LX. THYMELA‘CEEZ: DA’PHNE. 691 
A low evergreen shrub. Crete. Height 2 ft. Introd. 1818. 
Flowers white during the greater part of the year. 
It is less showy in its flowers than D. collina; but is 
deserving of cultivation from its nearly glossy and pointed 
leaves, and neat habit of growth. 
= 12. D. (c.) surt’ces Vahl. The silky-/eaved Daphne. 
Identification, Vahl Symb., 1. p. 28.; Willd. Sp. Pl., 2. p. 423. 
Synonymes. Thymelz‘a crética ole folio subtus villoso Tourn. Cor. 41. ; 
Daphne olezfdlia Lam. Encycl. 3. p. 424.:; Seidenartiger Seidelbast, Ger. 
Engraving. Our fig. 1349. from a specimen in the Lambertian herbarium. 
Spec. Char., §c. Leaves lanceolate, bluntish, | 
glabrous above, villous beneath. Flowers 
terminal, aggregate, villous, sessile. Lobes of B 
the calyx obtuse. It differs from D. (c.) 
oledides in its leaves being villous beneath, in 
the number of its flowers, and in the lobes of —_ + : 
the calyx being oblong. (Willd.) A low ever- ‘21% P(e) olebides. 
green shrub. Candia and Naples. Height 1 ft. to 2ft. Intro- 
duced in 1820 ; but we have not seen the plant. 
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1349. D. (c.) 
sericea. 
2 13. D.strrata Trat. The striated-calyred Daphne. 
Identification. Tratt., Spreng. Syst. 2. p. 237. 
Engraving. Our fig. 1350. from a specimen in Dr, Lindley’s herbarium. 
Spec. Char., §c. Leaves subspathulate-linear, sessile, tipped 
with a small mucro, glabrous. Flowers terminal, aggregate, 
sessile, glabrous, striated. Lobes of the calyx acute. (Spreng.) 
A low evergreen shrub. Switzerland and Hungary. This 
plant is said to have been introduced in 1819, and to have 
purplish flowers ; but we have never seen it. 
D. Erect. Leaves persistent. Flowers in Racemes. 
» 14. D. Gni’pium L. The Gnidium, or Flaz- 
leaved, Daphne. 
Identification. Lin. Sp. Pl., 311.; Mill. Dict., n.7.; Willd. 
Sp. Pl, 2. p. 420. ; Lodd. Cat., ed. 1836. 
Synonymes. Thymelez‘a foliis lini Bauk. Pin. 463.; Spurge 
Flax, Mountain Widow Wayle; Daphné Gnidium, Lau- 
réole a Panicule, Fr. ; Rispenblattriger Seidelbast, Ger. ; 
Camelea, Ital. 
Engravings. Bot. Cab., t. 150.; and our fig. 1351. 
Spec. Char., &c. Evergreen. Leaves _linear- 
lanceolate, with a cuspidate tip. Flowers in 
terminal panicled racemes. (Willd.) A low 
evergreen shrub. Spain, Italy, and Narbonne. 
Height 2ft. Introduced in 1797. Flowers 
fragrant, pink ; June to August. Berries small, 
globular, red; ripe in September. 1351. D. Gnidium. 
E. Prostrate. Leaves persistent. Flowers terminal, aggregate. 
2. 15. D. Cneo’rum L. The Garland-flower, or trailing, Daphne. 
Identification. Lin. Sp., 411., Syst., 371.; Willd. Sp. Pl. 2. p. 422.; Bot. Mag,, t. 313. ; Lodd. Cat. 
ed. 1836. 
Synonymes. Cnedrum Matth, Hist. 46., Clus. Hist. 89.; Thymélée des Alpes, Fr. ; wohlriechender 
Seidelbast, Ger. 
Engravings. Jacq. Aust., 5. t. 426.; Bot. Mag., t. 313.; Bot. Cab., t. 1800. ; and our fig. 1352. 
Spec. Char, &c. Evergreen. Stems trailing. Leaves lanceolate, glabrous, 
mucronate. It flowers twice a year. The flowers are terminal, aggregate, 
sessile, red upon the upper side, and the groups of them are surrounded by 
leaves. (Willd.) A trailing evergreen shrub. Switzerland, Hungary, the 
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