



OCTANDRIA. DIGYNIA. Corylus. 371 



D 



shaped, smooth. 



flowers, axillary: leaves spear- Laure'ola. 



J acq. austr. 183-£. hot. LIQ-Walc.-Blackw. 62-Loh. oh. 

 200. l~Ger. 1404. \-Park. KM; \-Ger. 1219. 1-Dod. 

 365-Lob. cbs. 200. 2, &c.-J. B. i. 564. 



Bunches from the sides of the stem, nodding, clustered into 

 an umbellule. Floral-leaves concave, alternate, without any* 

 flowery from their base. Flowers terminating the bunch. Bloss. 

 yellowish green. Linn. 



Spurge Laurel, or Laurel Mexereon. Woods and hedges* 



[Common in Yorkshire. Needwood Forest ; with a variety with 

 variegated leaves. Mr. Pitt.] S. March, April.* 



D. Flowers terminating, sitting, crowded together : leaves Cneo'ruiTK 



spear-shaped, naked: with a point at the end : berry 

 juiceless. 



Cesner 3. 6-Pollich. \-Clus. 90. \-Ger. em. 1596. 4-Pari. 

 2Ql.2-Matth.4:6. 1. 



Stems woody, trailing, branched ; naked below and rough 

 with the scars of leaves which have fallen off. Leaves crowded > 

 irregularly disposed. Flowers reddish purple. 



Found by Mr. Meyrick at the foot of Snowdon, about two 

 miles from Beddkelcrt on the road leading to Caernarvon, not 



begins. 



Snowdp 

 May 



DIGYNIA. 



CO'RYLTJS. Male and Female Flowers on the 



same plant : Moss. none. 

 Male. Cal. 1 leaf, 3 -cleft, resembling a scale, 



containing 1 flower. 

 Fern. Cal. 2-leaved, ragged : nut egg-shaped. 



C. Stipulae spear-shaped : twigs hairy. Avella 



£. hot. 723-Black<w. 293~Hunt. rvel. 220 ; i. /. 213. ed. II. 

 Kn'^h \~T.nnir. \ 30. 1-7W. 1QQ6-Matt&. 281-Park. 



Very happy effects have been experienced from this plant in rheu. 

 ntatic fevers. It operates as a brisk and rather severe purgative. It is an 

 efficacious medicine in worm cases ; and upon many accounts deserves to 

 be better known to physicians; but, in less skilful hands it would be 

 dangerous, as it is possessed of considerable acrimony. The whole plant 

 has the same qualities, but the bark of the root u the strongest. Dr, Al- 

 5t «i fixes the outside dose at 10 grains. 



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