Dicyrta
(from dis, twice, and kyrtos, curved; the lower portion of the inside of the throat having two tubercular folds). ORD. Gesneraceae. A genus containing two species of dwarf herbs, natives of Central America. Flowers white or pale lilac, often spotted, small. Leaves opposite, membranous, villous. For culture, see Achimenes.
D. candida (white). fl. white, solitary, axillary; the small corollas having a slightly curved, tube, and an unequally fivelobed limb. July. l. opposite, on long petioles. h. 1 1/2ft. 1848.