OLEINZ. IX. Syrinea. 
Tribe III. 
SYRI'NGE. Corolla funnel-shaped or campanulate, 4- 
parted. Stamens 2, short. Fruit capsular, 2-celled. 
IX. SYRYNGA (ovpryé, syrinx, a pipe; the branches are 
long and straight, and are filled with medulla; hence the old 
name of the lilac, pipe-tree. Linnaeus places it among poetical 
names. The story of the nymph Syrinx in Ovid is well known. 
The English name of the genus is from lilac or lilag, the Persian 
word for a flower). Lin. gen. no. 22. Geertn. fruct. 1. t. 49. 
Lilac, Tourn. inst. t. 3972. Juss. gen. p. 105. Lila, Flieder. 
Lin. syst. Diándria, Monogýnia. Calyx small, 4-toothed. Co- 
rolla funnel-shaped, with a 4-parted limb. Stamens 2, inclosed. 
Stigma bifid. Capsule ovate, compressed, 2-celled, 2-valved, 
2-seeded; valves navicular, with a narrow dissepiment in the 
middle.—Shrubs with simple leaves; and thyrsoid terminal 
panicles of flowers, which are oppositely branched. Flowers 
purple or white. 
1 S. vurca'nis (Lin. spec. 11.) leaves ovate-cordate, acumin- 
ated. h. H. Native of Persia, and of Hungary, in chalky 
precipices in the Cverna valley, and mount Domoglet, as well 
as the whole group of rocks along the Danube. Lam. ill. t. 7. 
Schmidt, cestr. baum. t. 77. Duham. arb. 2. t. 138. Schkuhr, 
handb. 1. t. 2. Lilac vulgaris, Geertn. Leaves glabrous, shin- 
ing, broad. The common lilac, now so plentiful in every plant- 
ation, was a great rarity in the year 1597. 
Far. a, ceràülea. The common blue lilac.— Ger. emac. 1399. 
f. 2.—Clus. hist. 1. p. 56.— Besl. eyst. t. 1. f. 2.—Park. par. 
407. t. 409. f. 4. theat. 1467. f. 1. 
Var. D, violàcea. The common purple lilac. 
183. Mill. fig. t. 163. 
Var. y, alba. The common white lilac. 
Common Lilac. Fl. May. Clt. 1590. Shrub 8 to 10 feet. 
2 S. Ewópr (Wall. cat. no. 2831.) leaves elliptic-oblong, 
glaucous beneath, attenuated at the base, and acuminated at the 
apex. h. H. Native of Kamaon, towards the Himalaya. 
Branches warted. Thyrse terminal, panicled. Capsules almost 
cylindrical. Bud scales permanent at the base of the year’s 
shoots. Flowers apparently purple. 
Emodi Lilac. Shrub 8 to 10 feet. ? 
3 S. Josix.z A (Jacq. in bot. zeit. 1831. t. 67. Rchb. pl. crit. 
no. 1049. t. 780.) leaves elliptic-lanceolate, acute, ciliated, 
wrinkled, glabrous, on short petioles, white beneath. h. H. 
Native of Transylvania. Hook. bot. mag. t. 3278. Lindl. bot. 
reg. 1733. Flowers purple. 
Josika’s Lilac. Fl. April, May. Clt. 1832. Sh. 6 to 8 ft. 
4 S. Cnixx/wsirs (Willd. spec. 1. p. 48. berl. baum. 498.) 
leaves ovate-lanceolate. h. H. Native of China. S. dubia, 
Pers. ench. 1. p. 9. Lilàceum Rothamagénse, Renault, fl. de 
Curt. bot. mag. 
Yorn. p. 100. S. média, Dum. FIG. 9. 
Cours. 1. p. 709. Flowers 
purple. An intermediate plant 
between S. vulgare and S. Pér- 
sica. In Belgium there is a hy- 
brid between this and S. vul- 
gare, called Lilac de Merli, 
which is probably S. Rothama- 
génsis, Turp. et Poit. fl. de Par. 
Chinese Lilac. Fl. May, Ju. 
Cit. 1795. Sh. 4 to 5 ft. 
5 S. Per’rsica (Lin. spec. 
11.) leaves small, lanceolate, 
entire. kh. H. Native of 
Persia. Curt. bot. mag. 486. 
