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SPECIES OE DAPHNE. 
Darjeeling, and Bhutan above 6,000 ft. and up to 11,000 ft. • Daphne 
Sureil, Darjeeling 4,500 — 5,500 ft. 
Contrast between D. cannabina and D. Sureil. 
The following notes give a detailed contrast between D. cannabina 
Wall, and D. Sureil as they occur in the Darjeeling district. 
Habitat : — D, cannabina frequents the forest area between 6,000 and 
8,000 ft. and an alpine variety goes much higher. D. Sureil is a not., 
uncommon plant of the upper belt of cultivation 4,500 — 5,500 ft. 
Names:— Both are called Dey shing by the Bhutiyas, Dhenok by the 
Lepehas, and both have in Nepalese the two names of Argaley — the name 
of the plant itself— and Kagati — in allusion to paper being made from its 
bark. 
Products Both equally yield paper and string fron the tough 
fibrous bark. 
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Habit: — D. cannabina% a shrub of 6-1& ft.; bushy, branching some- 
what irregularly ; the branches horizontal or almost drooping, very dense, 
concealing objects on the other side from an observer ; internodes short, 
leaves on the older shoots fairly /persistent. D. Sureil is an upright 
shrub of 4 to 8 ft., with branches almost in whorls ; branches straight 
and erect, not dense, and not concealing objects on the other side from 
observer ; internodes fairly long, leaves on the older shoots retained in 
fewer numbers. 
Flowering: — D. cannabina is in flower from the end of December to 
end of February; flowers numerous from every terminal shoot. D. Sureil 
is in flower from October to the end of January ; flowers not plentiful 
and usually well away from the foliage,. The time of flowering does not. 
alter in the case of plants^ of each growing side by side in the Lloyd 
Botanic Garden, Darjeeling, where they have been for some years. It is 
not merely an altitudinal variation. 
Perfume: — Both have flowers agreeably scented, strongly in the 
first, faintly in the second. 
Leaves : — The leaves of D. cannabina are dark shining green in 
colour ; average length 3 in. average width f in. ; petiole 4 in. ; veins more 
deeply impressed on upper surface; texture rather hard and leaf always 
rather corrugated. In D. Sureil the leaves are a lighter shining green; 
average length 3| inch ; average width 1 inch ; petiole £ in. ; veins less 
deeply impressed on upper surface ; texture rather softer and leaf much 
less corrugated. 
