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Laurel, Spurge Laurel, Wood Laurel, Sturdy Lowries, 

 have been applied to this plant. 



The berries are poisonous. The plant is irritant 

 in principle, being used externally. 



Daphne Laureola. — The habit of the plant is shown 

 in Fig. 63, being shrub-like, with the leaves at the end of 

 the branches, and the flowers in the axils, drooping, in 

 short cymes. 



65. The Sea Buckthorn Group. 



Not an extensive group, the Order Elasagnaceae 

 contains only some seventeen species and three 

 genera, of which only one, Hippophce, is British. 

 Species of Elceagnus are often planted in gardens. 

 They afford edible fruits, which are eaten in some 

 regions. The fragrant flowers are very melliferous, 

 and the honey has been used medicinally. 



Members of this Order are found in the Northern 

 Temperate and Tropical zones in the Northern 

 Hemisphere. They are related to the Spurge Laurels. 



They are trees or shrubs. Many are adapted to dry 

 conditions, growing on the steppes, and are some- 

 times maritime, having leathery infolded leaves, 

 spines, or reduced shoots to minimise the possible 

 excess of transpiration over absorption. They are 

 also covered with small, silvery, scurfy scales or hairs. 

 The buds are naked. The plants are much branched. 

 The leaves are alternate or opposite, entire, without 

 stipules. 



The flowers are in racemes, axillary, in groups, 



