OCTANDRIA— MONOGYNIA. Acer. 229 



a corolla in texture, crimson all over ; the tube externuUy hairy. 

 Berries scarlet, the favourite food of some species of Finch, 

 Loxia. There is a variety with white powers, and the berries 

 also vary to a yellow or orange hue. 



2. D, Laureola. Spurge-laurel. 



Clusters axillary, simple, each of about five flowers, droop- 

 ing, shorter than the smooth, obovate-lanceolate, ever- 

 green leaves. Calyx obtuse. 



D. Laureola. Linn. Sp. PI. 510. Willd. v. 2. 418. Fl. Br. 421. 

 Engl. Bot. V. 2. t.]]9. Hook. Scot. 119. Jacq. Austr. t. 183. 

 Bull. Fr. t.37. Ehrh. Arh. 153. 



Daphnoides verum, vel Laureola. Gesn. Fasc. \.7. t. 6./. 9. 



Thymelaea n. 1025. Hall. Hist. u. 1. 439. 



Laureola. Rail Syn. 465. Dod. Pevipt. 365./. Ger. Em. 1404./,/. 



L. et Daphnoides, Lob. Ic.368.f,f. 



In woods, thickets, and hedges. 



Shrub. March. 



Whole plant very smooth. Stem 2 or 3 feet high, with round, pale 

 brown, upright, tough and pliant branches, crowned with tufts 

 of evergreen leaves, elegantly drooping in all directions, and 

 about 2 or 3 inches long, on short footstalks. Fl. deep green, 

 with orange anthers, 4 of which are just visible in the throat of 

 the calyx. Their scent, resembling saffron, with an overpower- 

 ing sweetness, is perceptible in an evening only, and has been 

 observed by very few people. An oval, concave bractea accom- 

 panies each short partial stalk, at the base. Berry oval, black. 

 Every part is very acrid, producing, like the Mezereon, a burn- 

 ing heat in the mouth and throat. 



The charming D. pontica, long very little known, and now so hardy 

 in our gardens, has many-flowered upright clusters, each of 

 whose long partial stalks bears 2 powers ; by which it differs 

 essentially from our Laureola. The calyx moreover is taper- 

 pointed. The characters of these two species are not well con- 

 trasted by Linnseus or his copiers. 



219. ACER. Maple. 



Linn.Gen.5A6. Juss.2o\. Fl.BrA2\. Tourn. t.386. Lam. t. 844. 

 Gcertn. i. 116. 



Nat. Ord. Trihilatce, Linn. 23. Acera. Juss. 66. 



Cal. inferior, of 1 leaf; flat and orbicular at the base ; the 



margin in 5 deep, acute, oblong, permanent segments. 



Pet. 5, obovate-oblong, of the shape and substance of the 



segments of the calyx, and alternate with them. Filam. 



awl-shaped, inserted into the calyx. Anth. peltate, round- 



