1312 ARBORETUM AND ERUTICETUM. PART Ill. 
Spec. Char., §c. Leaves obovate, glabrous and glossy 
above, and hirsutely villous beneath. Flowers in 
terminal groups. Calyx externally silkily villous; 
its lobes ovate, obtuse. (Wikstrom, quoted in Bot. 
Reg., t. 822.) A low shrub, with pretty pinkish 
blossoms. Found abundantly on low hitls, andon 
the banks of rivers, in the south of Italy, where it 
grows to the height of 3 ft., and flowers from Janu- 
ary to June. It was first discovered by Tournefort in 
the Isle of Candia (the ancient Crete); and after- 
wards by Sir J. E. Smith in the kingdom of Naples, in 
1787. It was introduced in 1752, and is frequent in 
collections. It well deserves a place in every daph- 
netum. Grafted plants, grown in a border sheltered 
from the north by a wall, thrive well ; and form thick 
bushes, with nearly level heads, covered with flowers. 
The branches always take an upright direction, and 
are tipped with groups of pale pink blossoms, which 
are extremely fragrant, and expand very early in the 
spring. Price of plants, in the London nurseries, 
1s. 6d. each. 
#t 11. D. (c.) NEAPoLITA‘NA Lodd. The Neapolitan Daphne. 
Identification. WLodd. Bot. Cab., t. 719. ; Lodd. Cat., ed. 1836. 
Synonyme. D. collina 8 neapolitana Lindl. in Bot. Reg., t. 822. 
Engravings. Lodd. Bot. Cab., t.719.; Bot. Reg., t. 822.; and our fig. 1188. 
Spec. Char., §c. “ This pretty plant is surely a mere variety of D. collina, 
from which it differs, as far as we can observe, after comparing the living 
plants, chiefly in the want of pubescence on the under sur- 
face of the leaves. Like many other plants with which the 
catalogues and floras of the present day are augmented, it is 
a sport of nature, which the ingenious acuteness of mo- 
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2s. 6d. each. 
# 12. D. (c.) oLed1'pes L. The Olive-like Daphne. 
Identification. Lin. Mant., 66. ; Schreb. Dec., 13. t.7.; Willd. Sp. PL, 2. p. 423.5 
Reich., 2. p. 194. ; Sims in Bot. Mag., t. 1917. ; Lodd. Cat., ed. 1836. a4 
Synonymes, Chamedaphniides crética Alpin. Exot., 44. t. 43. ; Thymele’a 
crética olez folio utriusque glabro Tourn. Cor., 41. ; Daphne salicifodlia Lam. 
Encycl., 3. p. 423. ; Lauréole a Feuilles d’Olivier, Fr.; Oelbaumblattriger 
Seidelbast, Ger. 
Engravings. Alpin. Exot., t. 43. ; Schreb. Dec., 13. t. 7.; Bot. Mag., t. 1917. ; 
ot. Cab:, t. 299.; and our jig. 1189. 
Spec. Char., §c. Leaves obovate-lanceolate, terminated with 
a minute mucro, glabrous upon both sides. Flowers ter- 
minal, sessile, a few together, and surrounded by leaves, 
that in some measure involucrate them. (Bot. Mag., t. 
1917.) A native of Crete, where it grows to the height of \, 
2ft., and produces its flowers during the greater part of ' \ 
the year. It is less showy in its flowers than D. collina, but \ 
is deserving of cultivation from its nearly glossy and pointed 
leaves, and neat habit of growth. It was introduced in 1815. SSS§ 
Price of plants, in the London nurseries, 1s. 6d. each. <== lil 1189 
# 13. D. (c.) sericea Vahl. The silky-leaved Daphne. 
Identification. Vahi Symb., 1. p. 28.; Willd. Sp. PL, 2. p. 423. 
Synonymes. Thymele‘a crética olee folio subtus villoso Tourn. Cor., 41. ; i 
Encycl., 3, p. 424. ; Seidenartiger Seidelbast, Ger. ab 5, DEE ee 
