Dais

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Read about Dais in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Dais (Greek, pine torch; application not obvious). Thymelaeaceae. Contains a woody plant that yields a strong fiber, and is also rarely cultivated for ornament, especially in Florida and southern California, and possibly in a few northern conservatories.

Tender deciduous shrubs: Lvs. opposite, often crowded at the ends of branches: fls. in terminal heads; perianth- tube cylindrical, often curved; stamens 10, in a double aeries, the alternate ones shorter, upper or all exserted; style exserted. The plants are prop, with difficulty by cuttings of half-ripened wood. The single cult, species has lvs. resembling the smoke tree, or Cotinus, and bears long-stalked umbel-like heads of starry pink fls., with floral parts in 5's. The genus has 2 species, 1 from S. Afr. and 1 from Madagascar.

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