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THYMELACE^. 

 DAPHNE, Linn. 



595. * D. ILaureola, L. Spurge Laurel. 



Lauriell or Lowry (Turn.f). Laureola, Ger. em. (Blaekst.). 



Cyb. Br. ii. 351, Syme E. B. viii. t. 1247. 



Shady woods ; rare. Shrub. February, March. 



I. In the little grove near Breakspears, plentifully; Blaekst. Fasc. 51. 

 III. Harrow Park, one plant ; Melv. 67. 

 IV. Hampstead ; Irv. MSS. 



V. At Sion ; Turn. i. fol. 198. 

 VII. Kentish Town ; Mart. App. P. C. 72. 



First record: Turner, 1568; also first as a British plant. In some of 

 the above stations probably planted for ornament. 



Aristolochia Clematitis, L. Cyb. Br. ii. 355. Syme E. B. viii. t. 1250. 

 By the river near Hampton Court, where the railings by the gardens 

 begin,, coming from Ditton Ferry ; Watson. River-side above Hammer- 

 smith Bridge, D. Cooper; Herb, Young. Escaped from gardens in 

 both cases. 



(Empetrum nigrum, L. Cyb. Br. ii. 355. Syme E. B. viii. t. 1251. 

 Ken Wood, Hunter ; Park Hampst. 28. No doubt erroneous, as so 

 many of Hunter's statements are, unless intended as records of culti- 

 vated plants.) 



EUPHORBIACE-ZE. 



Buxus sempervirens, L. Box. Cyb. Br. ii. 366. Syme E. B. viii. t. 1252. 

 Harefield, in woods, rarely ; Blaekst. Fasc. 12. Planted there. 



EUPHORBIA, Linn. 



596. E. Helloscopia, L. Wart-wort. 

 Tithymalus helioscopius, Ger. em. (Blaekst.), 



Cyb. Br. ii. 356 ; iii. 501. Syme E. B. viii. t. 1254. 

 Gardens, fields, and waste places ; probably common. A. June — October. 

 I. Harefield ! ; Blaekst. Fasc. 99. 

 II. Teddington ! ; Newb. Staines Moor. Hampton. 



III. Hounslow ! ; Newb. Twickenham. Harrow ; Melv. 68. 



IV. Hampstead ; Irv. MSS. 



V. Lampton. Kew Bridge Ey. Station. 

 VI. Hadley ! ; Warren. Edmonton. Whetstone. 

 VII, Green Lanes, Newington ! ; Isle of Dogs ! ; Newb. Hackney Wick. 

 First record: Blackstone, 1737. 



t From his description ; the figure is D. Mezereum. 



