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DAPHNE 



41ba, Ait., has white fls. and yellow fr. Gn. 29:550. 

 Q.C. III. 21:183, 185. Var. Alba pl^na, Hort., has double 

 white fls. Gn. 29:550. Var. grrandifldra, Hort. (var. 

 autttmndliSf Hort.). With larger, very early fls., some- 

 times blooming in fall. 



2. Houtteina, Planch. (D. Mezereum, va.r.atropurpu- 

 rea, Dipp.). Shrub, to 4 ft., with erect, stout branches: 

 Ivs. alternate, cuneate, oblong-lanceolate, glabrous, 

 coriaceous and often persistent, purple : fls. appearing 

 before the Ivs., lilac-violet, 2-4, in short-peduncled clus- 

 ters. Apr. F.S. 6:592. —Of garden origin, and probably 

 hybrid between X>. Latireola and Mezereum. 



3. GSnkwa, Sieb. & Zucc. (2>. Fdrtunei, Lindl. B. 

 Jinkwa, Hort.). Shrub, to 3 ft., with slender branches : 

 Ivs. opposite, oblong-elliptic, appressed-pubescent on 

 the veins beneath, 154-2 in. long: fls. lilac, 3-7, in short- 

 stalked clusters, scentless, denselv silky, villous outside. 

 Mar., Apr. Jap. S.Z. 75. Gt. 15:499. F.S. 3:208. Gn. 

 42:868. E.B. 10:73. 



AA. Lvs. evergreen, alternate (see No.S). 



B Fls. in terminal heads, rarely axillary and pinkish. 



c. Habit low, procumbent or trailing. 



4. Ciie6ruin, Linn. Fig. 677. With long, trailing, pu- 

 bescent branches : lvs. crowded, cuneate, oblanceolate, 



mucronulate, finally gla- 

 brous, dark green and 

 glossy above, glaucescent 

 beneath, J^-lin. long: fls. 

 in sessile, many-fld. heads, 

 pink, fragrant. Apr., May, 

 and often again in suni- 

 Mts. of M. Eu. B. 



il3. 



C. 18: 1800. 



677. Daphne Cneorun 



"■^ mC^i*\U Hort. Of more vigorous 



growth. Gn. 51, p. 358. 

 Var. maximum of Euro- 

 pean nurseries =D. Ifea- 



5. Blagayina, Freyer. 

 Branches often ascending, 

 glabrous : lvs. cuneate, 

 obovate or oblong, gla- 

 brous, 1-lKin. long: heads 

 many-fld.: fls. white or 

 yellowish white, fragrant, 

 nearly glabrous outside, 

 almost 1 in. long. Apr., 

 May. Mts. of southeastern Eu. B.M. 7579. F.S. 22:2313. 

 Gt. 29:1020. Gn. 14:143. (J. C. II. 13:245 : 17:505 : III. 

 11:491. 



oc. Mahit erect, 1-4 ft. high. 

 D. Perianth densely pubescent outside. 



6. serfcea, Vahl (Z>. cotUna, Sm.). Height 1-3 ft.: 

 branches pubescent : lvs. cuneate, oblong or oblanceo- 

 late, obtuse, slightly revolute at the margin, glabrous 

 and shining above, appressed-pubescent beneath, 

 1-lK in. long: fls. fragrant, in few-fld. heads, with bracts, 

 purple, densely pubescent outside, with ovate-obtuse 

 lobes, 54 in. long. Spring. Italy to W. Asia. B.M. 428. 

 B.R. 24:56. L.B.C. 14:1348. 



7. oleoides, Schreb. (X>. 6Kj-j7o;ia, Vahl). Shrub, to 

 3 ft.: branches pubescent: lvs. obovate-elliptic to obo- 

 vate-lanceolate, usually mucronulate or acute, villous- 

 pubescent beneath, sometimes glabrous at length, 

 1-1!^ in. long : fls. in few-fld. heads without bracts, 

 white or pale lilac, with ovate-lanceolate, pointed lobes, 

 }^ in. long. Southeastern Eu. L.B.C. 3:299. B.M. 1917. 

 —Very variable in shape and pubescence of flvs. Var. 

 Fioni^na, Hort., with obovate-lanceolate, obtuse lvs. and 



8. hjbrida, Lindl. (D. Daiiphini, Hort. D. De'lphini, 

 Lodd.). Garden hybrid of i>. foninn X odoi-a. Similar 

 to JO. odora, but hardier. Erect shrub, to 4 ft. : lvs. cu- 

 neate, oblong-elliptic, dark green and shining above, 

 glabrous or slightly hairy along the veins beneath when 

 young, 2-3 in. long : fls. reddish purple, very fragrant, 

 rather large, in few-fld. heads. B.K. 14:1177. 



DARLINGTONLA. 



DD. Perianth glabrous outside, or nearly so. 

