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Daphne pontica. Twin-flowered 

 Daphne, 



♦4 ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦ (MHM* 



Clafs and Order. 



OCTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 



Generic Cbaracler. 



Cal. o. Cor. 4-fida, corollacea, marcefcens, Stamina in- 

 cludens. Drupa l-fperma. 



Specific Cbaraeler and Synonyms. 



DAPHNE pontica^ pedunculis lateralibus bifloris, foliis lan- 



ceolato-ovatis. Sp. PL 511. Willi. 2. ^.419. 



Pall. Rofs. 1. p. 54. Bot Rep. 73. Ejufd. Reeenf. 



72. Mart. Mill- DiFl. n. 8. 

 THYMEL^EA pontica citrei foliis. Toum. It. 2. t. 180. Id. 



3. p. 18. Eng. ed. 8vo. 



Although the flowers of Daphne pontica are not fhewy, nor 

 Jn fragrance nearly equal to that of feveral other fpecies of 

 this genus ; yet the beauty of its foliage renders it well worthy 

 « cultivation. It was firft difcovered by Tournefort near 

 the coalt of the Black-Sea on hills and in woods. Pallas 

 jays it is found alfo in Liberia in the thick, fhady beech woods, 

 between the ridges of the lofty mountains. It is fufficiently 

 hardy to bear the ordinary cold of our winters ; but being 

 diipofed to put forth young ihoots, from which the flowers 

 grow, early in the fpring if the weather is mild, thefe are apt 

 J° be deftroyed and the plant disfigured by the recurrence of 

 Jater frofts ; an inconvenience which probably might be avoided 

 bv planting it in thickets and under the fhelter of trees. 

 . Communicated by iMeffrs. Loddiges and Sons. Flowers 

 ln April and May. Propagated by feeds or cuttings. 



