a genus of mosses, including various species, brought together from the Mnium, and Bryum, chiefly, and partly from the Hypnum of Linnaeus. See Smith's Flora Britannica.
DICAMMUS, WHITE DITTANY, or Fraxinella; a genus of plants belonging to the decandria class; and in the natural method ranking under the 26th order, Multiflora. See Botany Index.