LX. THYiMELA CEiE : BA PHNE. 



691 



1349. D. (c.) 

 serfcea. 



A low evergreen shrub. Crete. Height 2 ft. Iiitrod. 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. 



a. 12. D. (c.) SERi'cEA Va/iL The silky-leaved Daphne. 



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



Synoiii/mes. TTijinels'a cretica oleie folio subtus villoso Tourn. Cor. 41. ; 



i)aphne oleffifblia Lam. Encycl. 3. p. 424. : Seidenartiger Seidelbast, Ger. 

 Engraving. 0\x\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. (Wi/Id.) A low ever- 

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

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



a. 13. D. STRIATA Trat. The striated-ca/j/orec? Daphne. 



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



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



iS/;ec. Char., i^-c. 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. Flowers in Racemes. 



n. 14. D. Gni'dium L. The Gnidiuni, or Flax- 

 leaved, Daphne. 



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



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

 Synonymes. Thymela^'a foliis lini Bauh. Pin. 4fi3. ; Spurge 



Flax, Mountain Widow W'ayle ; Daphne Gnidium, Lau- 



rcole a Panicule, Fr. ; Rispenblattriger Seidelbast, Ger. ; 



Camelea, Ital. 

 Engravings. Bot. Cab., t. 1.50. ; and our fig. 1351. 



Spec. Char., 8fc. Evergreen. Leaves linear- 

 lanceolate, with a cuspidate tip. Flowers in 

 terminal panicled racemes. (IVilld.) A low 

 evergreen shrub. Spain, Italy, and Narbonne. 

 Height 2ft. Introduced in 1797. Flowers 

 fragrant, pink ; June to August. Berries small, 

 globular, red ; ripe in September. issi. d. cnidium. 



) oleoides. 



Intro- 



1350. D. striata 



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

 !L. 13. D. Cneo'rum L. The Garland-flower, or trailing. Daphne. 



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



ed. 1836. 

 Synonymis. Cnebrum Mattk. Hist. 46., Clus. Hist. 89. ; Thymelee des Alpes, Fr. ; wohlriechender 



Seidelbast, Ger. 

 Engravittgs. Jacq. Aust., 5. t. 426. ; Bot. Mag., t. 313. ; Bot. Cab., t. 1800. ; and our^g. 1352. 



Spec. Char., i^-c. Evergreen. Stems trailing. Leaves lanceolate, glabrous, 

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

 sessile, red upon the upper side, and the groups of them are surrounded by 

 leaves. (^Wilid.) A trailing evercreen shrub. Switzerland, Hungary, the 



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