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 * DAPHNE australis. 



Southern Daphne. 



OCTANDKIA MONOGYNIA. 



Nat. ord. Thymelace-«. 

 DAPHNE. Suprd vol. 10. fol. 822. 



D. australis ,• molliter hirsute, virens, foliis obovatis obtusis supra lucidis glabris, 



floribus terminalibus sessilibus sericeo-tomentosis. 

 D. australis. Cy rill, plant, rar.fasc. 3. ined. sec. Tenore Sy 11. p. 191. 



" This Daphne was raised from seeds gathered near 

 Naples, where it is not uncommon, and known to the gar- 

 deners as the Daphne australis of Cirillo ; but it is referred 

 to D. collina by Tenore, in his Sylloge Flor. Neap. It dif- 

 fers from the collina of our gardens principally in the much 

 longer and more attenuated leaves, and in a more lax habit 

 of growth. 



" The London gardens have another Daphne which goes 

 by the name of D. Neapolitana, somewhat allied to this and 

 collina in general appearance, but with shorter and rounder 

 leaves, perfectly smooth. It is difficult to guess how this 

 last-mentioned plant, which seems to be a good species, ac- 

 quired its name ; the only species of Daphne which grow 

 near Naples, being the very distinct species D. Laureola, 

 Gnidium, Tartonraira (which Prof. Tenore makes a Passe- 

 rina) and the subject of the present figure. 



" The present species has remarkably hairy leaves, and 

 very fragrant flowers, which appear in spring and autumn. It 

 seems to be one extreme of three plants, of which the so called 



* See folio 1177. 



