. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions : from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102nd meridian . Daphne Mezereum L. Spurge Laurel. Lady Laurel. Mezereon. Fig. 2993. Daphne Mezereum L. Sp. PI. 356. 1753. .A. shrub i°-4° high, the young twigs somewhat pubes- cent. Leaves thin, deciduous, oblong-lanceolate or ob- lanceolate, acute or obtusish at the apex, 3-5' long, 4"-io" wide, narrowed into short petioles; flowers in sessile fascicles of 2-5 at the nodes of twi
. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions : from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102nd meridian . Daphne Mezereum L. Spurge Laurel. Lady Laurel. Mezereon. Fig. 2993. Daphne Mezereum L. Sp. PI. 356. 1753. .A. shrub i°-4° high, the young twigs somewhat pubes- cent. Leaves thin, deciduous, oblong-lanceolate or ob- lanceolate, acute or obtusish at the apex, 3-5' long, 4"-io" wide, narrowed into short petioles; flowers in sessile fascicles of 2-5 at the nodes of twigs of the preceding season, very fragrant, expanding before the leaves or with them; perianth-tube appressed-pubescent, rose-purple or white, 6" long or less, the ovate acute lobes nearly as long; drupe red, oval-ovoid, 3"-4" long. Escaped from cultivation, Quebec to Massachusetts, New York and Ontario. Native of Europe and .\sia. Spurge- flax or -olive. Dwarf bay. Paradise- or mysterious plant. Wild pepper. April-May. 2. DIRCA L. Sp. PI. 358. 1753. Branching shrubs, with tough fibrous bark, alternate thin short-petioled deciduous leaves, and yellowish flowers in peduncled fascicles of 2-4 from scaly buds at the nodes of twigs of the preceding season, branches subsequently developing from the same nodes. Perianth campanulate or funnelform, its limb undulately obscurely 4-toothed. Stamens 8, borne on the ' perianth, exserted, the alternate ones longer; filaments very slender. Disk obsolete. Ovary nearly sessile, l-celled; style filiform, exserted; stigma small, capitate. Drupe red, oval- oblong. [Named from a fountain in Thebes.] Two known species, the following typical: D. occidenlalis .\. Gray, in California.
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