SPECIES OF DAPHNE. 
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No virtue whatever is attributed to the medicine made from leafdbearing 
plants nor to the parts of leafless plants which are not the parte nearest 
the snow/' 
Daphne retusa Hemal. 
An alpine Daphne occurs in North Sikkim near the Tibetan frontier, 
Young husband without number in Herb. Calc, and Herb. Kew. ! ; TUbn 
No. 2808, Tangu, 13,000 ft. in Herb. Calc. ! The specimens are imperfect 
and have been referred to B, return Hems, probablv correctly 
though the leaves are much narrower (almost linear so great is the 
amount of 'revolution *) than those of Pratt No. 737 which is the type of 
D. retusa . They approach D. tangutica Maxim, both in leaves and in 
the character of the shoots. All these species are imperfectly known. 
Assam Daphnes. 
The specimens from Assam come nearest to Daphne Sureil but are 
too inadequate to. warrant more than a few observations. No. 677 
Gallatly from Cherrapongee, 5,000 ft., has waxy white flowers with long 
narrow perianth tube and acute lobes. The leaves are relatively broad ; 
(Wallich ticketed his Sylhet specimens^'' ^8 latifojia, an distincta spec. ? ”) 
There are two interesting sheets from Shillong, collected by General 
Collett, one at 5,000 ft., recalling Gallatly's plant but with even narrower 
leaves relatively than the Himalayan B. cannabina. The second sheet 
is from ‘'The Peak, Shillong”, altitude 6,000 ft. with frequently ovate 
leaves, 2*5 cm. long 1*5 cm. broad, dense terminal inflorescences, and 
narrow perianth tube with acute lobes. The specimen shows remarkable 
pseudodichotomous branching. 
In a note on this sheet General Collett remarks : — 
Daphne cannabina Wall. I suppose ? Var ? It cannot be 
* involucrata* and yet it differs much in leaves etc. from 
the commoner forms. I have seen this form only at the 
Peak.” 
The altitude is noteworthy for 6,000 ft.' in the Khasias corresponds 
botanical ly with a higher altitude in the East Himalaya. The plant is 
neither B, cannabina Wall, nor B. Sureil. The Daphnes of the area 
would repay investigation in the field. 
Enumeration of Himalayan species. 
A list of the Himalayan Daphnes is given below with a note of the 
synonymy of the papyracea-cannabina series. The waters haye not at 
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