LILAC 



339 



soid cymes, small, regular and numerous. 

 Leaves opposite. 



t Corolla salver-shaped, lilac, with long tube ; 

 fruit a capsule ; seeds slightly winged. 



Syringa vulgaris, L. Lilac (Fig. 138). Shrub, with 

 opposite cordate leaves, and branches falsely dichotomous 

 owing to the abortion of the terminal buds. 



Fig. 138. Lilac, Syringa vulgaris. 1, leaf; 2, inflorescence; 3, flower ; 

 4, upper part of the corolla in vertical section; 5, anther; 6, stigma; 

 7, ovary in vertical section; 8, capsule, p. 339 (Wo). 



Flowers in large, loose cymose panicles, up to 15 16 cm. 

 long, each branch terminating in a flower; lilac-purple 

 and fragrant. Homogamous, with the honey hidden in the 

 tube. Calyx short, tubular, 4-lobed, persistent. Corolla 

 salver-shaped, with a long tube and 4-partite limb, the 



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