OCTAXDRIA MONOGYNIA. Daphne. Ill 



egg-shaped. Leaves three In a whorl. E. B. 1015. 



C. 2. 25. E. tenuifolia. G. E. 1382. 

 Dry, turfy heaths. Checkendon. Woods near Clump House. Sb. 

 Shrub. July. 

 Stems branched, one f., or more. Ls. in threes, with tufts of young 



ones, linear-spear-shaped, farrowed at the back, smooth. Fl. in 



long, whorled, leatj, clustered spikes, drooping, bluish-purple. 



Cal. acute. Cor. less swollen than that of E. Tetralix, oriiice 



segments four, upright. 



P'ar. Fl. white. 



DAPHNE. Mezereon. Spurge-laurel. 



D. Mezereum. Common M. Spurge-olive. Flowers 

 naked on the stem, stalkless, about three together. 

 Leaves spear-shaped, deciduous. E. B. 1381. 



In woods. Near Appleton, Berks. Dr. Williams, Bot. Prof. 

 Oxford. Wychwood Forest. Sm. Eng. Fl. Appleton Com- 

 mon. Bx. 

 Shrub. March. 



Plant four or five f, smooth, except the cal. tube. Fl. rose- 

 coloured, or white, appear before the Is. Ls. scattered. Berr. 

 red, globular. 



Fl. beautiful, fragi-ant. Plant acrid, a powerful deobstruent. 

 Six of the berries will destroy a wolf. Twelve grains of the 

 berries given to a girl, produced a vomiting of blood, which caused 

 immediate death. Decoction of the root-bark in Syphilis. Daphne 

 Mezereum, Veratrum album, and Menispermum cocculus, to 

 communicate an intoxicating quality, and strong taste to weak 

 beer : a dangerous and diabolical practice. Camphor an antidote 

 to this poisonous plant. Supposed a native by Miller in Gard. 

 Diet. 



D. Laiireola. Spurge-l. Clusters axillary, simple, each 

 of about five flowers, drooping, shorter than the smooth, 

 inversely, egg-spear-shaped, evergreen leaves. Calyx 

 blunt. E. B. 119. Laureola. G. E. 1404. 



PFoods, thickets, hedges. Shotover. Bx. Near Henley. Sb. 



Shrub. March. 



Plant smooth. Stem round, about three f., naked below, tufted 



with Is. at the summit, Fl. yellowish-green, inconspicuous, 



smell perceptible in the evening, disagi'eeable. Bract, concave, 



oval. AntJi. orange. Berry black. 

 Plant acrid, brisk, severe purgative, in worm cases, and acute 



rheumatism: bark of the root strongest: largest dose, ten gr. 



The elegant and fragi-ant D. Cneorum grafted on this by 

 gardeners. 



