ORD. XLII. VEPRECULA. 
(Dim. from vepres, a briar, or bramble.) 
Plants somewhat resembling a briar. 
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DAPHNE MEZEREUM. MEZEREON. 
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SYNONYMA. Mezereum. Pharm. Lond. & Edin. Thymelea 
spica cylindrica, superne foliosa, Hal. Stirp. Helv. n. 1024. 
Chamelza Germanica. Dodon. Purg. p. 130. Chamelza. 
Germanica sive Mezereon. Gerard. Hist. 1402. Park. 201, 
Raii Hist. 1587. Laureola folio deciduo, flore purpureo ; 
officinis Laureola’ foemina. Bauh. Pin. 462. Daphnoides, 
Camer. Epit. 937. Daphne floribus sessilibus, infra folia ellip~ 
tica lanceolata. JZ. Fl. Lap. 105. Daphne Mezereum, Flor. 
Dan. 268. Withering’s Bot. Arrang. 402. 
* Varietates sunt, 
# Floribus rubris. 
8 Thymelea Lauri folio deciduo, flore albo, fructu flavescente. 
Du Hamel Arb. 2. p. $25. n. 4. Du Roi Hort. 1. p. 213. 
Vide Hort. Kew. 
Class Octandria. Ord. Monogynia. AL. Gen. Plant. 485. 
Ess. Gen. Ch. Cor. 4-fida corollacea marcescens, stamina includens, 
Bacca 1-sperma. 
Sp.Ch. D.floribus sessilibus ternis caulinis, foliis lanceolatis deciduis. 
* Dr. Russel found no difference in the effects of these varieties, by the trials he 
made with the rind, which is the only part of the root now in use. 
No, 52.—vot. 4. 8T 
