Dichorisandra (combination word re-
ferring to its two groups or series of
anthers) - Dye-kor-iss-and-ruh.
Dicksonia (for English botanist James
Dickson) - Dik-soh-nee-uh.
Dicranostigma (two-headed-stigma) -
Dye-kran-oh-stig-muh.
Dictamnus - Dik-tam-nus: Dittany,
Fraxinella, Gas-plant, Burning-bush.
Dictyosperma (netted-seed) - Dik-tee-
oh-sperm-uh. Princess palm.
Dieffenbachia (for German naturalist
E Dieffenbach) - Deef-en-bah-kee-
uh
Dierama (funnel, as to shape of flower)
-Dye-er-ray-muh.
Diervilla (for French surgeon Dier-
ville) - Dye-er-vill-uh: Bush-honey-
suckle.
Digitalis (finger-like, as to flower
shape) - Dij-it-fay-liss: Foxglove.
Dimorphotheca (for its two-formed seed-
cases) - Dye-mor-foh-rteek:-uh:
Cape-mangold
Dionaea (for mythical Venus) - Dye-
oh-nee-uh: Venus-fly-trap.
Dioscorea (for Greek herbalist Dios-
condes) - Dye-os-koh-ree-uh: Yam.
Diosma (divine-odor) - Dye-ow-muh.
Diospyros (Zeus-grain, for its edible
fruit) - Dye-oss-pihr-os: Persim-
mon
Dipelta (two-shield, for two shield-like
flower bracts) - Dye-pelt-uh
Diphylleia (two-leaf, for its two un-
usual leaf forms) - Dye-fil-lee-uh:
Umbrella-leaf (D. cymosa).
Dipladenia (double-gland, as to nec-
taries ) -Dip-lad-deen-ee-uh.
Diplazium (twofold)-Dip-lay-zee-um.
Diplotaxis (double arrangement, pre-
sumably of some parts) - Dip-loh-
tax-iss: Rocket
Dipsacus-Di p-sak-us: Teasel.
Dipteronia (double-winged, as to fruits)
Dip-ter-roh-nee-uh
Dirca (named for a fountain near an-
cient Thebes) - Dirk-uh: Leather-
wood
Disa-Dve-suh
Discocactus (disk-cactus) - Disk-oh-
kak-tus.
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Disocactus (two-formed-cactus)-Dye-
soh-kak-tus.
Disphyma (two-nodule, as to tubercles
of fruit cells) - Dis-fye-muh.
Disporum (double-seed, as to two-
ovuled cells) - Dis-poh-rum: Fairy-
bells
Dizygotheca (for its doubled anther cells)
- Dye-zye-goh-theek-uh: False-aralia
Dodecatheon - Doh-dek-kayth-ee-on:
Shooting-star, American cowslip.
Dodonaea (for Dutch botanist Rembert
Dodoens) - Doh-doh-nee-uh
Dolichos - Dol-ik-oss: Hyacinth-bean
Doodia (for English botanist Samuel
Doody) -Doo-dee-uh
Doronicum-Doh-ron-ik-um: Leopards-
bane.
Dorotheanthus (gift-of-the-gods-flower)
-Dor-oth-ee-anth-us.
Doryanthes (spear-flower) - Dor-ee-
antli-eez: Spear-lily.
Dorycnium-Dor-n&-nee-um.
Douglasia (for Scottish botanist David
Douglas)-Dug-lass-ee-uh.
Doxantha (glory-flower) - Dox-anth-
uh.
Draba-Dray-buh.
Dracaena (she-dragon) - Dras-seen-uh:
Dracena.
Dracoceptaalum (dragon-head)-Dray-
koh-sef-al-um: Dragon-head.
Dracunculus (little dragon) - Drak-
kunk-yew-\us.
Drimys (acrid, as to flavor of bark\ -
Drye-miss.
Drosanthemum (dew-flower) - Dros-
anth-em-um.
Drosera (dewy) - Dross-er-uh: Sun-
dew.
Dryas (mythology: dryad, wood-
nymph) - Drye-ass.
Dryopteris (oak-feather, hence fern)
-Drye-op-ter-iss: Wood-fern.
Duchesnea (for French botanist A. N.
Duchesne) - Dew-kess-nee-uh: In-
dian-strawberry, Mock-strawberry.
Duranra (for Roman herbalist C. Du-
rante) - Dew-rantuh.
Dyckia (for German botanist Saint-
Dyck)-Dik-ee-uh.
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Ecballium (a throwing out) - Ek-bal-ee-
um Squirting-cucumber.
Eccremocarpus (pendant-fruit) - Ek-
rem-oh-karp-us: Glory-flower.
Echeveria (for botanical illustrator
Echeveri)-Ek-ev-veer-ee-uh.
Echidnopsis (viper-like, as to serpen-
tine stems)-Ek-id-Hop-siss.
Echinacea (sea-urchin-like, spiny as to
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bracts) - Ek-in-nay-see-uh.
Echinocactus (spiny-cactus) - Ek-in-
oh-kak-tus. Echinocereus (spiny-
cereus) - Ek-in-
oh-seer-ee-us. Echinocystis (spiny-
bladder, for its
prickly fruit) -Ek-in-oh-sit-iss.
Echinopanax (spiny-panax) -Ek-in-oh-
pay-nax.
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