304 " EL^AGNACE^ THYMELACEjE. 



El^agnus, L. (Spreng. syst. \,p. 373, No. 535.) 



1. triflora, Roxb. {fl. ind. 1, p. 439 ; ed. Carey, 1, p. 459 ; — Spreng. 



syst. 1, p. 4S9; — Burm. fl. zeyl. t. 39, /. 1.) $v_/ Ceylon. Sumatra. 



Fl. small, white, C. S. ; fr. H. S. 

 2.conferta, Roxb. (y?. ind. I, p. 440; ed. Carey, 1, p. 450; — Spreng. 



syst. I, p. 489 ;— y. GraA. Ca^ B. pi. p. 178.) B w Kandalla. Ma- 



hableshwur. Along the Ghauts. S. Concan. Cochin. Prome. Se- 



gaen. Khassya Mountains. Nepal. Fl. small, straw-coloured, C. S. ; 



fr. March. Fruit eaten by the natives, of an agreeable flavour. (/. 



Grah. I. c.) 

 3. dulcis, Roxb. (H. B. p. II ,—J. Grah. Cat. B. pi p. 178.— E. arbo- 



rea, Roxb. fl. ind. 1, p. 441 ?; ed. Carey, 1, p. 461 ; — Spreng. syst. 1. 



;;. 489 .?) L. b Silhet. Has not fl. here. 

 A.parvifolia, Wall. {Royl. ill. p. 323, t. 81, /. 1.) Nepal. Sirmore. 



Kemaon. B fl. small, white. In H. C. G. Fl. 

 b.ferruginea. Rich. {Spreng. I. c.) B Java. Neelgherries. Has not fl. 



here. 



* Elceagnus lati/olia, L. Ceylon. Travancore. 



ORDER CXL. THYMELACE^, Lindl. Nat. Syst. p. 194. 



THE MEZEREUM TRIBE. 



Shrubs, seldom herbs, by Lindl. referred to 22 genera. Of these 

 Spreng. syst. enumerates for New Holland and the South Sea Islands 46 

 species ; for Europe 22 ; for S. America, Mexico and the W. Indies 9 ; for 

 China 3 ; for Japan 1 ; for Siberia 2 ; for Caucasus 2 ; for Persia 1 ; for N. 

 Africa 2, exclusive of those common with Europe ; for the Levant 2, ex- 

 clusive of those common with Europe ; for N. America 1 ; and for the 

 Straits of Magellan 1. In S. Africa have been discovered 80 species, 

 (Harvey,) and in the E. Indies, according to Wall. Cat. and Royl. ill. 17. 

 viz. 14 of Daphne, (Nepal, Khassya Mountains, Darjeeling, South 

 Mahratta Country,) 1 of Linostoma, (Khassya Mountains), and 2 of 

 Cansjera, (Malabar, Amherst,) to these Spreng. adds Dais octandra, L. 

 with which we are not acquainted. For China Wall. Cat. has a new 

 species, Daphne viridiflora. 



A caustic, skin-blistering, tenacious bark characterises the order. A soft, 

 smooth and tough paper is manufactured in Cochin China and Nepal from 

 the inner bark of Daphne cannabina, Lour. The lace bark-tree of Jamaica 

 is of this family. 

 Daphne, L. (Spreng. syst. 2, p. 174, No. 1477.) 



1 . viridiflora, Wall. (Cat.) B China. Fl. small, pale green and fr, the 

 whole year. 



