LX. THYMELA N CE^ : 



691 



1349. D. (c.) 



1348. D. (c.) oleoldes. 



Intro- 



A low evergreen shrub. Crete. Height 2ft. Introd. 1818. 

 Flowers white 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. 



*- 12. D. (c.) SERI'CEA Vahl. The silky-leaved Daphne. 



Identification. Vahl Symb., 1. p. 28. ; Willd. Sp. PL, 2. p. 423. 



Synonymes. Thymelae'a cretica oleae folio subtus villoso Tourn. Cor. 41 . ; 



Daphne oleajfblia Lam. Encycl. 3. p. 424. : Seidenartiger Seidelbast, Ger. 

 Engraving. OUT fig. 1349. from a specimen in the Lambertian herbarium. 



Spec. Char., Sfc. Leaves lanceolate, bluntish, 

 glabrous above, villous beneath. Flowers 

 terminal, aggregate, villous, sessile. Lobes of 

 the calyx obtuse. It differs from D. (c.) 

 oleoides in its leaves being villous beneath, in 

 the number of its flowers, and in the lobes of 

 the calyx being oblong. (Willd.) A low ever- 

 green shrub. Candia and Naples. Height 1 ft. to 2 ft. 

 duced in 1820 ; but we have not seen the plant. 



ML 13. D. STRIA'TA Trat. The striated-calyxed Daphne. 



Identification. Tratt. , Spreng. Syst. 2. p. 237. 



Engraving. Our fig. 1350. from a specimen in Dr. Lindley's herbarium. 



Spec. Char., fyc. Leaves subspathulate-linear, sessile, tipped 

 with a small mucro, glabrous. Flowers terminal, aggregate, 

 sessile, glabrous, striated. Lobes of the calyx acute. (Spreng.') 

 A low evergreen shrub. Switzerland and Hungary. This 

 plant is said to have been introduced in 1819, and to have 

 purplish flowers ; but we have never seen it. 



D. Erect. Leaves persistent. Floivers in Racemes. 



- 14. D. GNI'DIUM L The Gnidium, or Flax- 

 leaved, Daphne. 



Identification. Lin. Sp. PL, 31 1 . ; Mill. Diet., n. 7. ; Willd. 



Sp. PL, 2. p. 420. ; Lodd. Cat., ed. 1836. 

 Synonymes. JTiymelae'a foliis lini Bauh. Pin. 463. ; Spurge 



Flax, Mountain Widow Wayle ; Daphne Gnidium, Lau- 



role a Panicule, Fr. ; Rispenblattrtger Seidelbast, Ger. ; 



Camelea, Ital. 

 Engravings. Bot. Cab., t. 150. ; and our fig. 1351. 



Spec. Char., tyc. Evergreen. Leaves linear- 

 lanceolate, with a cuspidate tip. Flowers in 

 terminal panicled racemes. (Willd.) A low 

 evergreen shrub. Spain, Italy, and Narbonne. 

 Height 2ft. Introduced in 1797. Flowers 

 fragrant, pink ; June to August. Berries small, 

 globular, red j ripe in September. 1351 . D . Gnidium . 



E. Prostrate. Leaves persistent. Flowers terminal, aggregate. 

 u 15. D. CNKO'RUM L. The Garland-flower, or trailing, Daphne. 



Identification. 



ed. 1836. 

 Synonymes. Cnebrum Matth. Hist. 46., Clus. Hist. 



Seidelbast, Ger. 

 Engravings. Jacq. Aust., 5. t. 426. ; Bot. Mag., t. 313. ; Bot. Cab., t. 1800. ; and our fig. 1352. 



Spec. Char., fyc. Evergreen. Stems trailing. Leaves lanceolate, glabrous, 

 mucronate. It flowers twice a year. The flowers are terminal, aggregate, 

 sessile, red upon the up 

 leaves. (Willd.) A trail 



Lin. Sp., 511., Syst., 371. ; Willd. Sp. PL, 2. p. 422. ; Bot. Mag., t. 313. ; Lodd. Cat. 



Thymelee des Alpes, Fr. ; wohlriechender 



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)per side, and the groups of them are surrounded by 

 iling evergreen shrub. Switzerland, Hungary, the 



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