genus of plants belonging to the octandra clas; and in the natural method ranking under the 31st order, Vepriculæ. See Botany Index.

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