Bowers is pufhcd forward, upon a fort of peduncle, from which 

 many young leaves are put forth. Tfiefe have been defcribed 

 as braetcs, we confider them as more or lefs perfect leaves, the 

 coufequence of the premature elongation of the branch : a circum- 

 ilance very likely to have the effect of weakening the blofloms. 



Daphne odora generally patted in our Nurferies for fome 

 years as the indica, defcribed by Osbeck as having oppofite 

 leaves and a ftem only a fpan in height ; which fpecies has pro- 

 bably never been fcen in this country. That, however, de- 

 fcribed as the indica, by Loureiro, teems to be very fimilar 

 to odota, and may, perhaps, only be a variety of it with oppo- 

 lite leaves. 



This plant is hardy enough to furvivc our winters in the open 

 air ; but [lowering in the coldeil feafon, from December to 

 March, it requires protection on that account. Indeed, unlefs 

 the feafon prove favourable, it frequently fails of flowering 

 altogether, otherwile it would be a mod defirable acquifition ; 

 producing its highly fragrant flowers at a feafon when it has few 

 rivals. 



The figure by L'Heritier, quoted in the former edition of 

 Hortus Kewenfis, we believe was never publifhed. 



Introduced in 1771, by Benjamin Torin, Efq. Com- 

 municated by Meffrs. Loddiges and Sons, by whom we are 

 informed that it is propagated by cuttings ; that the foil which 

 fuits it belt is a mixture of loam and bog earth ; and that its 

 flowering is promoted by placing it on the Hue of the (love. 



