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AKHORETUM AND FRUTICETUM. 



PART III. 



Spec, Ckar., fc. Leaves obovate, glabrous and glossy 



above, and hirsutelv villous beneath. Flowers in 

 terminal groups. Calyx externally silkily villous; 

 its lobes ovate, obtuse. ( JJ 'i/i-stroni, quoted in Hot. 

 Reg,, t. 822.) A low shrub, with pretty pinkish, 

 blossoms. Found abundantly on low hills, andon 

 the banks o( rivers, in the south of Italy, where it 

 grows to the height of 9 ft., and flowers from Janu- 

 ary to June. It was first discovered by Tournefort in 

 the Isle of Candia (the ancient Crete) ; and after- 

 wards by Sir J. E. Smith in the kingdom of Naples, in 

 17h7. It was introduced in 1752, and is frequent in 

 collections. It well deserves a place in every daph- 

 netutn. Grafted plants, grown in a border sheltered 

 from the north by a wall, thrive well ; and form thick 

 bushes, with nearly level heads, covered with flowers. 

 The branches always take an upright direction, and 

 arc tipped with groups of pale pink blossoms, which 

 are extremely fragrant, and expand very early in the 

 spring. Price of plants, in the London nurseries, 

 1*. 6d. each. 



1188 

 Price of plants 



m 11. D. (c.) neapolita^na Lodd. The Neapolitan Daphne. 



Identification. Lodd. Rot. Cab., t. 719. ; Lodd. Cat, ed. 1836. 

 Si/noni/nie. D. colllna j3 neapolitana Lindl. in Bot. Reg., t. 822. 

 Engravings. Lodd. Bot Cab., t 719. ; Bot Reg., t 822. ; and our fig. 1188. 



Spec, Char., §c. " This pretty plant is surely a mere variety of D. collina, 

 from which it differs, as far as we can observe, after comparing the living 

 plants, chiefly in the want of pubescence on the under sur- 

 face of the leaves. Like many other plants with which the 

 catalogues and floras of the present day are augmented, it is 

 a sport of nature, which the ingenious acuteness of mo- 

 dern botanists have brought into notice; but which, if 

 unmolested upon its native hills, would quickly have passed 

 away into the type from which it sprang" (Lindlcy in Bot. 

 R< g., t. 822.) In cultivation in British gardens since 1822. 

 2s. Or/, each. 



* 12. D. (c.) oleoYdes L. The Olive-like Daphne. 



Identification. Lin. Mant, 66. ; Schreb. Dec, 13. t 7.; Willd. Sp. PI., 2. p. 423.; 

 Ketch , 2. p. 194 ; Sims in Rot. Mag., t l!)17. ; Lodd. Cat, cd. 1836. 



fmes. ( !i tmadaphnoldcs cretica Alpin. Exot., 44. t 43. ; TbymelaTa 

 -i oleic folio utriusque glabro Town. Cor., 41. ; /Japhne salicifblia ham. 

 I /'/, 3. p. 433.; Laureolc a Feuilles d'Olivicr, Fr. ; Oelbaumbluttriger 

 OcilllfltMUf. <'</: 



mAmk Alpin. Exot, t 43. ; Schreb. Dec., 13. t. 7. ; Bot Mag., t 1917. ; 

 Bot Cab., t. 999. ; and our Jig. 1189. 



Spec. Char., See. Leaves obovate-lanceolate, terminated with 

 a minute inucro, glabrous upon both sides. Flowers ter- 

 minal, sessile, a lew together, and surrounded by leaves, 

 that in some measure involucrate them. {Hot. Mag., t. 

 1917.) A native of Crete, where it grows to the height of ^,. 

 gft., and produces its flowers during the greater part of ' J 

 the year. It is less showy in its flowers than Z). collina, but \\ 

 H deserving of cultivation from its nearly glossy and pointed K* 

 leaves, arid neat habit of growth. It was introduced in 1815. V; 

 Price ol' plants, in the London nurseries, I.v. (id. each. ^ 



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• 13. I). (< .) BBRl'CEA Vahl. The H\\ky-lcavcd Daphne. 



I V.-OjI Syrnb., 1. p. 28.; Willd. Sp. I')., 2. p. 423. 

 ,,,,.- '/■},;, mi l;i • .i . r.'ti. .i oloB folio lubtllf villoKO Tourn. Cor, 41.; /Japhric olcffifblia Lam. 

 //--//'/ ' p J.'l , ,'j<l< iiarli«er SeHlelbail, C,r, 



