Diandrous

[See SUPRA.] Applied to any plant having but two stamens. Diane de Poitiers, mistre of Henri II. of France, was B. in 1499, and married Lonis de Brezé, Count de Maulevrier, at the age of 13. She lost her husband in 1531, and subsequently became mistre to Henri, Duke d'Orleans, afterwards Henri II. At court she was the rival of the Duche d'Étampes, and the hatred of the two for each other gave rise to disgraceful scenes. On the acce ion of Henri to the throne, her influence became paramount, and the great changes then made in the court and in the ministry, the cruel persecutions of the Huguenots, and the train of ills that marked the whole reign, are by some attributed to her influence. In 1548 the king gave her the duchy of Val ent i no is, and she took the title of duche . She retained her beauty and her power over the king till his death, retired then to the château of Anet, and D. 1566. Dianoet'ic, a . [Gr. dianoetikos .] (Metaphys.) Be longing or having relation to the operation of the discursive, elaborate, or comparative faculty. - Sir W. Hamilton.