CL. VIII.] OCTANDKIA MONOGYNIA. 187 



smooth : flower-stalks axillar, crowded together for a large space 

 about the middle of each branch : flowers rose-red. A shrub : 

 flowers in July and August : grows on heaths in Cornwall, abun- 

 dantly. Eng. Bot. vol. i. pi. 3. Eng. Fl. vol. ii. p. 227. 601 . 

 6. E. cilidris. Fringed Heath. Anthers without appendages, in- 

 closed in the egg-shaped, inflated corolla ; leaves four together, 



fringed with gland-tipped hairs. A shrub : flowers in June and 



July : grows in boggy ground in Cornwall. Eng, Bot. Suppl. pi. 

 2618. Brit. Fl. 4th ed. p. 159. 602. 



8. DA'PHNE. SPURGE-LAUREL. 



Calyx inferior, of one leaf, tubular, withering : tube cylin- 

 drical, closed, longer than the limb, which is divided into four 

 egg-shaped, coloured segments. Corolla none. Filaments short, 

 in two rows ; anthers roundish, two-celled, erect. Germen egg- 

 shaped. Style very short ; stigma knobbed, depressed. Berry 

 oval, one-celled. Seed single, oval, large. Named after the 

 nymph Daphne. 214. 



1. .D. Mezereum. Mezereum. Spurge-olive. Flowers sessile on 

 the stem, generally three together ; leaves lance-shaped, deciduous. 



A shrub four or five feet high : flowers rose-coloured, highly 



fragrant : flowers in February and March : grows in woods, in the 

 south of England: rare; probably not indigenous. The whole 

 plant is very acrid. Eng. Bot. vol. xx. pi. 1381. Eng. Fl. vol. ii. 

 p. 228. 603. 



2. D. Laureola. Spurge-laurel. Clusters axillar, simple, each of 

 about five flowers, drooping ; leaves between inversely egg-shaped 



and spear-shaped, evergreen. A shrub about three feet high : 



flowers deep -green. The whole plant is acrid, like the preceding. 

 Flowers in March : grows in woods and hedges : not often planted : 

 rare. Eng. Bot. vol. ii. pi. 119. Eng. Fl. vol. ii. p. 229. 604. 



9. A'CER. MAPLE. 



Calyx inferior, of one leaf, with five oblong, acute segments. 

 Petals five, inversely egg-shaped, of the same size as the 

 segments of the calyx. Filaments awl-shaped, short ; anthers 

 roundish, two-lobed. Germen superior, two-lobed, compressed. 

 Style cylindrical ; stigmas two or three, pointed. Capsules two 

 or three, united at the base, roundish, compressed, each termi- 

 nating in a membranous wing. Seeds one or two, roundish. 

 Name, acer, sharp, the wood having been employed for spears. 



215. 



1. A. Pseudo-platanus. Greater Maple, or Sycamore. Leaves five- 

 lobed, unequally serrate ; flowers in compound, pendent clusters. 



A large tree, common but not indigenous : flowers in May : 



grows in woods : common. Eng. Bot. vol. v. pi. 303. Eng. Fl. vol. 

 ii. p. 230. 605. 



2. A. campestre. Common Maple. Leaves five-lobed, entire at the 

 margin, the lower lobes notched ; flowers in erect corymbose clus- 

 ters. A tree with cracked, corky bark. The wood is fine-grained 



and hard, and is much used by turners : flowers in May and June : 

 grows in woods : common. Eng. Bot. vol. v. pi. 304. Eng. Fl. vol. ii. 

 p. 231. 606. 



