OLEINiE. IX. SYRINGA. X. FORSYTHIA. XL FONTANESIA. XII. NOTELJEA. 



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TrifelH. 



Corolla funnel-shaped or campanulate. 4- 

 parted. Stamens 2, short. Fruit capsular, 2-celled. 



IX. SYRINGA (<rvpiy, syrinx, a pipe ; the branches are 

 long and straight, and are filled with medulla ; hence the old 

 name of the lilac, pipe-tree. Linnaeus places it among poetical 

 names. The story of the nymph Syrinx in Ovid is well known. 

 The English name of the genus is from lilac or lilag, the Persian 

 word for a flower). Lin. gen. no. 22. Gaertn. fruct. 1. t. 49. 

 Lilac, Tourn. inst. t. 372. Juss. gen. p. 105. Lila, Flieder. 



Lix. SYST. D'tandria, Monogynia. Calyx small, 4-toothed. Co- 

 rolla funnel-shaped, with a 4-parted limb. Stamens 2, inclosed. 

 Stigma bifid. Capsule ovate, compressed, 2-celled, 2-valved, 

 2-seeded ; valves navicular, with a narrow dissepiment in the 

 middle. Shrubs with simple leaves ; and thyrsoid terminal 

 panicles of flowers, which are oppositely branched. Flowers 

 purple or white. 



1 S. VULGA'RIS (Lin. spec. 11.) leaves ovate-cordate, acumin- 

 ated. I? . H. Native of Persia, and of Hungary, in chalky 

 precipices in the Cverna valley, and mount Domoglet, as well 

 as the whole group of rocks along the Danube. Lam. ill. t. 7. 

 Schmidt, oestr. baum. t. 77. Duham. arb. 2. t. 138. Schkuhr, 

 handb. 1. t. 2. Lilac vulgaris, Gaertn. Leaves glabrous, shin- 

 ing, broad. The common lilac, now so plentiful in every plant- 

 ation, was a great rarity in the year 1597. 



J'ar. a, ccerulea. The common blue lilac. Ger. emac. 1399. 

 f. 2. Clus. hist. 1. p. 50. Besl. eyst. t. 1. f. 2. Park. par. 

 407. t. 409. f. 4. theat. 1467. f. 1. 



Var. ft, ilolacea. The common purple lilac. Curt. bot. mag. 

 183. Mill. fig. t. 163. 



far. y, alba. The common white lilac. 



Common Lilac. Fl. May. Clt. 1590. Shrub 8 to 10 feet. 



2 S. EMODI (Wall. cat. no. 2831.) leaves elliptic-oblong, 

 glaucous beneath, attenuated at the base, and acuminated at the 

 apex. J? . H. Native of Kamaon, towards the Himalaya. 

 Branches warted. Thyrse terminal, panicled. Capsules almost 

 cylindrical. Bud scales permanent at the base of the year's 

 shoots. Flowers apparently purple. 



Emodi Lilac. Shrub 8 to 10 feet. ? 



3 S. JOSIK-E'A (Jacq. in bot. zeit. 1831. t. 67. Rchb. pl.crit. 

 no. 1019. t. 780.) leaves elliptic-lanceolate, acute, ciliated, 

 wrinkled, glabrous, on short petioles, white beneath. Tj . H. 

 Native of Transylvania. Hook. bot. mag. t. 3278. Lindl. bot. 

 reg. 1733. Flowers purple. 



Josika's Lilac. Fl. April, May. Clt. 1832. Sh. 6 to 8 ft. 



4 S. CHINE'NSIS (Willd. spec. 1. p. 48. berl. baum. 498.) 

 leaves ovate-lanceolate, fj . H. Native of China. S. dubia, 

 Pers. ench. 1. p. 9. Lilaceum Rolhamagense, Renault, fl. de 

 Torn. p. 100. S. media, Dum. FIG. 9. 



Cours. 1. p. 709. Flowers 

 purple. An intermediate plant 

 between S. rulgare and S. Per- 

 sica. In Belgium there is a hy- 

 brid between this and S. rul- 

 gare, called Lilac de Merli, 

 which is probably S. Rothama- 

 gensis, Turp. et Poit. fl. de Par. 

 Chinese Lilac. Fl. May, Ju. 

 Clt. 1795. Sh. 4 to 5 ft." 



5 S. PE'RSICA (Lin. spec. 

 11.) leaves small, lanceolate, 

 entire. ^ . H. Native of 

 Persia. Curt. bot. mag. 486. 

