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DIGITALIS

Volume 2 · 128 words · 1771 Edition

Fox-glove, in botany, a genus of the didynamia angiospermia clasps. The calyx is divided into five segments; the corolla is bell-shaped, ventricose, and has five divisions; and the capsule is oval, and has two cells. There are six species, only one of which, viz. the purpurea, or purple fox-glove, is a native of Britain. The leaves are said to be emetic and vulnerary, but are little used.

Digitated, among botanists. See Vol. I. p. 640.

Digitus, in anatomy. See Vol. I. p. 181.

Glyph, in architecture, a kind of imperfect triglyph, console, or the like, with two channels or engravings, either circular or angular.

Digne, a city and bishop's see of Provence in France, fifty-five miles north of Toulon: E. long. 6° 5', and N. lat. 44° 6'.