CIi. Till.] OCTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 187 



flowers rose-red. A shrub : flowers in July and August : grows on heaths 

 in Cornwall, abundantly. Eng. Bot. vol. i. pi. 3. Eng. Fl. vol. ii. p. 227. 



601. 



6. E. cilidris. Fringed Heath. Anthers without appendages, inclosed 

 in the egg-shaped, inflated corolla ; leaves four together, fringed with 



gland-tipped hairs. A shrub : flowers in June and July : grows in 



boggy ground in Cornwall. Eng. Bot. Suppl. pi. 2618. Brit. Fl. 4th 

 ed. p. 159. 602. 



8. DA'PHNE. SPURGE-LAUREL. 



Calyx inferior, of one leaf, tubular, withering : tube cylindrical, 

 closed, longer than the limb, which is divided into four egg- 

 shaped, coloured segments. Corolla none. Filaments short, in 

 two rows ; anthers roundish, two-celled, erect. Germen egg- 

 shaped. Style very short; stigma knobbed, depressed. Berry 

 oval, one-celled. Seed single, oval, large. Named after the nymph 

 Daphne. 214. 



1. D. Meztreum. Mezereum. Spurge-olive. Flowers sessile on the 



stem, generally three together; leaves lance-shaped, deciduous. A 



shrub four or five feet high : flowers rose-coloured, highly fragrant : 

 flowers in February and March : grows in woods, in the south of Eng- 

 land : rare ; probably not indigenous. The whole plant is very acrid. 

 Eng. Bot. vol. xx. pi. 1381. Eng. Fl. vol. ii. p. 228. 603. 



2. D. Laurtola. Spurge-laurel. Clusters axillar, simple, each of 

 about five flowers, drooping ; leaves between inversely egg-shaped and 

 spear-shaped, evergreen. A shrub about three feet high : flowers deep- 

 green. The whole plant is acrid, like the preceding. Flowers in March : 

 grows in woods and hedges : not often planted : rare. Eng. Bot. vol. ii. 

 pi. 119. Eng. Fl. vol. ii. p. 229. 604. 



9. A'CER. MAPLE. 



Calyx inferior, of one leaf, with five oblong, acute segments. 

 Petals five, inversely egg-shaped, of the same size as the segments 

 of the calyx. Filaments awl-shaped, short; anthers roundish, 

 two-lobed. Germen superior, two-lobed, compressed. Style cy- 

 lindrical ; stigmas two or three, pointed. Capsules two or three, 

 united at the base, roundish, compressed, each terminating in a 

 membranous wing. Seeds one or two, roundish. Name, acer y 

 sharp, the wood having been employed for spears. 215. 



1. A. Pseudo-platunus. Greater Maple, or Sycamore. Leaves five-lobed, 



unequally serrate ; flowers in compound, pendent clusters. A large 



tree, common but not indigenous : flowers in May : grows in woods : 

 common. Eng. Bot. vol.v. pi. 303. Eng. Fl. vol. ii. p. 230. 605. 



2. A. camptstre. Common Maple. Leaves five-lobed, entire at the 

 margin, the lower lobes notched ; flowers in erect corymbose clusters. 



A tree with cracked, corky bark. The wood is fine-grained and 



hard, and is much used by turners : flowers in May and June : grows in 

 woods: common. Eng. Bot. vol. v. pi. 304. Eng. Fl, vol. ii. p. 231. 



606. 



