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DIPLOSANTHERiE [A;5rAa^, duplex, dou- 

 ble, & Anthera] The feventeenth clafs ia Royen's 

 fyftem, containing thofe plants whofe Anthera 

 exceed the number of petala or fegments of the 

 Corolla, as far as double the number. It includes 

 moil of Linnicus's Otiandria^ Decandria, & Do- 

 decandrin. 



DEPRESSUM FoUum, dcpreffed, quod in dl- 

 fco nugls depr'nniiur, qugm ad latcra \ hollow in 

 the centre; the vevei-{c p{ giol/um, and very dif- 

 ferent from coniprs[fu'ii, which fee. 



Deprejfa R.idix, its traii^fverfe diameter being 

 greater than the longitudinal, as in the Brajfica 

 rapa. 



DISCUS, a difk, or quoit ; the middle part 

 of a radiate compound tiovver, which is fur- 

 rounded by the Radius. When applied to a 

 leaf, it means the whole fitrface, circumfcribed 

 by the margin; and is c'lihcv fupinus, fuperiur, 

 or pronus, inferior. 



DISPERMA Ih, & Sp^rma, a feed] produ- 

 cing two feeds, as the Umbellatcs & Stellata. 



DISSECTUM Forum. See Laciniatum. 



DISSEPIMENTUM, a partition ; pariei qua 



frudus 



