. Trees and shrubs : an abridgment of the Arboretum et fruticetum britannicum : containing the hardy trees and schrubs of Britain, native and foreign, scientifically and popularly described : with their propagation, culture and uses and engravings of nearly all the species. Trees; Shrubs; Forests and forestry. 686 AEBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. in terminal small umbels, that are upon conspicuous footstalks and smooth. An- thers unequally 4-celled. Sexes polyga- mous. (Nutt.) A deciduous shrub, with the branches flexuous, grey, smooth, and so remarkably divaricated as to give a cha- racte
. Trees and shrubs : an abridgment of the Arboretum et fruticetum britannicum : containing the hardy trees and schrubs of Britain, native and foreign, scientifically and popularly described : with their propagation, culture and uses and engravings of nearly all the species. Trees; Shrubs; Forests and forestry. 686 AEBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. in terminal small umbels, that are upon conspicuous footstalks and smooth. An- thers unequally 4-celled. Sexes polyga- mous. (Nutt.) A deciduous shrub, with the branches flexuous, grey, smooth, and so remarkably divaricated as to give a cha- racteristic appearance to the ponds which they border. Virginia to Florida, in sandy swamps, and on the margins of lagoons. Height 8 ft. to 12 ft. Introduced in 1759. Flowers yellow ; April and May. Berries globose, scarlet; rarely seen in 1336. /j. genicul^ta. Order LX. THYMELA^CE^. OltD. Char. Perianth tubular, coloured, 4—3-cleft, often furnished with scales in the throat. Stamens usually 8, sometimes 4, rarely 2, inserted in the throat of the perianth. Ovarium superior, 1-seeded. Stigma undivided. Fruit nucamentaceous or drupaceous. Albumen thin, fleshy, or none. (G. Don.) Leaves simple, alternate, exstipulate, deciduous or evergreen ; entire, coriaceous. Flowers terminal or axillary, showy, fragrant.—Shrubs or sub- shrubs ; natives of Europe, Asia, and America; propagated by seeds, layers, or grafting. The genera are two, which are thus contradistinguished: — XJa'phnb L. Calyx 4-parted. Stigma capitate. Fruit pulpy. Di'rca L. Calyx 4-toothed. Stigma pointed. Fruit dry. Genus I. DA'PHNE L. The Daphne. Lin. Syst. Octandria Monog^nia. Identification. Lin. Gen., 192.; Eng. Flora, 2. p. 228. , Syjronymes. rhymelffi'a Tourn. Inst. t. 366., Gartn. t. 39.; Daphne, Fr.; Seidelbast, Ger.; Dafne, Ital. Derivation. Daphne is considered by some botanists to have been the Greek name of the iztiscus racembsus, or Alexandrian laurel, into which it is fabled that Daphne was chan
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