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Dryas

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Dryas
hated mankind; avoided public appearances. [Rom. Myth.: Kravitz, 84]

Dryas 

a genus of plants of the family Rosaceae. They are procumbent evergreen shrubs with leathery leaves, glossy above and tomentose below. The flower stalks are erect, and the solitary, large flowers are white or sometimes yellow. There are usually eight or nine petals and sepals, and numerous stamens and pistils. There are more than ten species, growing in arctic and subarctic regions and in high mountains in the northern temperate zone. In the USSR about ten species may be found in tundras, barren places, and alpine meadows. The most widespread species are D. octopetala and D. punctata. The plants of this genus are used in landscaping small “alpine” hills.



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Never again can I behold such men as Pirithous and Dryas shepherd of his people, or as Caeneus, Exadius, godlike Polyphemus, and Theseus son of Aegeus, peer of the immortals.
178-190) And there was the strife of the Lapith spearmen gathered round the prince Caeneus and Dryas and Peirithous, with Hopleus, Exadius, Phalereus, and Prolochus, Mopsus the son of Ampyce of Titaresia, a scion of Ares, and Theseus, the son of Aegeus, like unto the deathless gods.
 
 
 
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