Tas. 7064. 
SYRINGA vittosa. 
Native of Northern China. 
Nat. Ord. OLeacEx.—Tribe SyrincEea#. 
Genus Syrinea, Linn. ; (Benth. et Hook.f Gen. Pl. vol. ii. p. 675.) 
Syrinea villosa; frutex gracilis, foliis late ellipticis ovatisve obtusis basi 
- rotundatis rarius cuneatis subtus glaucescentibus, costa nervisque villosis 
rarius glaberrimis, nervis patentibus, thyrsis breviusculis erectis, floribus 
sessilibus pallide roseo-lilacinis, calycis dentibus brevibus ovatis subacutis, 
corollz tubo longitudine vario, lobis obtusis marginibus crassis incurvis, 
capsula cylindraceo-oblonga obtusa. 
8. villosa, Vahi Enum. vol. i. p. 38; DC. Prodr. vol. viii. p. 283; Franchet 
Pl. David. p. 204; Deene. in Nouv. Arch. Mus. Ser. 2, p. 41; Helmsl. in 
Journ. Linn. Soe. vol. xxvi. p. 83; Sargent in Gard. & Forest. 1888, 
p. 222, and p. 520, fig. 83. 
S. pubescens, Turez. in Bull. Soc. Nat. Mosc. 1840, p. 73; Hance in Journ. 
Bot. 1875, p. 133; Sargent 1. c. 414, fig. 67. 
The specific name of villosa is unfortunately chosen for 
this plant ; what villousness it possesses is confined to the 
lower parts of the costa of the leaf beneath, and to the 
bases of the main nerves; such as it is, it is deciduous 
and often totally absent, even on the young leaves. This 
is the case with the specimen here figured, in which I 
find mere traces of hairs on some leaves and none on 
others. In some Chinese specimens, on the other hand, 
the villousness is conspicuous in the positions indicated, 
-and consists of long spreading silvery hairs. 
North China is evidently the headquarters of the genus 
Syringa. Helmsley, in his valuable ‘“ Enumeration of 
Chinese Plants,” published in the Linnean Society’s | 
Journal, cited above, mentions six species from that 
country, and there are others in the Kew Herbarium, of 
which the specimens are too imperfect for determination. 
Of these S. oblata, Lindl., is the nearest allied to 8. villosa, 
and may be distinguished by its robust habit and more 
or less cordate leaves, which are green beneath and have 
no villous hairs. 
S. villosa is a native of the Chihli province of China, 
JuLy Ist, 1889. 
