Dalberg, Emerich

JOSEPH, ( dal'bairg,) DUKE OF; B. at Mentz, 1773. As amba ador of Baden to Paris he gained the favor of Talleyrand, and was employed as a diplomatic agent by Napoleon. In 1814 he exerted his influence in behalf of the Bourbons, and was sent to the Congre of Vienna as French plenipotentiary. After the second restoration he was appointed minister of state, and also created a duke and peer of France. D. in 1833. Dalbergi'ceæ, n . ( Bot . ) A tribe of plants, order Fa baceæ , distinguished by having filaments monadelphous, or diadelphous; legume continuous, generally indehiscent; cotyledons fleshy; leaves usually pinnate. The genus Andira , one of the principal in the tribe, contains the Cabbage-tree or Cabbage-bark of the W. Indies, An dir a Inermis. It is a tree of considerable height, and its bark, called cabbage - bark or worm - bark , is a powerful anthelmintic.