D E 



l-jx of the pomegranate, i. e. campaniform'is^ muU 

 ilfidus. Tournef. 



D. 



DiEDALEUM Follum\_ts.ct^ci.\(^, dadalus, in- 

 genious] a leaf whofe texture or fhape is remark- 

 ably beautiful and exquifitely wrought. Lin- 

 naeus has not, I think, any where explained 

 this term, but it feems to admit of no other 

 meaning. 



DEBILIS Caiilh [ex de & hah'ilif} weak, fee- 

 ble, as in the Veronica chmnadr-^s. 



DECAGYNIA [osxa, decejn, ten, & Tw^, jnu- 

 lier, a woman] The fifth order in the tenth 

 clafs in the Linnaean fyftem ; comprehendinT 

 thofe plants Avhofe fructification difcovers ten 

 Styli, which are confidered as the female organs 

 of generation. 



DECANDRIA \ykci, dece?n, ten, & «v«g, 

 mar has, a. hufband]. Linnseus's tenth clafs, 

 comprehending thofe hermaphrodite plants 

 which bear flowers with ten Jf(?!mm. This clafs 

 hath five orders, 'viz. Monogynia, inclu- 

 ding 45 g/^n^f^, viz, Sophora, Anagyris, Cards, 



Bauhinia, 



