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DAPHNE MEZEREUM. 
MEZEREON. 
t. 
N 
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STNONTMA 
Me 
zereum 
^ r - 
Phann. Lond, ^ Edin. Thymelse 
ylindrica, fup 
foliofa. HaL Stlrp, Hi 
r. 
n. 
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Chamel^a Germanica. Bodon, Purg, p 
3 
1024 
Chamel^a Germa- 
five Mezereon. Gerard. Bift, 1402. Park 
Rail Hifl, 
^ 
5^7 
Laureola folio deciduo, flpre purpureo ; officinis L 
fcsmina. Baub. Pin, 462. Daphnoides. Came? 
r ■ . ■ 
floribus feffilibus, infra folia elliptica lanceolat 
?'/. 937.- Pap 
X. PL Lap, I 
05 
Daplme Mezereum, Plor, Ban, 268. Vfitherings Bot, Arrang, 402 
hV 
* Varietates funt, 
«' Floribus rubris 
n - L 
^ ThymelEEa Lai; 
folio deciduo, fiore albo, frudu flavefcente 
Bu Bamel Arh, 2, p. 325. n. 4. D// -Koi Hort, i. p 
Vide Hort, Kew, 
3 
CA^/f Odandria* Ord, Monogynia. L, Gen, Plant 485. 
s 
EJf, Gen, Ch, Cor, 4-fida corollacea, marcefcens, llamina includens. 
Bacca i-fperma. 
r 
Sp, Ch, D. floribus feiTilibus ternis caulinis, foliis lanceolatis deciduis. 
\ 
THE Mezereon is a hardy fhrub, which ufually grows to the 
height of five or fix feet, and fends off feveral branches ; the exterior 
bark is fmooth, and of a grey colour ; the root is of a fibrous texture, 
of a pale colour, and covered with fmooth olive-coloured bark ; the 
leaves are few, tender, lance-ihaped, fellile, deciduous, and appear at 
the terminations of the branches after the flowers are expanded; the 
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* Dn Ruffel found no difference in the effects of thefe varieties, by the trials he 
made with the rind, which is the only part of the root now in ufe. 
flowers 
