XLIL 



MEZEREUM. 



(DAPHNE MEZEREUM.) 



Common Mezereon, or Spurge Olive. 



Synonyms. — Chamselea Germanica sive Mezereon, Ger. Fm., 1402. Daphnoidr 



Math. Vulg., vol. ii. p. 557 ; Fuchs. Hist., 227 ; Camer. Epit., 937. Thymchva, 

 Hall Hist., 227. Daphne Mezereum, Zin. 9 Sp. PL, 509; Willd., vol. ii. p. 416 j 

 FL Brit, 420 ; FL Dan., t. 268, etc. etc. 



Foreign Names. — Fr.: Laureole Gentile, Bois de Gentil. Ital. : Laureol 

 femina, Mezerco, Dapbnoide, Biondella. Span, : Laureola hembra. Port, t 

 Mezereo major. Germ. : Scidelbast, Kellerhals. But. : Peperboomge. Swed. t 

 Tibast. Dan. : Kielderhals. Suss. : Boltsolmik, "Woltsclige luko. 



Nat. Order, Thymele-S, Juss., De Cand.; Veprecul^e, Linn. 



OcTANDRIA, MoNOGYNIA. 



Gen. Char. — Calyx inferior, monosepalous, resembling a corolla, tubular, 



withering, tube cylindrical, longer than the limb, closed, containing the 

 stamens ; limb in four deep, egg-shaped, spreading, coloured segments. 

 Corolla none. Filaments eight, short, in two rows from about the 

 middle of the tube. Anthers roundish, two-celled, upright, contained 

 within the tube. Germen superior, egg-shaped. Style very short, ter- 

 minal. Stigma capitate, depressed, entire. Berry oval, of one cell. 



with 



with 



and order, by the coloured, inferior, four-cleft calyx and single-seeded 



berry (Baxter). 

 Spec. Char.— Flotcers lateral, sessile, about three together, appearing 



before the spear-shaped, deciduous leaves (Id.) 



Fig. 1. Calyx, stamens, and pistils. 



i<jma 



Vertical 



section of the berry. The figure is drawn from nature, the dissect 



Baxter. 



