in botany: A genus of the monogyne order, belonging to the octandra clas of plants; and in the natural method ranking under the 31st order, Vepriculae. There is no clavix; the corolla is tubular, with the limb indistinct; the stamens are longer than the tube; the berry is monospermous.

DIRÆ, the general name of the three Furies in the Pagan system of theology. They were so called, as being quasi Deorum iræ, the ministers of divine vengeance in punishing guilty souls after death. They were the daughters of Night and Acheron. See Furies.