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The following is a more complete diagnosis : — 
Daphne Sureil Smith & Cave. 
Species Daphne cannabina Wall, affinis sed perianthii eburneo-nivei 
lobis lanceolatis subacuminatis erectis nec patentibus tubo gracillimo 
fructu rubro-aurantiaco distinguenda ; a D. papyracea Decne. ex Hima- 
laya occidental! foliis acutioribus minus coriaceis bracteis sub anthesin 
ocius decidius floribus longioribus sed angustioribus recedit. 
FruteXy circiter 1 — 3 m. altus, erectus, semper virens, ramis fereverti- 
cillatis suberectis gJabris. Folia satis numerosa, altevna, plerumque 8 — 9 
cm. longa, rarius ad 16 cm., 2’5 cm. lata, lanceolata vel rarius lineari-lanceo- 
lata, plus minusve acute acuminata, mavgine subintegra paululum undu- 
lata, tenuiter eoriacea, utrinque glabra, nervis 9 — 12 paribus, supra vix 
impressis indistinctis, in^ra paululum distinctioribas, baud eminentibus. 
Inflorescences laxe capitatae, ramulos superiores hornotinos terminantes 
vel sparsius e ramis (senioribus) ortae, sine involucro foliaceo distincto, 
floribus circiter 12, circiter 2—3 mm. pedicellatis ; bractese 1 — 1*5 cm. 
longae, squamiformes, angustse, acuminata*, paululum rigidae, mox deciduae. 
Ferianthii 2 cm. longveburneo-nivei, tubus circiter T25 cm. longus, 2 mm. 
latus, cylindricus, gracillinms, extus minute pubescens, lobis lanceolatis 
subacuminatis suberectis, vix patentibus. Stamina 8, biseriata,.subsessilia. 
Ovarium ovoideum, in apiee obtusum, stigmate magno fere latitudinem 
tubi aequante instructum. Fructus ovoideus, 1*5 cm. longus, IT cm. latus, 
rubro-a urantiacus, vestigiis minimis perianthii basi oohaeventibus. Floret 
mensibus Octobri-Decembri; fructus in mense Februario maturat. 
E. Himalaya ; — At an elevation of 4,500— 5, 5u0 ft. in the Darjeel- 
ing district ; frequent in the neighbourhood of Sureil, Government Cin- 
chona Plantation ; King without number! Gamble No. 7093, a,nd others 
near Sureil in Calcutta Herbarium ; at Pashok, 5,000 ft. Gamble No. 
2136A in Herb. Gamble!.; at Rungli Rungliot, 4,000 ft. Gamble No. 
2612 A, B, in Herb. Gamble ! ; British Bhutan,* Haines without num- 
ber ! 
The extreme alpine form of Daphne cannabina. 
Although we have given earlier the range of the high level plant as 
6.000— 8,000 ft., the optimum for the typical D. cannabina is 7,000 — 
8.000 - ft. in the Darjeeling district. We believe most of the plants below 
7,000 ft. occurring near Darjeeling, Senchal and Ghoom to be planted. 
As the alpine variety appears to be connected with the typical plant by 
intermediate forms, a more correct range would be 7 — 11,000 ft. Thus 
* “ British Bhutan” means the part of the Darjeeling district east of the Teesta 
river. \_Fditor.~\ 
