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oblanc, 3, greyish green, hairless. Fls. purphsh red, fragrant. Berry 

 red. Europe and Siberia. (Fig. 127 d.) 

 Variety alba. Fls. white. 



Variety grandiflora. Fls. larger, October-February. 

 D.pontica. 3. April. E. Stem hairless. Ls. obov., 3, pointed, glossy green, 

 hairless. Fls. yellowish green, long-tubed, fragrant, in stalked axillary 

 pairs. Asia Minor. (Fig. 127 c.) 



{h) Fls. in tertninal heads 



D. alpina. i. May-June. D. Stems downy. Ls. oblanc, i\, grey-green, 



downy on both sides. Fls. white, fragrant. Berry yellowish red. Alps. 

 D. Blagayana. i. March-April. E. Ls. obov., i\, hairless, in rosette-like 



tufts at end of twigs. Fls. \, creamy white, very fragrant. Berry pinkish 



white. Mountains of East Europe. (Fig. 127 b.) 

 D. Cneorum. Garland Flower. \. May. E. Trailing plant with slender stems. 



Ls. oblanc, i, greyish green, hairless, in rosette-like tufts. Fls. rosy pink. 



Berr)^ yellowish brow^n. South Europe. (Fig. 127 E.) 

 D. collina. 3. May. E. Stems silky, hairy. Ls. obov., i|, blunt-ended, dark 



glossy green above, hairy below. Fls. purphsh rose, fragrant, silky-felted. 



Italy and Asia Minor. (Fig. 127 f.) 

 D. Dauphinii. 4. May. E. Ls. lane, 3, glossy green, hairless. Fls. ^, reddish 



purple, very fragrant, hairy. Hybrid. 

 D. neapolitana {D. Fioniana). 3. March-May. E. Stem with small hairs. 



Ls. oblanc, i, dark glossy green above, glaucous and hairy below. Fls. 



rosy purple. Hybrid. 



* D. odora {D. japonica). 6. April-July. E. Stems hairless. Ls. lane, 3, 



dark green, hairless. Fls. |, rosy purple, very fragrant. China and Japan. 



(Fig. 127 G.) 

 D. petraea {D. rupestris). \. June. E. Ls. oblanc, |, hard and leathery, 



crowded, dark green. Fls. pink, fragrant. South Tyrol. (Fig. 127 H.) 

 D. striata. -J-. May. E. Like D. Cneorum, but stems hairless and fls. streaked. 



Alps. 



DiRCA PALUSTRis. Lcathcrwood. 6. March-April. D. Stems jointed, very 

 flexible (can be twisted round and round without breaking), buds downy. Ls. ov., 

 3, pale green above, glaucous below. Fls. pale yellow, in 2-3-flowered clusters on 

 joints of old wood; stamens eight, protruded. Berry pale green or reddish. China. 

 (Fig. 127 L.) 



* Edgeworthia papyrifera (E. chrysantha). 6. February-March. D. Stems 

 olive-green, very tough and flexible (see Dirca). Ls. lane, 5, dull green above, 

 greyish below, silky hairs when young. Fls. \, yellow, silky-hairy, in round terminal 

 heads. China. (Fig. 127 k.) 



PIMELEA. Ls. opposite, ov., entire. Fls. ^, tubular, in compact heads sur- 

 rounded by ov. bracts, P (4), A2, Gi. Fruit a berry. 



* P. ferruginea. 2. June. E. Ls. \, margins recurved. Fls. pink. Australia. 



* P. ligustrina. 6. June. E. Ls. i. Fls. white. Australia. (Fig. 67 D.) 



