turned inwards. The ovary is covered with thick hairs, 
oblique, one-celled, with one suspended ovule, and a little 
emarginate scale on the upper side of its base. Its style is 
thread-shaped, and loses itself in a subulate stigma. 
“ The species is allied to Edgworthia (or Daphne) 
Gardneri, a Nepal plant with a similar habit, from which it 
differs in having longer and more slender flowers, larger 
flower-heads, and a much more silky hairiness on the outside 
of the flower. 
* [t is a greenhouse or half-hardy shrub; it grows freely 
in a compost of three parts sandy-loam, and one of turfy-peat. 
A free drainage is necessary; for although it requires an 
ample supply of water during the summer months, it is 
liable to damp off if this point is not properly attended to. 
For a few weeks in winter very little water is required. It 
will probably be multiplied without difficulty from cuttings 
of young wood. Being sweet-scented and a plant of free 
growth, it may be expected to prove a useful addition to our 
greenhouse or half-hardy plants belonging to the natural 
order of Daphnads." 
In order to induce it to flower, the Chinese bind the 
stems so as to form a loop, as is represented in our plate ; 
and this practice has been followed with success in the 
garden of the Horticultural Society, where it has now flowered 
in the month of May. 
According to a memorandum from Prof. Zuccarini, 
published in the London Journal of Botany, v. 6. p. 45, this 
is the Daphne papyrifera of Siebold. We have never seen 
the Batavian Transactions in which that name was given; 
but the description of it by Prof. Zuccarini leaves no doubt 
about the fact: there being no date to the latter, we are 
unable to say where the priority of nomenclature lies. 
Edgworthia chrysantha was published on the first of March, 
1846. 
In the same work it is said that our Daphne Fortuni is 
the D. Genkwa, of Siebold and Zuccarini; but we believe it 
to be distinct. 