 9. "oddra, Tluinhff. (Z>. .Japinica, Thunhg. D.Indica, 

 Loisel., not Liuii.i. Slnul^ to 4 ft., with glabrous 

 branches: lvs. ..l.l.nj^: , llijitic. acute at both ends, 

 bluntly pointid, -lal.r.iii-, _'-:i in. long: fls. in dense, 

 terminal head.s, vui\ ti mli :iiii. wliit'- to purple: ovary 

 glabrous. Winter and -i hl i li ini, .liip. Gn. 28:499. 

 Gng. 2:211. — Var. Alba, M i: lute. Gn. 28:499. 



Var. Mazfili, Hemsl. 11 l l . :ixillary clusters 



along the branches, j.iiil, .. ii-ii. , Jiite within. Gn. 

 14:154. R.H, 1872:392. Har.li.-rtlum the type. Var. punc- 

 tMa, Hemsl. Fls. in dense heads, white, spotted out- 

 side with red. B.M. 1587. Var. marginita, Hort. Lvs. 

 bordered yellow: fls. red. P.M. 8:175. R.H. 1866:251. 

 Var. rtibra, Don. Fls. purple. S.B.F.G. II. 4:320. 

 G.C. 111.21:173. D. odordfa, Hort., is a common mis- 

 print in catalogues for D. odora. D. odorata, Lam.= 

 D. Cneorum. 



10. Laortola, Linn. Shrub, to 4 ft. : Ivs. cuneate, obo- 

 vate-lanceolate, acute, shining and dark green above, 

 glabrous, 2-3K in. long : fls. in 5-10-fld., nearly sessile 

 racemes, yellowish green, scentless : fr. black. Mar.- 

 May. S. Eu., W. Asia.— Var. purpurea of the Kew 

 Arboretum = i>. Uoutteana. 



11. F6ntica, Linn. Shrub, to 5 ft. : lvs. cuneate, obo- 

 vate or obovate-lanceolate, acute, shining, glabrous, 2-3 

 in. long: fls. in long-peduncled, 1-3-fld. clusters, green- 

 ish yellow, fragrant, with linear-lanceolate lobes. Apr., 

 May. Southeastern Eu., W. Asia. B.M. 1282. G.C. 

 11.14:209. 



D.alplna, Linn. Erect shrub, to 2 ft.: lvs. deciduous, cu- 

 neate-lanceolate, sparingly silky; fls. white or blvished, termi- 

 nal, fragrant. May.June. S.Eu. L.B.C.1:66.— 7>. a/(dica, Pall. 

 Shrub, to 4 ft.: lvs. deciduous, 'un.;.!! . -.Mon;,' lanceolate, 

 glabrous: fls. white, in terminal, l-.'.tM 1. :mU, li.imaiit. May, 

 June. Altai, Songaria, Mongolia. P. M i-:. I. I;.i );:HI9.— D. 

 au«<raiw. Cyrill.=C. sericea.— Z>. r,i n> ".•-<,■., [■:>'.[ .MliodtoD. 

 Altaica. Lvs. n.-ii-rowcr: Hs. in :i-'Jii tl-l li. ml- i ;,ii.;isiis BM 

 TMH-n /I. /,,;,,, ,,„ ll,,rt.'='lJ X.vi|,M|,Tr„i;, - /i. i,l"Men,ltr. 



Lodd. (D. Cneorum X si-iir, 

 cuheate-oblong, obtuse, in-;i 

 rosy pui-ple, fragrant. Ma 

 8:7in.~/». j,ap!irifera. Si. I 



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Switzerland and Carpath. Mts. ALFRED ReHDER. 



DAPHNlDIUM. See Benzoin. 



DAPHNIPHYLLUM (Greek, literally a laurel-leaf). 

 Fuphorbidcew. A genus of oriental trees, perhaps 15 

 species. The following species are very rare in cultiva- 

 tion, and are obtained through dealers in Japanese 

 plants. The genus has no near allies of horticultural 

 value. Tropical glabrous trees: lvs. alternate, entire, 

 stalked, leathery, usually narrow, feather-veined : ra- 

 cemes axillary, short : bracts minute or none : fls. 

 stalked, dioecious, without petals : fr. an olive-shaped 

 drupe. 



macidpodum, Miq. Lvs. leathery; petiole 2 in. long; 

 blade about 8 in. long, 2 H in. wide, elliptic-oblong, with 

 a very short, hard, abrupt point: racemes of female fls. 

 3 in. long, slender; pedicels distant. Japan. 



glauc6scens, Blume. Tree, often 20-30 ft. high, in In- 

 dia, Java and Corea: petiole three to four-fifths in. long 

 in the pistillate plant; in the staminate 8-13- tenths of 

 an inch long; lvs. obovate-lanceolate, rounded at the 

 tip; blade 3-tin. long, 12-16-tenths of an inch wide. 

 —There is a variegated form. -^^ jj. 



