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Daphne—continued. 
green shrub. The berry of this species is very poisonous. See 
Fig. 614. (Sy. En. B. 1247.) 
Fic. 614. DAPHNE LAUREOLA, showing position of Flowers 
and Leaves. 
D. Mezereum (Mezereum).* Common Mezereon. fl. red, dis- 
tributed over the branches mostly in threes, and in pairs and 
fours, expanding before the leaves appear. February, March, or 
April Jl. lanceolate, membranous, 2in. to 3in. long, obtuse or 
acute, shortly petiolate. h. 3ft. to 4ft. Europe (England), but 
very rare, perhaps not indigenous. A slender, straggling, de- 
ciduous shrub. The bark of this species is very acrid, and is 
used medicinally, for which purpose it is largely imported 
from Germany. There are white, red, and autumnal-flowering 
varieties. 
D. odora (sweet-scented).* fl. purple, fragrant; heads terminal, 
sessile, many-flowered. March. l. scattered, oblong-lanceolate, 
en h. 5%. China, 1771. Greenhouse evergreen. (B. M. 
D. o. Mazeli (Mazel's).* white, pink, sweet-scented, borne on 
short lateral branchlets all along the branches, and thus differing 
from all the other varieties of D.odora. It produces its flowers 
from November until spring, and succeeds best in a partially 
shaded position. (Gn., Nov. 1878.) ; 
D. oleoides (Olive-like). Й. white, terminal, sessile, a few 
together, and surrounded by leaves that in some measure invo- 
lucrate them. April. l. obovate-lanceolate, terminated with a 
minute mucro, glabrous on both sides, glossy. h. Sou 
east Europe, 1818. A hardy evergreen shrub. (B. M. 1917.) 
D. (Pontic).* fl. greenish-yellow, fragrant, b 
glabrous, in many-flowered upright clusters, each of the lo: 
partial stalks of which bears two flowers. April and May. 7. 
obovate-lanceolate, glabrous. h. 4ft. to 5ft. Eastern Europe, 
&c., 1759. A hardy, spreading, branchy, evergreen shrub. (B. M. 
1282.) There is a form with variegated leaves, but it is rare. 
D. striata (streaked). Л. rosy-purple, Carnation-scented, terminal, 
te. June and July. 1. sub-spathulate-linear, sessile. 
h, Europe, 1819. A hardy evergreen, forming dense, twiggy, 
spreading masses, 1%. to 3ft. across. 
DAREA. A section of Asplenium. 
DARLINGTONIA (named in honour of Dr. Darling- 
ton, an American botanist). ORD. Sarraceniacee. A very 
curious and remarkable hardy herbaceous monotypic 
genus, allied to Sarracenia, but without the curious 
umbrella-shaped summit to the style, which is so con- 
spicuous in the latter. It is an admirable plant for grow- 
ing in the greenhouse, in conjunction with Cephalotus, 
Drosera, Sarracenia, &c., and requires the same cultural 
treatment. Out of doors, it thrives best in a damp and 
shady position, in the rockery or fernery, where it must 
be kept well supplied with water. The best soil is 
one composed of peat and chopped sphagnum, to which 
plenty of sharp sand and small pieces of limestone are 
added.  Darlingtonias should have the protection of a 
handlight, which is preferable to a bell glass, as venti- 
lation may be more easily given. It is usually con- 
sidered somewhat difficult to get the seeds to germinate 
and grow. The following mode of treatment has, however, 
been found successful: The pots should be filled, within 
lin. of the top, with fibrous peat, charcoal, fresh-chopped 
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Darlingtonia—continued. 
sphagnum, and sand, in equal parts, then coated with fresh 
tips of sphagnum. On this the seeds should be sprinkled, 
and well watered, the pots being stood in pans of water, and 
covered with a bell glass, in order to keep the atmosphere 
above the seeds in a moist condition. The pots should 
then be placed in a shady position in a cool greenhouse, 
and in about five or six weeks the seeds will commence 
germinating. When strong enough, the seedlings should 
be pricked off into pans filled with the same compost as 
above mentioned, and transferred to a cold, shady frame, 
where they must be kept constantly moist. Perfect 
drainage and a cool, shady position, are at all times 
absolutely essential. 
Fie. 615. DARLINGTONIA CALIFORNICA. 
D. californica (Californian)* . about 2in. in diameter ; 
whitish or pale green; petals yellow-green, marked with dark 
red-brown veins, oblong. April. l., or pitchers, slender at the 
base, gradually swelling upwards; apex E over, or hood-like, 
with a large triangular process depending from the aperture; 
ground colour bright green, upper portion and throat beautifully 
mottled with white, and reticulated with reddish-pink veins. 
h. lft. to lift. California, 1861. See Fig. 615. (B. M. 5920.) 
DARNEL. See Lolium temulentum. 
DART MOTH. See Turnip Moth. 
DARWINIA (named in honour of Dr. Darwin, — 
author of a once famous poem entitled “The Botanic 
Garden"). Syns. Genetyllis, Hedaroma, and Polyzone. 
Овр. Myrtacee. А genus of greenhouse, Heath-like, ever- 
green shrubs; there are upwards of a score species known, 
all natives of Australia. Flowers red or white, in terminal 
fascicles, inclosed in large, coloured, ovate or oblong 
involucres, and interspersed with chaffy bracts. 
seattered, full of pellucid dots. For culture, 
Calythrix. 
citriodora 
terminal heads; involucre scarcely 
sisting usually of four outer leaf-like bracts, 
ones, more or less coloured, l 
oblong to almost ovate-lanceolate, 
gem ae latifolium, i TEUER es TÉ 
. diosmoides (Diosma-like) й. white, numero осире 
terminal globular heads ; eX about one and a half lines long, 
the my part o = уйу ve n i, and covered nearly from the 
to eight prominent parallel rings; thíck or slender 
tered, crowded, linear, semi-terete or tique P e 
D. fascicularis (fascicled). . й, abont six or twelve together, 
in terminal h with die p 
part five-ribbed, otherwise ee E _ 
very small and scale-like ; petals c i аиан ү 
often crowded, linear, slender, semi-terete, or obtuse "m TOUS, — 
shortly petiolate; floral ones 1 . h 3ft. to 6ft. — 
D. fimbriata (fimbriated). th rather numerous; involucres : 
ovoid, about jin. long, or rather more, the inner bracts pe | 
pink, b y oblong or almost cuneate and very obtuse; the 
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