Tas. 8869. 
SYRINGA REFLEXA. 
Central China. 
Oxeaceak. Tribe SyRincEAE, 
Syrinea, Linn.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. ii. p. 675. 
Syringa reflexa, C. K. Schneider in Fedde, Rep. Sp. Nov. vol. ix. p. 80, 
Handb,. Laubholzk. vol. iii. p. 779, fig. 488 i-m et fig. 489 d-e, et in 
Sargent, Plant. Wils. vol. i. p. 297; EH. H. Wils., Photogr. no. 092; 
species sectionis Villosae inflorescentia pendula distincta, 8S. Sargentianae, 
C. K. Schneider, proxima, foliis non vel breviter acuminatis minus 
pubescentibus, inflorescentia pendula, calyce parce pubescenti vel glabrato, 
fructu verruculoso differt. 
Frutex ad 4:5 m. altus. Ramuli obscure quadrangulati, lenticellis conspicuis 
copiose obtecti, annotini glabri, grisei, hornotini virides, parce breviterque 
pubescentes. Folia petiolata, elliptico-oblonga, obovata vel interdum late 
lanceolata, apice acuta vel breviter acuminata, basi plus minusve cuneata, 
rarius paulum rotundata, integra vel leviter repanda, 7-15 cm. longa, 
3°5-8 cm. lata, prominenter venosa, subtus praecipue ad nervos primarios 
parce pilosa, demum subglabrescentia, supra saturate viridia, subtus palli- 
diora; petiolus 1-2 cm. longus, crassus, supra canaliculatus. Inflorescentia 
terminalis, pendula, oblongo-ovoidea vel subcylindrica, densa, ad 14 cm. 
longa, medio circiter 4 cm. latayrhachi crassa parce pilosa dense albido- 
lenticellata: Flores fasciculati vel subverticillati, interdum ad ramos 
abbreviatos dispositi. Pedicelli 1-5-4 mm. longi, pubescentes. Calyx 
cupularis, circiter 2°5 mm. longus, 5-denticulatus, parce pubescens vel 
glabratus. Corolla extra pallide purpureo-rubra, lobis intus albidis; tubus 
anguste infundibuliformis, 1 cm. longus, basi 1:5 mm. apice 4 mm. latus ; 
lobi patentes, ovati, 3-4 mm. longi, apice apiculati inflexi. Antherae 
inclusae, oblongae, 2°5 mm. longae. Ovariwm obovoideo-globosum, 1 mm. 
longum, 1:25 mm. latum, glabrum; stylus glaber, stigmate clavato apice 
leviter 2-fido incluso 4mm. longus. Fructus cylindricus vel subfusiformis, 
rectus vel leviter curvatus, apiculatus vel obtusus, 12-15 mm. longus, 
2°5-3°5 mm. crassus, verruculosus.—S. A. SKAN. 
This Syringa was discovered by Prof. Henry at Fang 
in the Province of Hupeh, Central China, at 8,000 to 
9,000 feet, but his material, collected in 1889, was not 
described till 1910, when specimens collected by Mr. 
EK. H. Wilson in the same province between 1901 and 
1910 had been received. Mr. Wilson sent seeds to the 
Arnold Arboretum and was thus the means of in- 
troducing the species into cultivation. The plants at 
Kew were raised from seeds received from the Office of 
Woods, Forests and Land Revenues:in 1911, and are now 
OcroBeR-DEcEMBER, 1920. 
