. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches, and a synopsis of the vegetable kingdom. Gardening -- Dictionaries; Plants -- North America encyclopedias. 486 DIMORPHOTHECA DIOON teeth, pilose, the uppermost smaller and narrower: pe- duncles terminal, noddinej in fr.: tis. white above, pur- ple or discolored beneath. Var. liguldsa, Voss (C(<}. TrAgus, DC. Lvs. narrow
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches, and a synopsis of the vegetable kingdom. Gardening -- Dictionaries; Plants -- North America encyclopedias. 486 DIMORPHOTHECA DIOON teeth, pilose, the uppermost smaller and narrower: pe- duncles terminal, noddinej in fr.: tis. white above, pur- ple or discolored beneath. Var. liguldsa, Voss (C(<}. TrAgus, DC. Lvs. narrower than in D. Ecklonis, linear: fls. white, veined purple, the rays narrower at the base, reverse orange purplish, the disk pur- plish. 1981. ^, M. DI0CL£)A (after Diodes Carytius, said to be second only to Hippocrates among the ancients for his knowl- edge of plants). Leginniiids(e. About IG species of tender shrubby twiners, mostly tropical American, with delicate trifolioiate leaves and blue, violet, scarlet or white tls., sometimes nearly an inch long, and borne in clusters which have been roughly compared to Wistaria. Calyx bell-shaped, 4-cut, 2 lobes shorter and narrower, stan- dard wider than long: ovary nearly sessile; pod wide, the upper suture thickened or 2-winged. The following species is cult, in S. Calif., where it has a moderate growth, shining foliage, and clusters of 10 or more large fls. of a splendid scarlet. glycinoides, DC, from Rio de la Plata basin, is prob- ably the only species grown in European gardens and in California. Fls. 1 in. long, bright scarlet, in racemes, somewhat like Wistaria: will stand some cold. Propa- gated by seeds, cuttings, or suckers, freely produced on grown up plants. (Syn. Camptosema ruhicundum, Hook. & Am.) p Franceschi and W. M. DION. See Dioon. )A (an unusual name for Venus). Droserdce(F. Venus' Fly-tkap. This insectivorous plant is one of the wonders of the vegetable kingdom. See Fig. 713. It closes its trap w
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