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of the peridium. Linn. 24, Or. 9, Nat. Or. 

 Lycoperdacece. A very minute, black, pin- 

 headed species, to be found at all seasons on 

 rotten wood— cirnuum. 



Dicty mia, /. Smith. From dilctyon, a net ; fronds. 

 Linn. 24, Or. 1, Nat. Or. Polypodiacece. 

 attenuata . . Brown 5, G. Her. P. 1 N. Hoi. . 1S2S 



Dictyogl6ssum, /. Smith. From dilctyon, a net, 

 and glossa, a tongue ; fronds. Linn. 24, Or. 

 1, Nat. Or. Polypodiacece. Synonyms : Acrds- 

 tichum crinitum. 

 crinltum . Brown . 7, S. Her. P. 1 W. Indies 1793 



DlCTT(5PTERIS, Presl. From dilctyon, a net, and 

 pteris, a fern ; fronds. Linn. 24, Or. 1, Nat. 

 Or. Polypodiacece. Stove ferns, 

 attenuata . Yellow . 6, S. Her. P. 1J- Australia 

 lanceolata . Brn. yel. 6, S. Her. P. if Maurit. . 1S24 

 macrodonta . Brn. ycl. 5, S. Her. P. 1 Australia 1S40 

 pteroldes . Yellow . 0, S. Her. P. 1£ Australia 1842 



Didelta, L'Heritier. From dis, double, and 

 delta, the Greek letter equivalent to the Eng- 

 lish D ; in reference to the double r^Geptacle. 

 Linn. 19, Or. 3, Nat. Or. Asteracece. Shrubs, 

 with little to recommend thein, growing well 

 in peat and loam, mixed ; and may be in- 

 creased by cuttings — camdsum, spindsum. 



Diderma, Persoon. From dis, double, and 

 derma, skin ; in allusion to the double peri- 

 dium. Linn. 24, Or. 9, Nat. Or. Lycoperdacece. 

 Found on bark, moss, dead oak leaves, &c. 

 Carmichaelianum, cyaniscens, deplanatum, 

 nUens, spumarioides, umbilicatum. 



Didesmis, Desfontaines. From dis, twice, and 

 desmos, a bond ; the pod is jointed like two 

 links of a chain. Linn. 15, Nat; Or. Brassi- 

 cucece. Uninteresting annuals, of the simplest 

 culture. Synonymes : 1, Myagrum cegypfla- 

 cum ; 2, Sinapis bipinnata — asgyptlaca 1, 

 bipinnata 2. 



DlDfscus. See Tracliymine. 



Didymium, Schroder. From didymOs, double ; 

 in allusion to the inner and outer peridium. 

 Linn. 24, Or. 9, Nat. Or. Lycoperdacece. 

 Very small species of Fangi, occasionally seen 

 on dead leaves — globbsum, lobalwm, pertusum, 

 sirpula. 



Didymocarpus. In reference to the twin cap- 

 sules, from didymos, twin, and Icarpos, fruit. 

 Linn. 14, Or. 2, Nat. Or. Gesneracece. A 

 genus of pretty plants, requiring a mild stove 

 or warm greenhouse. They should be potted 

 in rather light soil, consisting of heath mould 

 and leaf mould, and increased by division. Sy- 

 nonyme : 1, Ilenckilia crinita. See Strepto- 

 c&rpus. 



crinlcus 1 . . Vt't. yl. . 6, B. Her. P. i Pulo Pen. 1S45 

 H ™^ oldti - ]■ Violot . 10, S. Her. P. $ Ceylon . 1853 

 polyanthus' . Lilac . 6, S. Her. P. I 



DidymoohlAna, Desvaux. From didymos, 

 double, and chlaina, a cloak ; indusium. 

 Linn. 24, Or. 1, Nat. Or. . Polypodiacece. 

 Very pretty ferns, requiring the same treatment 

 as other stove plants of its class. Synonymes : 

 1, Aspidium truncatulum , Didymoclilcena si- 

 nuosa. 



pulcnerrima . Brown 7, S. Her. P. 4 Brazil . . 

 truncatula 1 . Brown 0, S. Her. P. 4 Brazil . . 1S38 



Didymodon, Hedwig.- From didymos, double, 

 and odous, a tooth ; the teeth of the fringe arc 

 in pairs. Linn. 24, Or. 5, Nat. Or. Bryacece. 

