DAPHNE 435 



DAPHNACEAE, J. St. Hil. Exp. Fam. i. i8o (1805). 



THYMELAEACEAE, Reichb. Nomencl. 64 (1841). 



DAPHNE, Linn, Gen. n. 436 {Thtjmelaea, Tournefort, Inst. t. 366). 



D. Mezereum, Linn. Sp. PI. 356 (1753). Mezereon, Spurge Olive. 



Chamaelea Germanica, sive Mezereon, Gerard, 1216. 



Top. Bot. 362. Syme, E. B. viii. 84, t. 1246. Nyman, 640. Fl. Oxf. 259. 

 Native. Sylvestral. Dense woods and thickets. Rare and local. 



Shrub. March-April. 

 First record. D. mezereum. Hinksey Wood, near Oxford, Dr. Williams 



in Mavor's Agr. Berhs, 1809. 



1. Isis. Near Appleton, Dr. Williams in Purt. Midi. Fl. 1821. Eaton 



Stibble, H. Barrett in Baxt. Phaen. Bot. n. 96. Probably a native 

 at Appleton, w^here I have seen it, although it had been reported 

 as extinct, in the Lower Common. 



2. Ock. Hinksey woods, Dr. Williams. [Probably bird sown.] 



Tubney, Dr. Masters. 



3. Pang. Park Coppice and Frilsham Common are the only places 



where this grows wild, Lousley in Russell's Cat. Hampstead, 

 Lousley in Hewett's Hist. Near Hampstead Norris in dense wood. 



4. Kennet. Burghfield Common near Padworth road, in the birch 



plantation near the Three Firs, Holland. 



5. Loddon. Bishnm Wood, Latimer Clark. In the thicket nearly 



opposite the Whitening factory at Warren Row, Stanton ! 

 D. Mezereum is native in Oxfordshire and Bucks, and is also reported 

 from Surrey, Hants, and Wilts. 



D. liRureola, Linn. Sp. PI. 356 (1753). Spurge LaureL 



Laureola, Dodoens, Pempt. 1616). 

 Top. Bot. 362. Syme, E. B. viii. 86, t. 1247. Nyman, 640. Fl. Oxf, 258. 

 Native. Sylvestral. Woods, thickets, hedgerows, chiefly on calcareous 



or chalky soil. Local. Shrub, February -April. 

 First record. Near Oxford, Sir Joseph Banks in Herb. Brit. Mus. 1760. 



Published as D. laureola, Mr. Bicheno, in Mavor's Agr. Berks. 



1. Isis. Abundant in Wytham Wood, whence there is a specimen 



collected by Prof. M. A. Lawson in Herb. Oxf. Cumnor. 



2. Ock. Manor Farm, Denchworth, Wait. Cothill. Tubney. 



3. Pang. Beech Wood. Park Coppice and other woods about 



Hampstead Norris, Lousley in Russell's Cat. Streatley, Pamplin. 

 Westbrook, W. M. Rogers. De La Bere, Pangbourn, Tufnail. It is 

 very abundant in woods about Hampstead Norris, and it also 

 occurs at Bucklebury, Hawpit Farm, near Basildon, and Sulham. 



4. Kennet. In Love Lane near Newbury and at Welford, Bicheno, I.e. 



Weston, Osmond. Elcot, Reeks. Near Donnington. 



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