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THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 
Syringa—continued. 
is very common. Its larva burrows in the leaves, and 
forms an irregular mine, ending in a pale blotch. After 
a time, it leaves the mine, and rolls up the leaf into a 
tube for its own protection, till full-fed, when it drops 
to the soil, and becomes a pupa below ground. The 
moth is about }in. in spread of wings: these are 
yellowish-white,. with a basal patch, a blotch on the 
inner margin, and three oblique bars (all brown). The 
leaves should be picked off while the larve are in them, 
and may be crushed or burned. The larve of the other 
Moths are all much larger than the Gracilaria. They 
may be exterminated by shaking the bushes over anything 
placed below, to receive the insects as they fall. 
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FiG, 563. FLOWERING BRANCH AND LEAF OF SYRINGA 
JAPONICA. 
. amurensis (Amur). A synonym of S. japonica. 
chinensis (Chinese). Rouen Lilac. fl. of an inte i 
colour; corolla limb flat. May and hee boy foida. 3 
gy six to seven lines long, ovate-lanceolate, slightly acute 
the base, acuminate at apex, highly glabrous. A. 4ft. 1795. 
Bien w B varies Pomeria in ge ga a or its Coren It is 
„by some authors as a hybrid be n S. i 
Pee vulgaris, See Fig. 561. Sys. S. dubia, B nikon 
. dubia (doubtful). “Persian Lilac.” Err i 
sica in gardens. A synonym of S. anni Aa ee 
S. Emodi (Mount Emodus).* jt, h or white, often fasci $ 
— tube in. long, pea yin, : rath aean y raer meses T 
pril. Sie. lend ine Gane ptic or ovate, acute at 
Syringa—continued. 
both ends, glabrous; secondary nerves prominently reticulated 
beneath; petioles jin. to Zin. long. k. 6ft. Himalayas, 1840. 
See Fig. 562. (B. R. xxxi. 6.) 
S. E. variegata (variegated). This differs from the type in 
having Sie toaves biotolied with dull yellow. 
S. — (Japanese). fl. creamy-white, in a dense-flowered 
thyrse. Summer. Z. broad-ovate, acuminate, with a rounded or 
sub-cuneate base, glabrate above; midrib and veins pubescent 
beneath. Japan, &. A handsome shrub. See Fig. 563. 
(G. C. n. s., xxv. 561.) Syns. S. amurensis, Ligustrina amurensis. 
S. Josikæa (Countess von Josika’s).* /l. bluish-purple, scentless ; 
corolla limb slightly concave ; pedicel not exceeding the calyx. 
May. J. elliptic-lanceolate, acute, wrinkled, slightly ciliated, 
glabrous, intense green and shining above, whitish beneath ; 
tioles of the upper leaves two to three lines long. h. 5ft. to 10ft. 
ungary, 1835. (B. 24; B. M. 3278; B. R. 1733.) 
S. oblata (oblate). fl. purple, profusely produced in very orna- 
mental bunches ; cup of the calyx more acutely four-toothed than 
in the common Lilac. May. l. TOn Pg, large, rather fleshy, 
oblately cordate. China, 1859. About the size of the English 
Lilac, but more tree-like in general outline. There is a white- 
flowered variety. 
S. persica (Persian). fl. bluish-purple or white, the limb rather 
flat. May and June. J. lanceolate, acute, highly glabrous, some- 
times parted or pinnatifid. A. 4ft. to 5ft. Persia, 1640. The 
smallest species of the genus. 
S. p. in olia (entire-leaved). J. all undivided. (B. M. 486, 
under name of S, persica.) 
Fic, 564. BRANCH, IN FRUIT, OF SYRINGA PERSICA LACINIATA 
S. p. laciniata (torn). 1. all ly all, inciso-pinnatifid. 
See Fig. 564. e T a MAT lh memo? 
S. rothomagensis (Rouen). A synonym of S. dubia. 
8S. villosa (villous). /. bluish-purple ; corolla-tube slender, the 
limb with oblong, xed jibes. Maj. l. ovate’or ovate-elliptic, 
