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aT)propriate. — Lamarck Did. v. 2. 27G. IlluRf. t. 25c. 

 •JulT. 41. Brown Prodr. Nov. Holl. v. i. 279. Ait. Kcrt. 

 ;]v5v.-. V. 2. 276. — Clafs and order, Hexandria Monogyn'm. 

 1 'it. Ord. '^Coronar'tx-, Linn. Afparag'i, JuiT. Jijphode- 

 :■-•£, Br. 



E:T. Ch. Calyj: none. Petals fix, fpreading. Fila- 

 me.r.ts tumid at the top. Berry of three cells, with many 

 feeds. 



Perennial herbs, with fibrous roots, g^afTy (heathing leaves, 

 und panicled, drooping, blue Jlonvers, whofe anthers, as well 

 r:: the fpongy top of each filament, are yellow. The berries 

 are blue, with Calmaz feeds. 



Seven fpecies are found in New Holland ; three ai-e enu- 

 r.srated in Hort. Kew. A few examples will fuffice. 



D. enJifoUa. S'.vord-leaved Dianella. Redout. Lil. t. i. 

 Ait. n. I. (D. nemorofa ; L?imarck n. i. Jacq. Hort. 

 •Schoenbr. V. I. 49. t.94. Dracaena enfifolia; Linn.Mant.63. 

 Willd. Sp. PL V. 2. 158.) — Leaves fword-fliaped, fmooth. 

 Flowers loofely panicled. — Native of tlie Eaft Indies. A 

 frequent ftove plant, about two or three feet high. Leaves 

 an inch broad. Flowers green and white. 



Ti. carulea. Blue Dianella. Br. n. i. Ait. n. 2. Oiirt. 

 Mag. t. 505. Red. Lil. t. 79 — Leaves with rough edges 

 .'ind keel. Panicle fcarcely fubdivided. Flower-ilalks 

 aggregate. — Native of Port Jackfon, from whence it was 

 brought very early. Leaves about half an inch broad. 

 Floiuers deep blue. 



T). divar'uata. Spreading Dianella. Br. n. 6. Ait. n.3. 

 — Leaves radical, nearly linear, fmooth. Panicle repeatedly 

 ' ompound, fpreading ; ultimate branches zigzag, racemofe. 

 Brafteas very minute. — Native of the fouth coaft of New 

 HoUar.d. Br. 



DIARBEKIR, infert — the ancient jimida ; 1. ult. after 

 Rome, infert — It is faid by M'Kinneir to contain 38,000 

 fouls, mod of whom are Turks. The elevation of the fur- 

 rounding mountains, the windings of the Tigris, and 

 height of the walls and towers, with the cupolas of the 

 moTques, give it an dr of grandeur fuperior to that of any 

 o'.hcr city, which this traveller has vifited in this quarter ot 

 ihe v/orld ; 1. ult. N. lat. 37° 55' 30". E. long. 39° 52'. 



DiARBEKin, 1. 2, after Turkey, infert — and next to that 

 c f Erzeroom, the mofl confiderable pachalic of Armenia ; 

 !. 21, after Curdiftan, add — It is fituated between the 

 i'igris and Euphrates, and feparated from the dependencies 

 of Merdin by a fmall river and a branch of mount Mafius. 

 The whole of it is very mountainous and difficult of accefs ; 

 however it is interfperfed with narrow and fertile valleys, and 

 :.bounds with the moft beautiful and romantic fcenery : 

 — 1. ult. r. The principal town of this pachalic is Diarbek / 

 v.'hich fee. 



DIASPASI3, in Botr.Ky, Brown Prodr. Nov. Holl. 

 ■i. 1. 586, a genus intermediate between Sc^vola and Dam- 

 PiERA, (fee thofe articles,) but perhaps moft akin to the 

 latter. 



1. Y>. filifel'ia, from the fouth coafl of New Holland, is 

 •the only fpecies. 



DIASPORE. See MiNEnALOGY, Jddenda. 



DICKINSON, in Geography, 1. 3, r. 3794. 



DICKoON. Add— Alfo, a county of Weft Tenneffee, 

 containing 45 [6 inhabitants, of whom 990 are flaves. 



DIDACTYLUS, a fpecies of Bradypus ; which fee- 

 See alfo Sloath. 



DIGHTON, 1. ult. r. 1659, &c. 



DIGITUS. Add— See Extremities. 



DIKE, Offa's. See Dyke. 



DIMERIA, in Botany, from its double fpike. — Brown 

 Prodr. Nov. lloU. v. J. 104. ^-A grafs chiefly diftinguiftied 



D I P 



f\'^^ ^'^CCUKRVM, (fee that article,) by th<i fowers being 

 all (ellile, on a permanent, not jointed,_/?^/,;. 



