^66 32. Daphne. U. THYMELE^. Plex.mon. 



Twigs bearing flowers in the middle and leaves at the 

 ejid ; floivers bracteate, rose-colour or whitish, odorous ; 

 drupe red. —Drupes corrosive, gr. xij. killed a young wo- 

 maa immediately; bark of the root 9. drms, boiled in 3 

 pints of water to 2, and taken daily, resolves venereal nodes; 

 chewed, it cured a palsy of the tongue. 



B. Perigonium separable into 2 lamina ; flowers axillary, 

 racemose, greenish ; leaves perennial. Laureola. 



2. Daphne sempervireiis. Evergreen daphne. 



Flowers racemose ; raceme axillary, drooping, 4 to 6-flow- 

 fered ; leaves lanceolate, bald. 



Laureola, Rail Syn. 465; Ger. em. 1404; Park.205,]. 



Daphne Laureola, Lin. S. P. 510. 



Thymelea Laureola, All. Ped. 484. 



Daphne major, Lamarck Fl. Fr. 3,221. 



Daphne sempervirens, Salisb. Prod. 281. 



Spurge laurel. Laurel. Lowry. 



Coppices and fields ; shrubby ; March. 



Stem round, 3 feet high, leafy at. top ; branches few ; leaves 

 drooping, pale green, cxovidLed; flowers green; drupe black. 

 — Bark of the root useful in rheumatism, fevers, and worms ; 

 10 gr. is a brisk and severe purge for a strong adult : this 

 and the whole plant is very acrimonious. 



C. Perigonium not separable into 2 lamiiice ; flowers ter- 

 minal, in bundles, coloured; leaves perennial. Cneorum. 



S. Daphne prostrata. Trailing daphne. 



Flowers panicled, terminal, sessile; leaves lanceolate, 

 naked, mucronate. 



Cneorum Matthioli, Ger. em. 1596,4 ; Park. 201,2. 

 Daphne Cneorum, Lin. S. P. 511. 

 Thyraaelea Cneorum, jillioni Pedem. 487. 

 Daphne prosfrata, Salisb. Prod. 281. 

 .Rock rose. Dwarf oleander. 



Mountains of Wales; shrubby; May. 

 Stem woody, trailing ; leaves crowded ; flowers reddish, 

 odorous ; drupe juicelesss. 



Fam. XV. 15. POLYGONEiE. 



Perigonium 1 -leafed, free, ■i or 6-cut, often coloured, 

 persistent; aestivation imbricate; stamens definite, equal in 

 number to the lobes of the perigonium and styles, in- 

 serted at the base ; anthers 2-celled, cells opening longi- 

 tudinally ; ovary 1, free; ovule 1, upright; styles and 

 stigmata 2 or 3 ; ntriculus dry, hard, crustaceous, (the- 



