Higeworthia.} oxxx. raymenmacen, (J. D. Hooker.) 195 
B. Gardneri, Mcissn. in Denkschr. Regensb. Bot. Gesellsch. iii. 280, t. 6, 
aud in DO. Prodr. xiv. 2. 543. E. chrysantha, Lindl. in Journ. Hort. Soe. 
1, 148, and Bot. Reg. 1847,t.48; Meissn. in DC. l.c. ; Fl des Serres, t. 289. 
E. papyrifera, Zucc. in Abhandl. Math. Phys. Kl. Bair. Acad. iv. 8. 199 5 
Daphne Gardneri, Wall. in As. Research. xiii. 388, t. 9,and Cat. 1044; Don 
Prodr. 69. D. papyrifera, Sieb. in Act. Batav. xii. 24. 
CENTRAL and EASTERN HIMALAYA; Nepal, Wallich. Sikkim, alt. 5-7000 ft., 
D. H., &c. Buoran, Griffith.—DrisTRIB. China, Japan. 
A large much-branched bush, with stout branches. Leaves 3-5 in., elliptic- 
late, acuminate, glabrous above, pubescent or silky beneath; petiole 1-i in. 
Peduncle 0-1 in., stout, decurved, silky ; heads 1-2 in. diam., naked at the base or 
surrounded with short linear silky bracts. Flowers densely crowded, golden yellow, 
Sweet-scented, Perianth i-i in. long, densely silky; lobes short, broadly ovate or 
rounded.—TI find no character whereby to distinguish the Chinese and Japanese plant 
from the Himalayan. . 
4. WIKSTRG@MIA, Endl. 
Trees or shrubs. Leaves opposite, rarely alternate. Flowers 2-sexual, 
in terminal racemes or spikes, ebracteate. Perianth-tube elongate; lobes 4, 
: reading. ‘Stamens 8, 9-seriate, filaments short. Disk of 1-4 scales. 
ary villous, 1-celled ; style short, stigma large globose. Fruit fleshy and 
naked, or more dry and included in the base of the perianth. Testa crusta- 
teous, albumen sparing or 0.—Species about 20, Tropical and E. Asia, 
ustralia, Pacific. 
x w. indica, C. A. Mey., var. viridiflora; glabrous, leaves suboppo- 
ue 1-l in, oblong or obovate-oblong tip rounded base cuneate, flowers in 
minal subsessile fascicles, perianth nearly glabrous, lobes short obtuse. 
.'Viridifora, Meissn. in Denkschr. Regensb. Bot. Gesellsch. iii. 286, and 
vA". Prodr, xiv. 9, 546; Benth. Fl. Hongk. 997. Daphne viridiflora, 
dn. Cat. 1049. Diplomorpha ? viridiflora, C. A. Mey. in Bull. Imp. 
ead. Sc, St. Petersh, 1843, 358. 
Lo ErtAGONG, J. D. H. 4 T. T. 'TENASSERIM ; at Mergui, Grifith. SINGAPORE, 
A oS. China, Mauritius (naturalized), Philippines. 
very rab: Leaves 1-1} in. thinly coriaceous, brown when dry, nerves numerous, 
ery slender. Flowers few ina cluster, ebracteate. Perianth j in. long, glabrous, 
c yellow. Disk-scales usually united in pairs. Fruit ł} in. long, od, 
8. Paice appears to be nothing but a short-leaved form of the common N . an 
oe Island and Malayan W. indica, which finds its western limit in e y 
(vi. e” and with which it is united’ by Bentham in the Australian Flora 
ogg” w. canescens, Meissn. in Denkschr. Regensb. Bot. Gesellsch. iii. 
(and in DC. Prodr. xiv. 2. 547; branchlets and inflorescence silkily 
Pubescent, Jeg ; te usuall 
leaves alternate and opposite oblong-lanceolate acute usually 
flabrous above and pubescent beneath, peduncles axillary and terminal few- 
3 n. Voy. Bot. 145. W. 
; Perianth-lobes short obtuse. Dene. in Jacquem. 
act olia, Dene. in Ann. Sc. Nat Ser. 2. xx. 50, and in Jacquem. Voy. Bot. 
Mei. t, 149; Meissn. in DO. L e. 546. W. chamædaphneand W. inamoena, 
een. in DO, ], c. W. virgata, Meissn. l. c. 289, and in 2C. l.c. ; versi 
1047 Man, 178, t. 25, f. 4. Daphne canescens & virgata, Wall. Cat. A , 
t pg; Sericea, Don Prodr. 69. D. inameena, Garda, in Calc. Journ. 
xut. Hist, vii, 454. D. oppositifolia, Ham. mss. Diplomorpha canescens & 
» C. A. Mey. in Bull. Imp. Acad. Sc. St. Petersb. 1843, 358. 
Rare PERATE HIMALAYA; from Kumaon to Central Nepal, alt. 5-9000 ft. 
74 Mrs., alt. 5-6000 ft. Urrer Assam, on the Patkoye Mis, Griffith 
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