SPURGE LAUREL : MEZEREON 281 



looser pendent flower-tufts ; the perianth more open and 

 oblique : more numerous (6 8) stamens with violet 

 anthers; and the seed more nearly central than in 

 U. campestris.] 



(0) Perianth tubular, with 4 spreading lobes. 

 Flowers in axillary clusters. Fruit berry- 

 like. 



* Flowers in small racemose clusters of 

 3 4 in the axils of the glossy evergreen 

 leaves; green and scentless; berry bluish- 

 black. 



Daphne Laureola, L. Spurge Laurel. Small shrub, 

 with pliant branches, and lanceolate tough glossy leaves, 

 in tufts. Flowers green and scentless, in racemose clusters 

 of 3 4 in the axils of the ordinary leaves. Entomo- 

 philous, homogamous, secreting honey at the base of 

 the tube. 



** Flowers in clusters over the scars of fallen 

 deciduous leaves ; purple and sweet- 

 scented ; berry red. 



Daphne Mezereum, L. Mezereon (Fig. 103). Bush, 

 with erect withy branches, bearing purplish pink clusters 

 of flowers before the deciduous leaves. Flowers in dense 

 axillary clusters, forming interrupted spikes under the 

 terminal bud or leaf-tuft; fragrant. Entomophilous, homo- 

 gamous, honey flowers. Berry sub-globose, red. 