 Mill. fig. 164. f. 1. Lilac 

 minor, Moench. Lilac Persica, 



Lam. Munting. t. 57. Pluk. phyt. 227. f. 8. Flowers pur- 

 ple, (f. 9.) 



Var. ft, alba ; leaves lanceolate, entire ; flowers white. 



The White Persian Lilac. 



Var. y, laciniata (Mill. diet. no. 3. fig. t. 164. f. 2.) leaves 

 jagged or pinnatifid ; flowers purple. ^ . H. Lin. hort. 

 cliff. 6. Lodd. bot. cab. 1107. Munting, t. 56. Tourn. inst. 

 602. S. capitata, Gmel. itin. 3. p. 304. t. 32. f. 1. Schmidt, 

 arb. 2. p. 79. The cut-leaved Persian Lilac. 



Persian Lilac. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1640. Sh. 4 to 6 ft. 



6 S. VILLOSA (Vahl, enum. 1. p. 38.) leaves oblong, acute 

 at both ends, villous beneath, ij . H. Native of China, on 

 mountains about Pekin. Thyrse terminal. Perhaps the same 

 as Ligustrum Sinense, Lour. 



J'illous Lilac. Shrub. 



Cult. The species of Lilac are well known elegant shrubs. 

 They are very proper for shrubberies, and are increased very 

 readily by layers, or by suckers from the root. 



X. FORSY'THIA (named after William Forsyth, his Ma- 

 jesty's gardener at Kensington ; author of Observations on the 

 Diseases of Trees, with an account of a particular method of 

 cure. London, 1791, &c.) Vahl, enum. 1. p. 39. Syringa 

 species, Thunb. Lilac species, Lam. 



LIN. SYST. Diandria, Monogynia. Calyx 4-parted. Co- 

 rolla sub-campanulate, quadrifid. Stamens equal in length to 

 the calyx, with short filaments and oblong anthers. Style length 

 of calyx ; stigma 2-lobed. An ascending depending shrub, 

 with tetragonal branches : and oval, serrated, simple, or ternate 

 leaves. Flowers 1-2-3 together, yellow. Calycine segments 

 lanceolate. 



1 F. SUSPE'NSA (Vahl. enum. 1. p. 39.). f; . F. Native of 

 Japan, where it is often cultivated for the elegance of its flowers. 

 Syringa suspensa, Thunb. fl. jap. 19. t. 3. Lilac perpense, 

 Lam. diet. 3. p. 515. Rengio, Koempf. amoen. 5. p. 907. 



Suspended Forsythia. Shrub hanging. 



Cull. For culture and propagation see Bolioaria, p. 58. 



XI. FONTANE'SIA (named after M. Rene Louiche Des- 

 fontaines, author of Flora Atlantica, 2 vols. 4to. Paris. 1798- 

 1799, and several other works). Labill. pi. syr. dec. 1. p. 9. 1. 1. 

 Lam. ill. 1. t. 22. 



LIN. SYST. Diandria, Monogynia. Calyx 4-6 parted, per- 

 manent. Corolla 4-6-parted, deciduous. Stamens 2, elongated. 

 Stigma bifid, hooked. Capsule a 2-4-winged, 2-celled, papery, 

 indehiscent samara; cells 1-seeded. An evergreen shrub, with 

 lanceolate leaves, and axillary racemes of whitish-yellow flowers. 

 Habit of Philly'rea media. This genus seems to be a connecting 

 link between the tribe Fraxiniece and Oliece. 



1 F. PHILLYREOIDES (Labill. syr. dec. 1. p. 9. t. 1.). I? . F. 

 Native of Syria, between Laodicea and mount Cassius, and of 

 Sicily. Lodd. bot. cab. 1308. Leaves acute at both ends. 



Phillyrea-like Fontanesia. Fl. Aug. Clt. 1787. Shrub 10 

 to 1 4 feet. 



Cult. This shrub will stand in the open air, in a sheltered 

 situation, such as against a south wall, with a little protection 

 in severe winters, although it is generally treated as a green- 

 house plant. It may either be increased by cuttings, under a 

 band-glass, or by layering. 



Tribe IV. 



NOTEL^I^. Calyx 4-parted or 4-cleft. Corolla of 4 

 petals. Stamens 2. Fruit drupaceous or capsular. 



XII. NOTEL^A (from voroe, notos, south, and \aa, elaia, 

 an olive ; in reference to the genus being allied to &lea, and 

 from its native country). Vent, choix. t. 25. R. Br. prod, 

 p. 527. Rhyzospermum, Gaertn. fruct. 3. p. 232. t. 224. 



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