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Plate 54] WIKSTROEMIA DAPHNE 135
Locality. Kishenganga Valley.
Distribution. Afghanistan, temperate Himalaya, from
Kashmir to Central Nepal, 5,000-9,000 ft., Khasia Hills,
5,000-6,000 ft., Upper Assam, Central Provinces, 6,000-8,000 ft.,
Ceylon, N. China.
DAPHNE, Linn.
(Is the Greek name of the Bay-tree, Laurus nobilis.)
1. Leaves 2-5 in. long, blunt D. papyracea.
2. Leaves 1-2 in. long, sharp-pointed...
... D. oleoides.
Pig. 6. Daphne papyracea, Dene. (Under D. cannabina,
Wall, in Hooker's " Flora of British India.") Collett, fig. 140.
An evergreen shrub, 5-8 ft. high young shoots hairy, soon
;
becoming hairless. Leaves 2-5 by v-lj- in., narrowly ellipticlance-shaped
or inversely lance-shaped, narrowed at both
ends, thick, hairless ;
stalk up to J in. long. Flowers white
or rose-purple, in terminal heads. Bracts 1-f in. long, oblong
or lance-shaped, falling soon. Flower-stalks very short.
Perianth-tube i-f in. long, silky ; lobes -J in. long, egg-shaped,
sharp-pointed, with a tuft of hairs at the tip. Ovary hairless.
Fruit egg-shaped, in. long.
Flowers. June.
Locality. Tosh Maidan, 11,000-12,000 ft., very rare.
Distribution. W. Himalaya, 5,000-12,000 ft.
Daphne oleoides, Schreb.
(Oleoides means resembling Olea, the Olive tree.)
A much-branched shrub, 4-8 ft. high young shoots hairy.
;
Leaves 1-2 by - in. oblong or linear, narrowed at both ends,
mucronate, thick, hairless, stalkless. Flowers white or tinged
with pink, forming terminal, bractless, 3-9-flowered heads ;
stalks very short. Perianth f-f in. long, very hairy outside;
lobes oblong, shorter than the tube. Ovary densely hairy.
Fruit egg-shaped, i-| in. long, orange or scarlet, when young
enclosed in the perianth-tube.
Flowers. May.
Locality. Dachigam Bakh ; Gagribal.
Distribution. W. Himalaya, 3,000-9,000 ft., W. Asia,
S. Europe.