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SYRINGA Emodi. 
Himalayan Lilac. 
DIANDRIA MONOGYNTA. 
Nat. ord. OLEACE x. 
SYRINGA. Botanical Register, vol. 20. fol. 1733. 
S. Emodi; ramis verrucosis, foliis lato-oblongis utrinque attenuatis apice 
quandoque obtusis reticulato-venosis glabris subtus albescentibus, co- 
rollæ limbo patulo laciniis apice uncinatis. 
S. Emodi, Wall. Cat. no. 2831. Royle’s Illustrations, p. 267. t. 65. f. 2. ? 
DeCand. Prodr. 8. 283. 
Dr. Royle informs us that ** the Himalayan Lilac is found 
in Kemaon and in Sirmore, on the Suen range, and on the 
banks of the Giree andJumna rivers." Itis not however quite 
certain that the plant intended by this eminent Botanist is the 
same as that of Dr. Wallich's distributions, for the leaves have, 
in Dr. Royle's Indian figure, a very different form, tapering 
much to the foot-stalk, and the flowers are lilac, not white, in 
a long leafy panicle ; moreover the segments of the corolla are 
without the singular inflexed point which is so striking a 
feature of the plant before us, and which we find equally in 
the dried specimens distributed by the East India Company. 
We however also observe that a part of those specimens, not 
in flower, more resemble Dr. Royle's figure, and it may be that 
they are mere forms of each other; that however must be left 
for future consideration. 
One thing which is peculiar to this plant, and readily dis- 
tinguishes it, is the property of producing pale pustule-like 
callosities on the branches, which gives them a singular ap- 
pearance. Otherwise it is known from all the Lilacs except 
Josikæa, by its leaves being very pale on the under side; and 
from that by the acuminate hooked lobes of its corolla, to say 
nothing of the more lucid flat and wide foliage. 
