Tap. 8292. 
SYRINGA BrerscHNEIDERI. 
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North China. 
OLEACEAE. Tribe SYRINGEAE. 
Syrinaa, Linn.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. ii. p. 675. 
Syringa Bretschneideri, Lemoine ex Wien. Iilustr. Gart. Zeit. 1890, p. 369; 
Wittmack in Gartenfl. 1895, p. 499; Henry in Rev. Hort. 1902, p. 40; 
species S. Josikaeae, Jacq., affinis, sed foliis subtus pubescentibus, paniculis 
majoribus densioribus et floribus pallidioribus differt. 
Frutec ad 3 m. altus, ramis glabris. /olia elliptica vel elliptico-lanceolata, 
acuta vel acuminata, basi cuneata vel cuneato-rotundata, supra glabra, 
subtus pallidiora, tenuiter piloso-pubescentia, petiolo 7-15 mm. longo, 
lamina 6-15 cm. longa, 2°5-6°5 em. lata. LPanicula 8-30 em. longa, 
8-16 cm. lata, floribus ad nodos ramorum vel apice ramulorum ultimorum 
in fasciculos dense confertis. Pedicelli 0-2 mm. longi, glabri vel minute 
puberuli. Calyx 2-2-5 mm. longus, campanulatus, breviter et obtuse 
4-dentatus, pilis paucis conspersis instructus vel glaber. Corolla roseo- 
lilacina, glabra; tubus 1-1-2 cm. longus; lobi 3-4 mm. longi, ovati, 
obtusi, patentes. Capsula deflexa, 1-1-4 cm. longa, 4 mm. crassa, oblongo- 
lanceolata, obtusa, glabra.—S. Emodi, var. rosea, Cornu in Rev. Hort. 1888, 
p. 492, c. icon.; Wittmack in Gartenfl., 1895, p. 499, fig. 100. S. villosa, 
Sargent in Gard. & For. 1888, p. 222, nec Vahl.—_N. E. Brown. 
The Lilac here figured was introduced to European 
gardens from Northern China, whence seeds reached Paris 
somewhere between 1879 and 1883. The examples in the 
Kew collection have been received from various sources and 
under the diverse names S. Hmodi, var. rosea, S. villosa, 
S. Josikaea, var. eximia, and S. Bretschneideri. In 1888 it 
was in France treated as a variety of S. Emodi, Wall. ; 
that species, however, differs from the subject of our plate 
in having quite glabrous leaves which are much paler 
beneath, with a different main-venation and a less distinct 
secondary reticulation ; the panicles too are smaller and the 
flowers are white. In the same year our plant was else- 
where referred to S. villosa, Vahl; Vahl’s plant is, however, 
a very distinct species with smaller and rounder leaves, less 
copious panicles and smaller flowers of a paler colour. The 
species now described is more nearly allied to S. Josikaea, 
Janvaky, 1910. 
