DIM 
$ of a mile 8.5. W. from Sandoe. Its length, from &. E. 
oN, W.,. is {carcely half a mile, and its breadth about one- 
eighth of a mile. The coaft is almoft igh and 
fortified by nature. It is, indeed, impregnable ; for it is im~ 
poffible to ftarve the inhabitants, as it abounds with good 
fifth and fea-fowls, and no fhip can saad near it on account 
sare fo sien that 
at certain periods they almcft darken i air,an e ears 
i ir pi ies, The whole population of ae iflan 
confifts of one family ; and in fummer, the only time when 
the clergyman can vilic she church, it is necc ie to hoilt 
him up into the ifland by means of arope. On 
however, the ifland is pretty level; but on account of the 
ats can be kept here, and, there~- 
people, t ome 
of the cer eae of the other iflands come to them with a 
boat. 
Dimon, Lefer, another of the Feroe iflands, which lies 
at the diftance of $ of a Danifh mile from the greater Di- 
mon, and about the fame from the Suderoe. It is a fmall 
uninhabited ifland, nearly of a circular ferm, zx of a ae in 
diameter, The furrounding coaft is ver and is ace 
in aces. 
and, when vifible, might ferve as ark to bavigators 
It abounds with fca-fowl, and contains a great number o 
wild theep. The black wild fheep of this ifland are ethane 
to be a peculiar {pecies ; they are fmall in fize, have thort- 
ns found in the land 
ants of Suderoe come aed for a few days to catch fea- 
fowl, ney take up abode in caverns of the fame kind. 
DI , in “dncien ee aed atown of Lower Me- 
fia, fated on the i an the Danube, 
MONA, ato of Judes, in the fouthern part of the 
tribe of a Joftua, 
DIMORPHA, in a (from 3s, double, oe ee 
form, alluding to the diffcre : nees of itenéture in - 
nera of Aublet, which are by Schreber united into one conde 
this name.) Schreb. Gen. 493. Willd Sp. Pi. Vv. 3. O7T. 
ae Milt. Di®. v. 2. (Parivoa; Aubl. Guian. v. 2. 756. 
t. 303, le — 350. oS Aubl. Guian. vy. 1. 369. 
t. 142. Jufl. 349. Pe Wild. Sp. Pl. » 540+) 
Ciafs — ode Diadepia Dicandeias on Ord. Tae 
nofe, fe 
G 0 Cal. Perianth of one leaf, rounded at the ee 
divided into three or for deep fegments, obtufe. Cor. Pet 
one, very large, ventricofe, rolled i in at the fides, tinely es 
inferted into the calyx under the ftamens, and p'aced at the 
lowermott fide. Stam. Filaments diadelphous, (the fimple 
one being at the opening between the edges of the petal, and 
the nine united ones lying againft the middle of the petal, ) 
all afcending, longer than _the coro 
“7 or very fe 
. The peal is fingle as in Amorpha, but it occupies. 
re lace of the keel, (not of the ftaudard;) the latter, as 
" In the Parton of Aublet 
obovate, and fingle-[eeded; in Eperua the 
filaments are thickengd and villofe at their bafe, (in hie fi- 
the fummit, ~ 
DIN 
gure five only have pas aod the come. is feymitate 
fhaped, with three or four fee Schre 
E Calyx in three or foar deep — nts. Keel of 
one ample inflated petal. he and flandard wanting. 
ae ined compreffed, with few 
ery probable that Joftien aad Willdenow may be 
right in Tepe thefe two genera of Aublet diftind, but we 
€ none of us fufficient mater‘als to determine the point, Aus 
blew’ s figures, made from dried arabe and thofe {pecimens 
themfelves, (in this cafe imperfet,) being our only guides 
except his original French defcriptions, of which the Latin is 
a ia ae eon now 
. grand; ae . Sp. Pl. it ( Parivoa 
grandis 3 pig 30 : .) a hones ba pinnated.. 
‘A lofty tree found about the fhores of 
ana, flowering in September. The 
fhining leaflets, fometimes 34 inches lo Ww, 
purplih, in terminal mana Legume thie heer contain- 
in ge feed. 2. D. toinentofa. Willd. (P. tomen- 
gume downy.” Native of the fame country, in mift meee 
dows, atid about rivers. This tree is about 25 fect high. 
Leaves of three or five leaflets. Flowers in termmal fpikes, 
purplith, and agreeing in itruture with ee of the ft 
{pecies, but the /eguime is downy. 3. 
falcata; Aubl. t. 142. Panzera faleata Wild. Sp. lv.2 
rivers, flowering in September. 
hi igh. ei ieee oily, lating long in a moift fituation, and 
are more liptiel i red, in Aiton ou ne ong, 
axillary, compound, pendulous fta egume feven 
long, icymitar-fhaped, containing tree or four flat feeds, of 
ECA, a name given by Vailtant tax 
oe of plants, which Liunzeus makes the faine with the 
calend 
DINA, in 2 aa a lake of the Peloponnefus,. 
in Arcadia. Paufan 
DINABURG, in Coens town of Roffia. in the. 
aaa sent of Polotik, totals on the Dwina; Sa mres- 
N. W. of Polotfk, and 246 S.S.W., of Peterfbarg. Ns fate. 
6° . E. long. 61° 40'. 
DINAGEPOUR, a town of Hindooftan, in the cone. 
try of poe 85 miles N. of Moorfhedabad, and 180. 
of 
DINAITES, in Scripture Hiflory, a ee: who op- 
1 pofed the rebuilding of che temple. Ezra 
DINAN, a town of France, ia the foe ae of the Cates: 
du Nord, chief place of a diftri@, fituated on the river Rance,, 
18 miles S. of St. Malo, 3 . W. of Rennes, and 270. 
N. W. of Paris. W. long. 1° 59. N, lat. 48° 27716". It. 
contains a population the individuals, and is divided into 
two parts, ed , each of which is a Mike te canton. 
— a comprifes fix communes and I1 inbabitants 5 3. 
the 13 communes, and 12,642 iahcale Both t 
gether ann a territorial extent of bs kiliometr 
Dinan is one of the nine f the mariti: ne “a Mia of 
Breft, aid b as in its naval conferpton ie leffer placrs~ of 
Pleudihem, Plouer, Plevftuit, Saint Egouat, Saint Briac, 
and Saint Lah 
waters, on which accoun 
Udaiel 
i uch fr 
mie "The water hae bea cecil salle a Mr. 
5 Monnet: 
