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SAXIFRAGE FAMILY 



P. brar?dif lorus 



Philadclpbu^ 



Key to the Species 



1. Flowers solitary or few, not odorous, leaves 8- 



12 cm. long P. grandiflorus 



2. Flowers racemose, odorous, leaves 12-20 cm. 



long P. coronarius 



Philadelphus grandiflorus W i 1 1 d e n o w 1809 Large-flowered 



Syringa 



A shrub 2-3 m. (6-9 ft.) high, with reddish twigs, bark on the older 

 branches grayish, buds covered by the base of the petioles; leaves ovate 

 to ovate-lanceolate, narrowed towards the base, acuminate at the apex, 

 3 nerved, teeth or serrations distant, small, glabrous or nearly so, 6-10 cm. 

 long, 3-6 cm. broad, petiole less than 1 cm. long; flowers 1-3 borne at the 