 A genus of chiefly greenish mosses, found in 

 spring and summer on mountain rocks and 

 moist banks. D. inclinatum is only to be met 

 with in this country, upon the mountains of 

 Connemara, in Ireland. Synonymes: 1, Tri- 

 chdstomum capillaccum ; 2, T.flexifbliwn; 3, 

 Grimmia heteromdlla ; 4, G. inclinata; 5, G. 

 atrovirens ; 6, D. Bruntoni ; 7, Bryum bipar- 

 titum, Dlcranum Cilsii, D. strktum, TricMs- 

 tomum papillbsum ; 8, T. rigidulum; 9, T. 

 trifarium, linoldes — brachydontius, capillii- 

 ceum 1, crlspulum, cyliudricum, flexifdlium 2, 

 glaucescens, heteromslllum 3, inclinatum 4, 

 ithyphyllum, nervdsmn 5, obsoilrum 6, pur- 

 pilreum 7, rigidulum 8, trifarium 9. 



DfDYMOUS, two united ; applied to the fruit 

 when they appear twin. 



DidynAmia, the fourteenth class in the lannsean 

 system of botany. From dis, twice, and dy- 

 namis, power, two stamens have the supe- 

 riority. 



DlDYNAMOUS, having two long stamens and two 

 short ones in the same flower, each pair being 

 collateral. 



DieffenbacHIA, Schott. See Caladium.. 



DlELYTRA, Borkhauscn. From dis, double, and 

 elytron, a sheath ; the base of the flower is fur- 

 nished with two sheath-like spurs. Linn. 17, 

 Or. 2, Nat. Or. Fumariaccce. A genus of very 

 desirable herbaceous plants. Any light, rich 

 soil suits them, and they are easily increased 

 by divisions or seeds. Synonymes ; ], Corfi- 

 dalis canadensis; 2, Fwmaria cucullaria; 3, 

 F. eximia ; 4, Corydalis tenuifblia. 

 bracteosa . White 6, H. Her. P. 1 N. Amer. ." 1823 

 canadensis 1 White a, H. Her. P. 1 N. Amer. . 1819 

 oucullaria'2 . White 6, H. Her. P. J N. Amer. . 1731 

 eximia 3 . . Flesh 6, H Her. P. 1J N. Amer. . 1812 

 form&sa . . Flesh. 6, H. Her. P. 1 N. Amer. . 179(i 



b flbrT alia> " ] Purp - 6 - H ' Her - P - 1 Siberia ■ • 1826 



specibsa' . . Flesh 6, H Her. P. 2 Siberia . . 1810 



spectabilis . Purp. 6, H. Her. P. 3 Siberia . . 181* 



tonuifdlia4.Pink 6, H. Her. P. 1 Kamtch. . 1S20 



Dienia, Lindley. From dis, two, and enia, a 

 strap ; in allusion to the attachment of the 

 pollen-masses. Linn. 20, Or. 1, Nat. Or. Or- 

 chidacece. This is a plant of no particular 

 beauty. Turfy peat soil, and an efficient drain- 

 age, will be found to suit it. 

 cordata . Green . 9, S. Epi. 4 Mexico . . 1S37 



DiervIlla, Tournefort. In compliment to M. 

 Dierville, a French surgeon. Linn. 5, Or. 

 1, Nat. Or. Caprifoliace.ee. Very desirable 

 plants for the front of shrubberies, growing 

 from three to four feet high, in any common 

 soil ; they may be readily increased by cuttings 

 put into the ground in autumn and spring, or 

 by suckers, which they throw up in great quan- 

 tities from the roots. Synonyme: 1, D. cana- 

 densis, Lonicera DieriAlla ; 2, Weigila amcl- 

 lilis. 



amSbilis 2 . Rose . 6, H. De. S. 3 Japan . . 

 lu'tea 1 . . . Yellow . 6, H. De. S. 3 N. Amer. . 1739 



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