OLEACEAE. — SYRINGA 301 
Syringa Komarowii Schneider in Fedde Rep. Nov. Sp. IX. 82 (1910); 
Ill. Handb. Laubholzk. II. 783 (1911). 
Western Szech'uan: Mupin, thickets, alt. 1800-2600 m., July 
1908 (No. 1217; bush 2-5 m. high; flowers deep rose-pink); same 
locality, alt. 2600 m., October 1910 (No. 4407); Nin-tou-shan, alt. 
2200—2600 m., June 1908 (No. 2580, bush 3-4 m. high, flowers reddish- 
purple). 
The fruit, which has not yet been described, is 12-14 mm. long, obtuse or 
sometimes mucronulate and nearly smooth. 
The following descriptions and notes are based on material not collected during 
the Arnold Arboretum Expedition. 
Syringa microphylla Diels, var. glabriuscula Schneider, n. var. 
A typo calycibus glabriusculis v. glabris fere edentatis differt. 
Northern Hupeh: Mt. Miao-uan-san, 1898, Hugh Scallan (in part; part of the 
specimens consists of typical S. microphylla). 
Syringa Meyeri Schneider, n. sp. 
Frutex habitu ut videtur S. pubescentis; ramuli juniores quadrangulati vetusti- 
oresque minute pubescentes; folia ovato-elliptiea v. paullo obovalia utrinque 
&cuta v. apice obtusiuscula, supra viridia, glaberrima, subtus vix pallidiora, versus 
basin ad nervos pubescentia, margine ciliata, 2-5 em. longa et 1.8-3 em. lata, nervis 
lateralibus utrinque 2 apicem versus currentibus; petioli 5 ad 11 mm. longi, ramu- 
lorum modo pilosi. Inflorescentia eae S. pubescentis simillima, interdum basi 
foliis non satis evolutis instructa, ramulis minute pubescentibus; flores violacei, 
longe tubulosi; pedicelli vix 1 mm. longi, puberuli; calyx violaceus, circiter 1.5 
mm. longus, glaber, brevidentatus; tubus corollae 15-16 mm. longus, apicem versus 
vix dilatatus; laciniae corollae ad 4 mm. longae, acutae, explanatae; antherae 
fere 6 mm. infra faucem corollae tubo insertae, ut videtur violaceae. Fructus 
ignotus. 
Northern China: introduced by F. N. Meyer and distributed by the U.S. Dept. 
of Agriculture under No. 23032; cultivated at the Arnold Arboretum; June 1910 
(Herb. Arnold Arboretum). : 
'This species is very closely allied to S. pub Turczaninow, but differs in 
the longer tube of the corolla, the minutely but distinctly puberulous branches and 
in the different venation of the leaves. Iam in doubt whether the anthers are violet 
as in S. pubescens or rose as in S. Potaninii. 
Syringa Sweginzowii Koehne & Lingelsheim in Fedde, Rep. Nov. Sp. VIII. 9 
(1910). — Koehne in Mitt. Deutsch. Dendr. Ges. XIX. 112, fig. 8a (1910). — Schnei- 
der, Ill. Handb. Laubholzk. II. 780, fig. 487 a—e, 490 a-d (1911). 
Western China: without precise locality, ravines, alt. 5400 m., June 1904, 
E. H. Wilson (Veitch Exped. No. 4080). 
From typical S. Sweginzowii, of which the native country is still unknown, Wil- 
son's specimen differs only in the leaves being quite glabrous beneath, in the dis- 
tinctly but minutely puberulous inflorescence and branchlets and in the nearly 
truncate calyx, otherwise I can find no difference. 
