Edgeworthia
(named in honour of M. P. Edgeworth, of the East India Co.'s service, and a botanist). ORD. Thymelaceoe. Ornamental greenhouse evergreen shrubs, closely allied to Daphne. The only other species besides that here described is a native of East Indies. They grow best in a compost of two parts sandy loan and one part turfy peat. Good drainage, and a liberal supply of water in summer, are essential in the culture of these plants. Increased by cuttings, inserted in sandy soil, under a bell glass, in spring. E. chrysantha (golden). fl. yellow, capitate; tube of corolla clavate, clothed with silky hairs. February. l. oblong-lanceolate, stalked, dull green, pilose on the ribs beneath. h. 1ft. China and Japan, 1845. (B. R. 1847, 48.)