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Daedalacanthus capensis (L. Sp. PL 9, 1753) as Eranthemum : 

 comb, no v., vice D. montanus Anders. Acanthaceae. Ind. or. (Ind. 

 Kew.). The Linnean name is cited under D. montanus in Fl. Brit. 

 Ind. iv., 421, by C. B. Clarke. 



Daucus orientalis (L. Sp. PL 211, 1753) as Caucalis : comb, 

 no v., vice D. pulcherrimus Koch, in DC. Prod, iv., 210, where as in 

 Boissier Fl. Orient., Caucalis orientalis Bieb. is said to be synonymous. 

 Umbelliferae. Orient. 



Dendrobium ovatum (L. Sp. PL 952, 1753) as Epidendron : comb 

 nov., vice D. chlorops Lindley Bot. Register, 1844, teste Ind. Kew. 

 Orchidaceae. India. 



Desmanthus pernambucanus (L. Sp. PL 519, 1753) as Mimosa: 

 comb, nov., vice D. depressus Humb. k Bonpl. Leguminosae. Amer. 

 The older generic name is Acuan Medic. Theod. Sp. 62, 1786 = 

 Acuanhia O. Kuntze. 



Diastella proteoides (L. Sp. PL 90, 1753) as Leucadendron : 

 comb, nov., vice D. ericaefolia Knight. See Fl. Capensis v. (i.), 653, 

 where the Linnean name is cited. 



Dicoma spinosa (L. Sp. PL 859, 1753) as Xeranthemum : comb, 

 nov., vice D. Burmanni Less., in Linnaea v., 289, 1830. Compositae. 

 Afr. austr. The Linnean trivial is not cited in Fl. Capensis, vol. iii., 

 by Lessing, I.e. 



Diosma uniflora (L. Sp. PL 199, 1753) as Brunia : comb, nov., 

 vice D. cupressina L. Mantissa i., 501, not Diosma uniflora L. Sp. 

 PL 198, which is Adenandra uniflora. Rutaceae. Afr. austr. 



Disa biflora (L. Sp. PL 939, 1753) as Orchis : comb, nov., vice 

 D. torta Swartz. In Fl. Capensis v. (3) 258, 1913, the authors give 

 Orchis satyr oides L. Amoen. Acad, vi., 109, 1763, and D. torta 

 Swartz as synonyms of Schizodium arcuatum Lindley, but if Lindley's 

 genus is kept distinct, and not merged into Disa as in Ind. Kew., we 

 must write Schizodium biflorum, comb. nov. Orchidaceae. Afr. 

 austr. 



Dysodia aurantia (L. Sp. PL 877, 1753) as Aster : comb, nov., 

 not of Hoppe or Willdenow, vice D. appendiculata Lag., teste Ind. 

 Kew., not in DC. Compositae. Vera Cruz. 



Ecbolium adhatoda (L. Sp. PL 15, 1753) as Justicia : 

 O. Kuntze Rev. Gen. PL i., 487, vice E. Linnaeanum Kurz. 

 Acanthaceae. Zeylon. It is the Adhatoda Vasica Nees, Adhatoda 

 being the Tamil name for the plant scarcely altered. 



