat, barbellate, or feathery, 

 the outer shorter, paleaceous or 

 of slender bristles. 



from diktyon, a net, and sperma, 

 a seed ; in allusion to the raphe 

 of the seed forming a loose net^ 

 work. — N. 



in the Bombay species the fruits are 

 not didymous. 



after Dr. Dieffknbach, a German 

 botanist. — N. 



from Arabic didjar. 



from digitus, a finger ; after the 

 shape of the corolla. — N. Fox- 

 glove. 



the inflorescence is usually digitate. 

 Cf. Dactylis above. 



inhabiting flooded places. 



after John James Dillenius, pro-i 

 fessor of botany at Oxford. — N. 



* There is a misprint of this name in Cooke. 

 X DC. in Cooke. 



