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MEZEREON 



[For (b) 

 see p. 333.] 



[For (ii) 

 see p. 301.] 



Fig. 103. Mezereon, Daphne Mezereum. 1, flowering shoot; 2, vertical 

 section of flower enlarged; 3, fruiting branch, p. 281 (Wo). 



(2) Flowers with a double perianth, consisting 

 of an outer calyx and an inner corolla, dis- 

 tinguished by differences in shape, texture, 

 insertion and usually in colour also i.e. 

 dichlamydeous. 



(a) Corolla of separate petals each with its own 

 insertion polypetalous. 



(i) Petals and stamens inserted on the floral 

 axis, or on a ring of tissue (the disc), 

 beneath the superior ovary i.e. they are 

 hypogynous. 



