POISONOUS PLANTS 



257 



THYMELACE^. 



This family is represented in Britain only by the genus 

 Daphne, also found in the Cape and Australia, of which 



Fig. 37. — Daphne mbzereum (Common Mezeeeon). 



Daphne mezeremn, common mezereon or spurge-flax, and 

 D. laureola, spurge -laurel or dwarf bay, grow wild.. Of 



17 



