112 OLIVE FAMILY 



Syringa vulgaris Linne 1753 Common Lilac 



Shrub, 6-20 ft. high ; leaves ovate, margin entire, tip acute or pointed, 

 base truncate, rounded or cordate, often oblique, smooth and green on 

 both sides, 5-8 cm. long, 3-5 cm. wide, petioles V/z-2 x /k cm. long; flowers 

 in large apparently terminal thyrses 8-20 cm. long, lilac to white, 10-12 

 mm. long, on short glandular pedicels; capsule oblong, 15-25 mm. long, 

 4 mm. wide ; vulgaris, common. 



Cultivated throughout the state, and sometimes an escape; native of 

 Europe. The best and most reliable of the several cultivated species, 

 especially desirable for ornamental hedges. 



Syringa persica Linne 1753 Persian Lilac 



Shrub, 6-12 ft. high; leaves lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, margin 

 entire, tip pointed, base tapering, smooth and green on both sides, 3-7 

 cm. long, 2-3 cm. wide ; flowers in loose, apparently terminal panicles. 

 7-12 cm. long, pale lilac to white; capsule oblong, 15-20 mm. long; 

 persicus, Persian, from its home. 



The species rarely cultivated in Minnesota, and rather inferior in 

 most respects to the common lilac; native of Asia, Caucasus to Afghan- 

 istan. The hybrid between the common lilac and the Persian lilac, 

 S. chinensis, is common. 



Syringa villosa V a h 1 1805 Hairy Lilac 



Shrub, 5-8 ft. high; leaves broadly elliptic to oblong, margin ciliate, 

 acute at tip and base, bright green and smooth above, somewhat hairy 

 below on the midrib, 6-15 cm. long, 3-7 cm. wide; flowers in terminal 

 leafy panicles, 7-16 cm. long, lilac, pinkish or white; villosa, hairy, 

 in reference to the hairy leaves. 



Occasionally cultivated; native of Asia. 



Syringa amurensis R u p r e c h t 1857 Siberian Lilac 



Shrub, 8-12 ft. high; leaves ovate or round-ovate, margin entire, tip 

 acute, base rounded, smooth on both sides, bright green above, pale be- 

 neath, 5-15 cm. long, 3-6 cm. wide; flowers in large loose panicles 8-20 

 cm. long, yellowish white, the stamens projecting from the corolla tube: 

 amurensis, of the river Amur, in reference to the original locality. 



Rare in cultivation; native of Manchuria and Siberia. 



