was presented to Kew in 1910 by Professor Sargent. It 
has flowered for several years past, usually about the 
beginning of June. At that season it makes a charming 
picture, all the more so because it comes into bloom 
after the flowers of the race of common lilacs have faded. 
It likes a loamy moist soil, and may be propagated by 
cuttings or seeds. | 
Descrietion.—Shrub, 8-20 ft. high; young branches glabrous, sprinkled 
thinly with pale lenticels; terminal buds glabrescent, ultimately } in. long. 
Leaves deciduous, elliptic to ovate, acuminate, broadly to narrowly cuneate 
at the base, 13-4 in. long. 1-2} in. wide, at first ciliate; dark green and soon 
quite glabrous above, pale beneath and pubescent on the midrib and lower 
veins ; petiole 3-3 in. long, pubescent. Panicles terminal, up to 8 in. long and 
4-6 in. wide, glabrous to sparsely pubescent, with a few leaves at the base. 
Flowers very numerous, scented like common lilac, but not so strongly. Calyx 
cup-shaped, ;, in. long and wide, truncate or with a few small teeth, glabrous. 
Corolla pale Vflac, %in. long, the base tubular, dividing at the mouth into four 
ovate lobes, glabrous within and without. Stamens 2, affixed to the upper part 
of the corolla tube; filaments very short; anthers vblong, yellow. Style 
3-3 in. long. Capsule fusiform, acute, 2 in. long, lenticellate, glabrous. 
Tas, $739.—Fig. 1, calyx and pistil; 2, section of calyx, showing ovary and 
style; 3, corolla laid open; 4 and 5, anthers; 6, fruit; 7, seed; 8, embryo :— 
—all enlarged except 6, which is of natural size, 
