1310 AllHOKETUM AND FKUTICETUM. I'AKTIIl 



If exposed to the sun, the leaves turn back with a kind of twist ; and, instead 

 of their natural pure deep u r reen, they assume a brownish tinge. The ber- 

 ries are oval, ureen at first, but black when ripe; and they are a favourite 

 food of >ingini: birds : though, as De Candolle observes in the Flore Frnn- 

 raisr, thev are poisonous to all other animals. The spurge laurel is propa- 

 gated b\ seeds, like the me/.ereon ; but, as they will remain two years in the 

 ground' before they vegetate, they are generally treated like haws, and kept 

 tor some time in the rotting-heap. It may also be propagated by cuttings ; 

 but not readilv. It is much used in nurseries, as a stock on which to graft 

 the more tender species of the genus; but as, like all the other daphnes, it 

 has few roots, it requires to be transplanted with care. 



5. 1). PO'NTIC' A L. The Politic Daphne, or twin-lowered Spurge Laurel, 



Li.-ntificatiim. Lin. Sp. PL, -III.; Pall. Fl. Ross., 1. p. . r ,k ; Willd. Sp. PI., i.'. p. 41!'. ; Lodd. Cat., 



ru-s. rhymehiAi pontica, citrei foliis, Tourn. Ithi., .>. p. ISO. t. ISO.; Laureole du Levant, 

 Pnntix-her Siedelbast, d'tv. 

 Engravings. Tourn. Itin., ,j. t. ISO.; Hot. Mag., t. li?S2. ; and m\r fig. 1184. 



S/itc. Char., be. Evergreen. Leaves obovatc-lanceolate, glabrous. Flowers 

 hractless, glabrous, in many-flowered upright clusters, each of the long 

 partial stalks of which bears two flowers. Lobes of the calyx lanceolate, 

 long. (Sjireng.) A native of Asia Minor, where it forms a shrub, growing 

 to the height of 4- ft. or 5ft., and producing its greenish yellow flowers in 

 April and May. It was introduced in 1759, and is frequent in collections. 



Varieties. 



* D. p. 2 i-uhra Hort. has red flowers, and is supposed to be a hybrid. It 

 is rather more tender than the species. 



D. p. '.l/ulUx variegutift Lodd. Cat., 1 830, has variegated leaves. 



l)t trrijition, t y/-. The whole plant, in general 

 appearance, strongly resembles the common 

 spume laurel ; but the leaves are more oval, and 

 shorter; ami the flowers, which are disposed in 

 twos instead of fives, are yellower, and of a 

 sweeter scent. The leaves somewhat resemble 

 those of the lemon tree, especially in colour; 

 whence,- Tournefort's trivial name. When bruised, 

 they smell like those of the elder. This fine plant 

 \\as first discovered bv TourncJort, on the coast of 

 the Black Sea, on lulls and in woods; and Pallas 

 says that it is also found in Siberia, in thick woods, 

 and in the \alle\s uhich occur between the ridges 



of lofty mountains. It is, generally speaking, sufficiently hardy to bear the win- 

 ters of the (limateof London without protection ; but, being disposed to put forth 

 its young shoots very early, they are often injured in exposed situations, by the 

 -priiiL: frosts; ''an inconvenience which probably might be avoided bv planting 

 it in thickets, and under the shelter of trees." (Uol. J\I(tg., t. 1282.) It thrives 

 best iu soil similar to that usually prepared for American plants, on the shad} 

 side of a \\all, or in some other sheltered situation, where it will form a very 

 handsome bush, 1 ft . or 5 ft. high, and (i ft. or 8 ft. in diameter. It may be propa- 

 gated by -eeds or cuttings. Plants, in tin- London nurseries, are l.v. (*/. each. 

 (). I). 7'in MI:I. ,I;'A L. The Thymela-a, or Milkirort-Iike, Daphne. 



///. nti/'i titi'.n. Vahl Syinli, 1. p. ','H , Willd. Sp. PI., J. p. Ho'. 



S//MOWI////, t. /'hyincl.T'.i loln> polypi! e ^'lahri- Hunk. I'm , Kl.'i. ; '/'. alpina f-lahr.i, flosculiK sublnteis 



.-id li.lKirinn ortum -e--ihl>n*, /'//</,. Aim., .Jlili. t. M1 ,'!. f. V. ; Sanainunda viridis vel ^labra /////. 



rr.l., \>*}.- SanaiMiinda ^lalira Haul,, ///s/., 1 j.. :,<.>2. ; Passerlna yiiynu-la-'a Dec. ; the Wild 



Olive; La ThyJnelie, //., astlo.tcr Seidelbast, (Vcr, 

 I),-ti"fitiu,i 7'ii\ni< la- a is probably derived troni llii/nis, puison, and ,-/difi, or </<m, the olive tree, 



in releren.e to the i oi-onoii- ijuahtie-; ol the plant/and its .sliKht resemblance to the olive. 

 /:nnrti>-i'if!*- r '<-T. Prov , t IV I -' , Pink. Aim., t. 'A'!'. ('. . ; and onry//,'. 11H.V 



Sfxc. C//ru-., \<\ Evergreen. Stem much branched. Branches simple, \\arted. 

 Leaves lanceolate, broader towards the tip, crowded. Mowers axillary. 



