CHAP. xcv. THYMELA X CE;E. DA'PIINE. l:Jll 



sessile. (Vahl Si/nib., 1. p. 28.) A native of Spain, and of the 

 neighbourhood of Montpelier, where it forms a shrub 3ft. high, 

 flowering from February to April. Introduced in 1815; but 

 rare in collections. The leaves are of a glaucous hue ; and the 

 flowers, which are produced in clusters on the sides of the 

 branches, are of a yellowish green ; they are inconspicuous, and 

 they are succeeded by small berries, which are yellowish when 

 ripe. The plant requires to be kept warm and dry ; and to be 

 grown in sandy peat, kept in an equable degree of moisture. For 

 this reason, this and other species of Daphne form very suitable 

 plants for being grown together in a daphnetum, in the same man- 

 ner as the heaths in an ericetum. 



7. D. T^RTON-RAl'RA L. The Tarton-raira, or silvery-leaved, Daphne. 



Identification, Lin. So., 510. ; Willd. Sp. PL, 2. p. 417. ; Lodd. Cat, JW 1186 



ed. 1836. 

 Synonymes. TTiymelae'a foliis candicantibus et serici instar mollibus 



Bauh. Pin., 463. ; Tarton-Raire Gallo-provinciae Monspeliensium 



Lob. Ic., 371. ; Sanamundaargentata latifblia Barr. Ic., 221. ; Pas- 



serlna Idrton-ratra Schrad. ; the oval-leaved Daphne; Laureole 



blanche, Fr. ; Silberblattriger Seidelbast Ger. 

 Engravings. Lob. Ic., 371. ; Barr. Ic., 221. ; FL Greca, t 354. ; and 



ourjig.1186. 



Spec. Char., $c. Leaves persistent, obovate, nerved, 

 silky, hoary. Flowers sessile, lateral, aggregate, 

 imbricated with scales at the base. ( Vahl Symb.) 

 A native of the south of France, where it grows 

 to the height of 3 ft., flowering from May to July. 

 Cultivated by Miller in 1739, and now frequent in 

 collections. This species is remarkable for the 

 smallness and silkiness of its leaves, and the white 

 appearance of the whole plant. The flowers are 

 small, yellowish, sessile, and come out in thick 

 clusters. The plant is very suitable for rockwork, 

 as its branches are weak, irregular, and scarcely 

 ligneous ; it requires a warm dry situation, exposed 

 to the sun. Plants, in the London nurseries, are 1*. Gd. each. 



8. D. (? T.) PUBE'SCENS L. The pubescent Daphne. 



Identification. Lin. Mant, 66. ; Willd. Sp. PI., 2. p. 417. 



Synonymes. 7Tiymela; v a italica, Tarton-raire Gallo-provincias similis, sed per omnia major Michdi, 



cited in Tilli Cat. Hort. Pisani ; behaartcr Seidelbast Ger. 

 Engraving. Tilli Cat. Hort. Pisani, t. 49. f. 2. 



Spec. Char., #c. Stems pubescent, simple. Leaves linear- lanceolate, almost mucronate, alternate. 

 Flowers axillary; 5, or fewer, in an axil ; sessile, narrow, shorter than the leaf: the tube thread- 

 shaped and downy. It seems different from D. rhymelseX and was found in Austria by Jacquin 

 (Willd.) It is stated to have its leaves nearly deciduous. Introduced in 1810. 



9. D. (? T.) TOMENTO'SA Lam. The tomentose Daphne. 



Identification. Lam. Diet. ; N. Du Ham., 1. p. 26. 



Synonymes. Passerlna villosa Lin. ; Laureole cotonneuse Lam. Encyc., 10. 



Spec. Char., Sfc. Flowers sessile, axillary. Leaves oblong-obtuse, covered with tomentum on both 

 sides. (Lam.) A low shrub, very nearly allied to D. Tdrton-raira, but larger in all its parts, and 

 with more obtuse leaves, which are covered with tomentum, instead of a silky down. It is a native 

 of Asia Minor and the Levant, and produces its white flowers in May. It was introduced in 1800 

 but is now probably lost. 



C. Erect. Leaves persistent. Flowers terminal. 



10. D. COLLI V NA Smith. The h\\\-inhabiting Daphne, or Neapolitan 

 Mezereon. 



Identification. Smith in Fl. Graeca, t. 359. ; Smith Spicil., t 18. ; Willd. Sp. PL, 2. p. 423. : Bot 



Mag , t 428. ; N. Du Ham., t. 2. ; Wikstrom Diss. de Daphn<?, p. 32. ; Enum., p. 9. ; Lodd. Cat., 



ccL 183H. 

 Synonymes. D. colllna Bot. Reg., L 822., ? D. Auxif Mia Vahl Symb., 1. p. 29. : Daphn des Collines. 



Laureole S Feuilles de Sant<5, Fr. ; Stumpf blattriger Seidelbast, Ger. 

 Engraving. Fl. Grzeca, t. 359. ; Smith Spicil., t. 18. ; Bot Mag., t. 428. ; N. Du Ham., t. 2. : Bot 



Cab., t. 1.W; and ourjfc. 1187. 



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