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of the other two species, being very narrow like those of the 

 Flax plant ; hence the common name of Spurge Flax which is 

 applied to this species of Daphne. 



Medical Properties and Uses. Similar to those of Daphne 

 Mezereum and D. Laureola ; they are described under the former 

 plant. 



Gerarde's Herball, by Johnson (1636), p. 1403; Thomson's 

 Lond. Disp., by Garrod (1852), p. 328; Christison's Disp., 

 2nd edit., p. 637 ; Pharmacographia, p. 487 ; Squire, in Pharm. 

 Journ., ser. 1, vol. i, p. 395 ; U. S. Disp., by W. & B., p. 560. 



DESCRIPTION OF PLATE. 



Drawn from a specimen in the British Museum collected in the south of 

 France. 



1. A branch with flowers and fruit. 



2. A flower. 



3. Section of the same. 



4. 5. Fruit. 



6. A seed. 



7. Section of the same. 



(2, 3, 5-7 enlarged.) 