D. ac'inacifof-mis was found by fir J. Banks, in tlie tro- 

 pical part of New -Holland, and Mr. Brown has an Eaft 

 Indian fpecies. 



DINAS-MAWDDWY. In 181 1, the hundred of 

 Tallybont and Mawddwy contained 843 houfes, and 4287 

 perfons; 1964 being males, and 2323 females : 531 families 

 employed in agriculture, and 200 in trade, &c. 



DINGAS. Add— See Scind. 



DINGWALL. In 181 1, the burgh and parifh con- 

 tamed 278 houfes, and 1500 perfons; 647 being males, 

 and 853 females: 158 families employed in agriculture, 

 and 153 in trade and manufaftures. 



DINWIDDIE, 1. 4 and 5, r. 12,524 inhabitants, of 

 whom 7442 are flaves. 



DIOPSIDE. See Mikeralogy, Mdcnda. 



DIOTIS, in Botany, from the two ears of its calyx, 

 when in fruit — Schreb. Gen. 633. Willd. Sp. PI. v. 4. 

 368. Ait. Hort. Kew. v. j. 266. (Ceratoides; Tourn. 

 Cor. 52.) — Clafs and order, Monoecia Tetrandr'ia. Nat. 

 Ord. Holeracex, Linn. Atriplices, Juff. 



EfT. Ch. Male, Calyx four-leaved. Cor. none. 



Female, Calyx of one leaf, with two horns. Style 

 deeply cloven. Seed folitary, hairy at the bafe, concealed 

 in the clofed calyx. 



I. D. Ceratoides. Shrubby Diotis. Willd. n. i. Ait. 



n. I. (Axyris Ceratoides; Linn. Sp. PI. 1 389. Jacq. 



Ic. Rar. t. 189.)— Native of Siberia. A weak (hrub. 



With linear-lanceolate leaves, and crov.'ded inconfpicuous 



jlowers, of no beauty. 



DIPLACRUM, from ^iTAoof, double, and axfo/, a point. 

 — Brown Prodr. Nov. Holl. v. i. 240. — Clafs and order, 

 Monoecia Triandria. Nat. Ord. Calamaria, Linn. Cype- 

 roiden, Juff. 



Eff. Ch. Male, Calyx a chaffy fcale, lateral. Cor. 

 none. Female, Calyx of iwo equal, ribbed, permanent, 

 pointed valves. Stigmas three. Nut fpherical, without 

 fcales at the bafe, concealed iu the clofed calyx. 



I. D. caricinum. Br. n. I. — Native of the tropical part 

 of New Holland. Banks. A little gratfy bog plant, v.ith 

 a leafy Jle/n, and axill'ary as well as terminal tufts of 

 Jloivers. Akin to ScLESlA and CaREX ; fee thofe articles. 



DIPLANTHERA, from its apparei.Jy double anthers. 

 — Banks and Solander in Br. Prodr. Nov. Holl. v. I. 448. 

 — Clafs and order, DidynamiaAngiofperrr.ia. Nat. Ord. akin 

 to Solane^ and Scrophuhrin^? Br. 



Eff. Ch. Calyx three -lobed ; lateral lobes cloven. 

 Corolla two-lipped ; upper lip inverftly heart -fhaped, flat- 

 Anthers of two divided, divaricated, hnear lobes. Stigma 

 two-lobcd. 



I, D. tctraphylla. Br* n. I. Banks Ic. ined. in BibK^ 

 Liiin — Native of the tropical part of New Holland. • A 

 tree, with an in-egular fpreading head, of round downy 

 branches. Leaves four in a whorJ, ilalktd, l"rge, obovate, 

 entire ; cloven, aad marked vrith two glands, at the btie. 

 Floiuers numerous, large, and handfome, ycllou", with 

 long prominent Jlamerj unA jlylc, in denfe terminal panicles. 

 Rijx; y"/-!;/'/ not kiiown. .. ". 



DIPLARRHENA, from having only two of the 

 three ftamens perfefl. — Labill. Nov. Holl. v. 2. 11 7. Voy. 

 Engl. ed. V. I. 169. Brown Prodr. Nov. Ho!I. v. i. 304. 

 — Clafs and order, Triandria Monogynia. Nat. Ord. Enfatt, 

 Linn, hides, Jufl'. 



Elf. Ch. Sheath of two leaves. Thre- inner fegments 

 of the coroUa fnialleil ; upper one vaulted. Stamens dif- 

 tindl ; two cf them converging under the vatil|ad fegxcnt 



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