PLATE LXXI1I. 



DAPHNE PONTIC A 



Pontic Spurge- Laurel. 



CLASS VIII. RDER I. 



OCTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 



Eio;ht Chives. One Pointal. 



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GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Calyx, nullus. 



Corolla monopetala, infundibuliformis. Tu- 

 bus cylindraceus, imperforatus, limbo lon- 

 gior. Limbus quadrifklus ; laciniis ovatis, 

 acutis, planis, patcntibus. 



Stamina. Filamenta o£to, brevia, tubo infer ta; 

 alterna inferiora. Antherae fubrotundrc, 

 eredae, biloculares. 



Pistillum. Germcn ovatum. Stylus brevifii- 

 mus. Stigma capitatum, depreflo-planum. 



Pericarpium. Bacca fubrotunda, unilocularis. 



Semen unicum, fubrotundum, carnofum. 



Emfalement, none. 



Blossom one petal, funnel- fhaped. Tube cy- 

 lindrical, clofed at the bafe, longer than the 

 border. Border four-cleft; fegments egg- 

 fhaped, fharp, flat, and fpreading. 



Chives. Eight fliort threads, fixed to the tube; 

 four alternately lower than the others. Tips 

 roundifh, upright, with two cells. 



Pointal. Seed-bud egg-fhaped. Shaft very 

 fliort. Summit a low, fmopth knob. 



Seed-vessel. A roundifh berry, of one cell. 



Seed, Angle, roundifh, and flefhy. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Daphne, pedunculus axillaribus, bifloris; foliis 

 obovatis, nitidis. 



Spurge-laurel, the fruit ftalks growing from the 

 bale of the leaves, with two flowers each; 

 leaves inverfely egg-fhaped, and fhining. 



REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. 



1 . A Flower cut open, to fliew the foliation of the Chives. 



2. The Pointal, (natural fize). 



3. A ripe Seed. 



Tournefort in his Voyage to the Levant, Vol. III. has defcribed this plant under the name of, 

 T. ^...elaea Pontica Citrei foliis j Dr. V. Pallas in his Flora Roffica, has likewife figured and defcribed 

 it, under the title it bears in the Sp. Plan. p. 51 1; from both of whom we learn, that it is a native 

 of the coaft of the Black Sea, and therefore perfe£tly hardy, at leaft fufficiently fo to endure our cli- 

 mate. It is the handfomeft in foliage of any fpecies of the genus, having, like molt of them, fra- 

 grant flowers; which begin to fliew themfelves with the firfi budding of the plant in fpring, about 

 the firft week in March. Like our common Spurge-laurel it delights in fhade, making a pretty ever- 

 green fhrub, about two feet in height; and grows belt in a light loamy foil. Although this plant 

 has been long known by name, it had not been fcen in England till 17.05, a year fubfequent to its 

 being fent in feeds to Meffrs. Lee and Kennedy, Hammerfmith. It flowered for the firfi time here, 

 in 1798; but our drawing was not made till this year, about the middle of April. It i, propagated 

 by the feed, or cuttings. 



