266 32. Daphne. 14. THYMELEiE. Pl.ex.mon. 
Twigs bearing flowers in the middle and leaves at the 
end ; flowers bracteate, rose-colour or whitish, odorous ; 
drupe red. — Drupes corrosive, gr. xij. killed a young wo- 
man immediately ; bark of the root 2 drms, boiled in 3 
pints of water to 2, and taken daily, resolves venereal nodes; 
chewed, it cured a palsy of the tongue. 
B. Perigonium separable into 2 lamina ; flowers axillary , 
racemose , greenish ; leaves perennial . Laureola. 
2. Daphne sempervirens. Evergreen daphne. 
Flowers racemose ; raceme axillary, drooping, 4 to 6-flow- 
ered ; leaves lanceolate, bald. 
Laureola, Raii Syn. 465; Ger. em. 1404; Park. 205, 1, 
Daphne Laureola, Lin. S. P. 510. 
Thymelea Laureola, All. Ped. 484. 
Daphne major, Lamarck FI. Fr. 3,221. 
Daphne sempervirens, Salisb. Prod. 281. 
Spurge laurel. Laurel. Lowry. 
Coppices and fields ; shrubby; March. 
Stem round, 3 feet high, leafy at top ; branches few ; leaves 
drooping, pale green, crowded ; flowers green ; drupe black. 
— Bark of the root useful in rheumatism, fevers, and worms ; 
10 gr. is a brisk and severe purge for a strong adult : this 
and the whole plant is very acrimonious. 
C. Perigonium not separable into 2 laminae ; flowers ter- 
minal, in bundles , coloured ; leaves perennial . Cneorum. 
3. Daphne prostrata. Trailing daphne. 
Flowers panicled, terminal, sessile; leaves lanceolate, 
naked, mucronate. 
Cneorum Matthioli, Ger. em. 1596,4; Park. 201,2. 
Daphne Cneorum, Lin. S. P. 511. 
Thymaelea Cneorum, Allioni Pedem. 487. 
Daphne prostrata, Salisb. Prod, 281. 
Rock rose. Dwarf oleander. 
Mountains of Wales; shrubby; May. 
Stem woody, trailing ; leaves crowded ; flowers reddish, 
odorous; drupe juicelesss. 
Fam. XV. 15. POLYGONEiE, 
Perigonium 1 -leafed, free, 4 or 6-cut, often coloured, 
persistent; aestivation imbricate; stamens definite, equal in 
number to the lobes of the perigonium and styles, in- 
serted at the base ; anthers 2-celled, cells opening longi- 
tudinally ; ovary 1, free; ovule 1, upright; styles and 
stigmata 2 or 3 ; utriculus dry, hard, crustaceous, (the- 
