604 - zen, oLEACEX. (C. B. Clarke.) [ Sehrebera. 
Erect, 30 ft., but often forming coppice, scabrid-pilose. Leaves 4} by 2j in., 
acute, base rounded or cuneate ; petiole 4 in., not articulated. Flowers 3-7 in each 
head, sweet-scented; bracts }-} in., elliptic. Calyx } in. Corolla-tube 1-3 in.; 
lobes 1-l in. elliptic. Capsule $ in. long and broad by ¢-@ in. thick. 
3. SCHREBERA, Zoch, 
A tree. Leaves opposite, unequally pinnate. Flowers in terminal 2—3- 
chotomous compound cymes ; bracts et Calyx tubular-campanulate, ir- 
regularly 4-7-lobed. Corolla salvershaped ; tube cylindric ; lobes imbricate in 
the bud, 4-7, patent. Stamens 2, near the top of the corolla-tube ; filaments 
short. Ovary 2-celled ; style cylindric, shortly 2-lobed ; ovules 3-4 in each cell, 
pendulous from its apex. Capsule obovoid, 2-celled, loculieidally 2-valved, 
woody. Seeds pendulous, winged, albumen 0; cotyledons plano-convex or con- 
torted, radicle superior.—DrsrRrm. Species 4; 1 Indian, 3 African. 
S. swietenioides, Roxb. Cor. Pl. ii. t. 101, and Fl. Ind. ed. Carey A 
Wall. i. 109; minutely pubescent or glabrous, leaves 5—7-foliolate, cymes many- 
flowered, capsule 2 in. pearshaped. Wight Ill. t. 162; Trattin, Arch. i. 29, 
with plate; DC. Prodr. viii. 675; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 248; Brand. For. Fl. 905; 
Kurz For. Fl. ii. 156, and in Journ. As. Soc, 1877, pt. ii. 243. 
TROPICAL HIMALAYA ; Kumaon Terai. Deccan PENiNsurLA, alt. 14000 ft. PEU; 
widely diffused, but not abundant. 
A tree, 40-50 ft. Leaflets 4 by 2 in., ovate, acute, mature glabrous; petiolules 
j in. Cyme often 100-flowered ; bracts } in., linear, or obsolete; pedicels 0-3 in. 
Calyx à in., irregularly 5-lobed, somewhat 2-lipped or subtruncate, minutely pilose or 
glabrescent. Corolla white with brown marks; tube 1-1 in.; lobes 1-j in., elliptic. 
Anthers subexserted. Capsule 2 by 1j in., obovoid, obtuse, very woody. Seeds 
usually 3-4 in each cell ; cotyledons contorted. 
Var. pubescens, Kurz in Flora, 1872, p. 398 (sp.); leaves pubescent, cyme villous, 
—Jubbulpore; Kurz.—A variety of S. swietenioides according to Kurz himself in 
Journ. As. Soc. 1877, pt. ii, 243, who says that the capsules are much smaller. 
4. SYRINGA, Linn. 
Shrubs. eaves opposite, simple or (in cultivation) pinnate. Panicles ter- 
minal; bracts small or 0. Calyx small, campanulate, irregularly toothed or 
subtruncate, persistent. Corolla salvershaped ; tube narrow-cylindric ; lobes 4, 
patent, elliptic, induplicate-valvate in bud. Stamens 2, near the top of the 
corolla-tube ; filaments short; anthers oblong, laterally dehiscent. Ovary 
2-celled ; style cylindric, included, 2-partite or subsimple; ovules 2 in each cell, 
pendulous from its apex. Capsule oblong, subterete, loculicidally 2-valved. 
Seeds pendulous, compressed, winged, albuminous; cotyledons flat, radicle 
superior.—DIsTRIB. Species 6 (or 11 ex Dene.), from Eastern Europe to Japan. 
l. S. persica, Linn.; DC. Prodr. viii. 283; leaves 1 in. ovate-lanceolate 
or lanceolate glabrous, flowers numerous scarcely fascicled. Bot. Mag. t. 486; 
Wall. Cat. 2832; Brand. For. Fl. 306; Rev. Hort. 1878, p. 571-2, with fig. ; 
Dene. in Nouv. Arch. Mus. 2, ii. 49; Boiss. Fl. Orient, iv. 38. 
West Kasuwrn; alt. 8000 ft., possibly wild; frequently cultivated in India.— 
Disrrip, Persia. 
A glabrous shrub. Leaves acute, rarely obtuse, sometimes pinnatifid or sub- 
pinnate, base cuneate; petiole} in. Panicles compound, glabrous; bracts from $ in. 
lanceolate to A in. linear, usually inconspicuous; pedicels A-Z in. Calyx 4 in., teeth 
short, triangular. Corolla lilac or white; tube } in., lobes } in. Capsule 4-4 by à 
in., terete, 4-ribbed.— Persian Lilac. 