Mill. fig. 164. f. 1.  Lilac 
minor, Meench. Lilac Pérsica, 
X. FORSYTHIA. 
XI. Fonranesta. XII. Norzrza. 51 
Lam.—Munting. t. 57.—Pluk. phyt. 227. f. 8. Flowers pur- 
ple. (f. 9.) 
Var. B, alba; leaves lanceolate, entire; flowers white. 
The White Persian Lilac. 
Var. y, lacinidta (Mill. dict. no. 3. fig. t. 164. f. 2.) leaves 
jagged or pinnatifid; flowers purple. kh. H. Lin. hort. 
cliff. 6. Lodd. bot. cab. 1107. Munting, t. 56.—Tourn. inst. 
602. S. capitàta, Gmel. itin. 3. p. 304. t. 32. f. 1.—Schmidt, 
arb. 2. p. 79. The cut-leaved Persian Lilac. 
Persian Lilac. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1640. Sh. 4 to 6 ft. 
6 S. virLósA (Vahl, enum. 1. p. 38.) leaves oblong, acute 
at both ends, villous beneath. h. H. Native of China, on 
mountains about Pekin. Thyrse terminal. Perhaps the same 
as Ligüstrum Sinénse, Lour. 
Fillous Lilac. Shrub. 
Cult. The species of Lilac are well known elegant shrubs. 
They are very proper for shrubberies, and are increased very 
readily by layers, or by suckers from the root. 
X. FORSY'THIA (named after William Forsyth, his Ma- 
jesty’s gardener at Kensington; author of Observations on the 
Diseases of Trees, with an account of a particular method of 
cure. London, 1791, &c.) Vahl, enum. 1. p. 39.—Syringa 
species, Thunb.—Lilac species, Lam. 
Lin. syst. Didndria, Monogiíjnia. Calyx 4-parted. Co- 
rolla sub-campanulate, quadrifid. Stamens equal in length to 
the calyx, with short filaments and oblong anthers. Style length 
of calyx; stigma 2-lobed.—An ascending depending shrub, 
with tetragonal branches: and oval, serrated, simple, or ternate 
leaves. Flowers 1-2-3 together, yellow. Calycine segments 
lanceolate. 
1 F. suspr’nsa (Vahl. enum. 1. p. 39.). h.F. Native of 
Japan, where it is often cultivated for the elegance of its flowers. 
Syringa suspénsa, Thunb. fl. jap. 19. t. 3. Lilac perpénse, 
Lam. dict. 3. p. 515. Réngio, Koempf. ameen. 5. p. 907. 
Suspended Forsythia. Shrub hanging. 
Cult. For culture and propagation see Bolivaria, p. 58. 
XI. FONTANE'SIA (named after M. René Louiche Des- 
fontaines, author of Flora Atlantica, 2 vols. 4to. Paris. 1798- 
1799, and several other works). Labill. pl. syr. dec. 1. p. 9. t. 1. 
Lam. ill. 1. t. 22. 
Lin. syst. Didndria, Monogynia. Calyx 4-6 parted, per- 
manent. Corolla 4-6-parted, deciduous. Stamens 2, elongated. 
Stigma bifid, hooked. Capsule a 2-4-winged, 2-celled, papery, 
indehiscent samara; cells 1-seeded.—An evergreen shrub, with 
lanceolate leaves, and axillary racemes of whitish-yellow flowers. 
Habit of Philly'rea media. This genus seems to be a connecting 
link between the tribe Fraxiniece and Oliée. 
1 F. rnirivnEoiprs (Labill. syr. dec. 1. p. 9. t. 1.). h. F. 
Native of Syria, between Laodicea and mount Cassius, and of 
Sicily. Lodd. bot. cab. 1308. — Leavesacute at both ends. 
Phillyrea-like Fontanesia, Fl. Aug. Clt. 1787. Shrub 10 
to 14 feet. 
Cult. This shrub will stand in the open air, in a sheltered 
situation, such as against a south wall, with a little protection 
in severe winters, although it is generally treated as a green- 
house plant. It may either be increased by cuttings, under a 
hand-glass, or by layering. 
Tribe IV. 
NOTEL/ELE. Calyx 4-parted or 4-cleft. Corolla of 4 
petals. Stamens 2. Fruit drupaceous or capsular. 
XII. NOTELZE^ (from voroc, notos, south, and Aaa, elaia, 
an olive; in reference to the genus being allied to O'lea, and 
from its native country). Vent. choix. t. 25. R. Br. prod. 
p. 527.—Rhyzospérmum, Gaertn. fruct. 3. p. 232. t. 224. 
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