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sessile. (VaU Symh., 1. p. 28.) A native of Spain , and of theneighbourhood of Montpelier, where it forms a shrub 3 ft. high,flowering from February to April. Introduced in 1815; butrare in collections. The leaves are of a glaucous hue; and theflowers, which are produced in clusters on the sides of thebranches, are of a yellowish green; they are inconspicuous, andthey are succeeded by small berries, which are yellowish whenripe. The plant requires to be kept warm aud dry ; and to begrown in sandy peat, kept in an equable degree of moisture. Forthis reason, this and other species of Daphne form very suitableplants for being grown together in a daphnetum, in the same man-ner as the heaths in an ericetum.
* 7. D. Ta'rTON-Ra/ba L. The Tarton-raira, or silvery-leaved, Daphne.
Identification, Lin. Sp.,510. ; WiUd. Sp. Pl.> % p. 417. ; Lodd. Cat. ,ed. 183a
Synonymes. Thymelze'a foliis candicantibus et serici instar mollibusBauh. Pin., 463.; Tarton-Raire Gallo-provinciae MonspeliensiuraLob. Ic ., 371.; Sanamfindaargentata latifblia Barr. Ic., 221.; Pas-serlna Idrton-raira Schrad.; the oval-leaved Daphne; Laureoleblanche, Fr .; Silbcrblattriger Seidelbast Ger.
Engravings. Lob. Ic.,'371.; Barr. Ic., 221.; FI. Greeca, t. 354.; andour^g.1186.
Spec. Char., §c. Leaves persistent, obovate, nerved,silky, hoary. Flowers sessile, lateral, aggregate,imbricated with scales at the base. (VahlSymb.)
A native of the south of France , where it growsto the height of 3 ft., flowering from May to July.
Cultivated by Miller in 1739, and now frequent incollections. This species is remarkable for thesmallness and silkiness of its leaves, and the whiteappearance of the whole plant. The flowers aresmall, yellowish, sessile, and come out in thickclusters. The plant is very suitable for rockwork,as its branches are weak, irregular, and scarcelyligneous; it requires a warm dry situation, exposedto the sun. Plants, in the London nurseries, are l,s. 6 d. each.
* 8. D. (? T.) pube'scens L. The pubescent Daphne.
Identification. Lin. Mant., 66. ; Willd. Sp. PI., 2. p. 417.
Synonymes. Tt lymels'a italics., Tarton-raire Gallo-provincia; similis, sed per omnia major, MichclLcited in Tilh Cat. Hort. Pisani; behaarter Seidelbast Gcr.
Engraving. Tilli Cat. Hort. Pisani, t. 49. f. 2.
Spec. Char., &c. Stems pubescent, simple. Leaves linear-lanceolate, almost mucronate, alternate
* towers axillary; 5, or fewer, in an axil; sessile, narrow, shorter than the leaf; the tube thread-
/K™?\ an &. ® eems different from D. rhymelie'a, and was found in Austria by Jacquin.
\wiua.) it is stated to have its leaves nearly deciduous. Introduced in 1810.
* 9. D. (? T .) tomento'sa Lam. The tomentose Daphne.
Identification. Lam. Diet. ; N. Du Ham., 1. p. 26.
Synonymes. Passerina villbsa Lin .; Laureole cotonneuse Lam. Encyc ., 10.
% C \ F 1 ? wet ^ sess5le * axillary. leaves oblong-obtuse, covered with tomentum on bothwith A , low shru !?’ nearl y allied to D - Tdrton-raira , but larger in all its parts, and
Tf fh V t Sj Whl ? h are covered with tomentum, instead of a silky down. It is a native
butisnwprobablyloJ 6 ^^ andpr0dUCeSitSWhitefl0W ° rsin May ' U was introduced in 1800,
C. Erect. Leaves persistent. Flowers terminal.
m Col li x na Smith. The hill -inhabiting Daphne, or Neapolitan
Mezereon.
IdmlJficatM .Smith in FI. Gracs, t.359.; Smith Spiral., t. 18.; Willd. Sp. PI., 2. p.423.; Bot.ed!l836. ’ * N ’ Du Hain -> 2.; Wikstrom Diss. de Daphne, p. 32.; Enum., p. 9.; Lodd. Cat. ,
Sy HSe a ,%•> 822 -> ? D • hnxif Mia Vahl Symb., 1. p. 29.; Daphne des eollines,
BnS-S™ de ? antS > i Stumpfbiattriger Seidelbast, G«-. '
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