(1917) 
DAPHNE OLEOIDES. CRETAN DAPHNE. 
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Class and Order. 
. Ocranpria Monoeynia. 
oe 6 es Jo 
Cal. 0. Cor. 4-fida, marcescens, stamina includens. Drup 
I-sperma. | 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Dapune oleoides ; floribus terminalibus paucis _ sessilibus, 
foliis obovato-lanceolatis utrinque glabris mucronulatis 
circa flores congestis. 
Darune olcoides ; floribus geminis terminalibus sessilibus, 
foliis elliptico-lanceolatis glabris. Linn. Mant.66. Schreb. 
Dec. 13.t.7. Willd. Sp. Pl. 2. p.423. Reich. 2. p. 194. 
Dapune salicifolia ; floribus aggregatis perpaucis sessilibus 
terminalibus, foliis lineari-lanceolatis utrinque glabris. 
Lam. Encycl. 3. p. 423. : Lae 
Tuymenxa cretica olee folio utringue glabro. Tournef. 
Cor. Al. : coal r : 
Cuamapapunoipes cretica. Alpin. Exot. 44. t. 43. 
Descr. A low shrub, not much branched. Stem and 
branches villous, brown. Leaves narrowed at the base, 
widening upwards beyond the middle, then tapering off to a 
sharp point, terminated in a minute mucro, quite entire, 
margin reflected, smooth on both sides, paler on the under, 
Scattered, and crowded about the ends of the branches, 
Serving as an involucrum. Flowers from two to five, terminal, 
Sessile, purple, but covered with a white pubescence. Germen 
inferior, ovate: sligma large, globular, hollowed at the apex, 
Sessile. 
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