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Sjjec. Char., $c. Leaves obovate, glabrous and glossyabove, and hirsutely villous beneath. Flowers interminal groups. Calyx externally silkily villous;its lobes ovate, obtuse. ( Wikstrom, quoted in Bot.Reg., t. 822.) A low shrub, with pretty pinkishblossoms. Found abundantly on low hills, andonthe banks of rivers, in the south of Italy , where itgrows to the height of 3 ft., and flowers from Janu-ary to June. It was first discovered by Tournefort inthe Isle of Candia (the ancient Crete ) ; and after-wards by Sir J. E. Smith in the kingdom of Naples, in1787. It was introduced in 1752, and is frequent incollections. It well deserves a place in every daph-netum. Grafted plants, grown in a border shelteredfrom the north by a wall, thrive well; and form thickbushes, with nearly level heads, covered with flowers.The branches always take an upright direction, andare tipped with groups of pale pink blossoms, whichare extremely fragrant, and expand very early in thespring. Price of plants, in the London nurseries,Is. 6 d. each.

* 11. D. (o.) Neapolitan a Lodd. The Neapolitan Daphne.

Identification. Lodd. Bot. Cab., t. 719.; Lodd. Cat. , ed. 1836.

Synonyme. D. colllna /3 neapolitdna Lindt, in Bot. Reg., t. 822.

Engravings. Lodd. Bot. Cab., fr. 719. ; Bot. Reg., t. 822.; and our Jig. 1188.

Spec. Char., fyc. “ This pretty plant is surely a mere variety of D. colllna,from which it differs, as far as we can observe, after comparing the livingplants, chiefly in the want of pubescence on the under sur-face of the leaves. Like many other plants with which thecatalogues and floras of the present day are augmented, it isa sport of nature, which the ingenious acuteness of mo-dern botanists have brought into notice; but which, ifunmolested upon its native hills, would quickly have passed 188

away into the type from which it sprang .” (' Bindley in Bot.

Reg., t. 822.) In cultivation in British gardens since 1822. Price of plants2s. 6 d. each.

* 12. D. (c.) oleoi'des L. The Olive-like Daphne.

Identification. Lin. Mant., 66.; Schreb . Dec., 13. t. 7.; Willd. Sp. PL, 2. p. 423.;

Reich., 2. p. 194.; Sims in Bot. Mag., t. 1917.; Lodd. Cat. , ed. 1836.

Synonymes, ChamaedapbnGIdes cretica Alpin. Exot., 44. t. 43.; Thymelas'acretica oleze folio utriusque glabro Tourn. Cor., 41.; Daphne salicifblia Lam.

Encycl. , 3. p. 423.; Laureole k Feuilles d’Olivier, Fr. j Oelbaumbl'attrigerSeidelbast, Ger.

Engravings. Alpin. Exot., t. 43.; Schreb . Dec., 13. t. 7.; Bot. Mag., t. 1917.;

Bot. Cab., t. 299.; and our Jig. 1189.

Spec. Char., Sfc. Leaves obovate-lanceolate, terminated witha minute mucro, glabrous upon both sides. Flowers ter-minal, sessile, a few together, and surrounded by leaves,that in some measure involucrate them. (Not. Mag., t.

1917.) A native of Crete , where it grows to the height of2 ft., and produces its flowers during the greater part ofthe year. It is less showy in its flowers than D. colllna, butis deserving of cultivation from its nearly glossy and _leaves, and neat habit of growth. It was introduced in 1815,

Price of plants, in the London nurseries, Is. 6 d. each.

* 13. JD. (c.) Seri Tea Vahl. The silk y-leaved Daphne.

Identification. Vahl Symb., 1. p. 28.; Willd. Sp. PI., 2. p. 423.

Synonymes. Thymelte'a crdtica oleae folio subtus villoso Tourn. Cor., 41.; Daphne olecefblia I 0 *Encycl., 3. p. 424.; Seidenartiger Seidelbast, Ger.