SYRINGA 



SYRINGA 



1763 



as calyx. May. N.China. G.F. 1:221. A. G. 22:183.- 

 The earliest of all to bloom and handsome, with its 

 vinous red foliage in fall. Var. alba, Hort., has white 

 flowers. 



5. hyacinthiilora, Hort. (S. oblata x vulgaris). Inter- 

 mediate between the parents, with broadly ovate lvs., 

 turning purplish in fall. Only known in the double 

 form, var. plena, Lemoine. Many or perhaps most of 

 the newer double-flowered vars. have originated by 

 recrossing this form with vars. of S. vulgaris. 



6. vulgaris, Linn. Figs. 2453, 2454. Upright shrub 

 or small tree, 20 ft. high : lvs. ovate, truncate or slightly 

 cordate, acuminate, bright green, 2-4 in. long: fls. lilac, 

 blue, purplish or white, in large panicles. May. South- 

 eastern Europe to Caucasus and Afghanistan; some- 

 times escaped from gardens in the eastern states. B.M. 

 183. Gn. 53, p. 156. M.D.G. 1899:205. -The most im- 

 portant of the older original vars. are the following: 

 Var. alba, Dietr. , branches yellowish gray: fls. white: 

 buds yellowish green; blooms a week earlier than the 

 other vars. A.F. 12:1081. Var. caerulea, Dietr. Fls. 

 blue, in rather loose panicles. Var. purpurea, DC. (var. 

 rubra, Loud.). Fls. purplish red, in large and rather 

 dense panicles. Here belong also var. Marlyensis, 

 Hort., and Charles X. Var. violacea, Dietr. Fls. violet- 

 lilac, in rather loose panicles. Var. plena, Hort. With 

 double fls. There are several vars. with variegated lvs., 

 but these are hardly worth cultivating. 



7. Chinensis, Willd. {S. Persica x vulgaris. S. ditbia, 

 Pers. S. Rothomaginsis, Loud. S. Varlna, Dum.- 

 Cours.). Shrub, attaining 12 ft., with slender, often arch- 

 ing branches: lvs. ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, 2-4 in. 

 long: fls. purple-lilac, red or white, in large and broad 

 panicles. May. Originated in 1777 in Rouen, France. 

 R.H. 1883, p. 80. F. 1873, p. 76 (as S. Persica (.-Very 

 free-flowering. Var. alba, Loud., with white fls. Var. 

 Hetensis, Sim. -Louis, with pale purplish fls. Var. 

 Sougeana, Loud. (var. rubra, Lodd. ), with deep pur- 

 plish red fls. Var. duplex, Lemoine, with double purplish 

 lilac flowers. 



8. Persica, Linn. Fig. 2455. Shrub, attaining5-10 ft., 

 with slender, arching branches: lvs. lanceolate, acumi- 

 nate, 1J-2-3 in. long: fls. pale lilac or whitish, in rather 

 loose, broad panicles, about 3-4 in. long; pedicels as 

 long as or longer than calyx. May, June. Caucasus to 



Afghanistan. B.M. 486. -Var. alba, Loud. (S. Stein 

 cruysii, Hort.). Fls. white. Var. laciniata, Vahl (S 

 pteridifAlia, filicifblia and pinnatn, Hort.). With pin 

 nately lobed or pinnatifld lvs., of dwarfer habit and with 

 smaller panicles. R.H. 1878, p. 452, 453; 1883, p. 80 

 1901, pp. 40, 41. 



9. Pekinensis, Rupr. (LigustrXna Amure'nsis, var 

 Pekine'usts, Maxim. Ligustrhia Pekininsis, Regel) 

 Large shrub, attaining 15 ft., with slender, spreading 

 branches, brownish red when young: lvs. ovate to 

 ovate-lanceolate, usually narrowed at the base, acumi- 

 nate, rather dark green above, pale or grayish green and 

 glabrous beneath, 2-4 in. long, 1-1 14. in. broad: fls. yel- 

 lowish white in large panicles, usually in pairs at the 

 ends of branches; stamens about as long as limb. June, 

 N.China. G.F. 3:165; 7:385. M.D.G. 1899:425. -Large 

 shrub, of excellent habit, with handsome foliage re- 

 tained until late in fall; flowers profusely only when 

 older. Var. pendula, Hort. With very slender, pendu- 

 lous branches. 



10. Amurensis, Rupr. {S. ligustrhia, Hort. Ligustrina 

 Amure'nsis, var. Mandshitrica, Maxim. Ligustrlna 

 Amnrhisis, Regel). Shrub, attaining 12 ft., with 

 spreading or upright branches: lvs. broadly ovate to 

 ovate, usually rounded at the base, bright green above, 

 pale or grayish green and glabrous beneath, 2-6 in. 

 long, \}4~~Vi in. broad: fls. yellowish white, in large, 

 rather loose panicles; stamens almost twice as long as 

 limb. June. Manchuria. Gt. 12:396; 45, p. 64. G.F. 

 2:271. Gn. 12, p. 623, 624. R.H. 1877, p. 453-455.- 

 Sometimes cult, under the name S. Sibiriea. or 5. Si- 

 biriea alba. 



11. Jap6nica, Decne. [LigustrXna Amure'nsis, var. 

 Japdnica, Maxim.). Fig. 2456. Pyramidal tree, attain- 

 ing 30 ft., with upright branches: lvs. broadly ovate to 

 broadly elliptic, rounded or slightly cordate at the base, 

 shortly acuminate, pale green beneath, and usually pu- 

 bescent when young, 3-7 in. long: fls. yellowish white, 

 in very large panicles often 1 ft. or more long; stamens 

 little longer than limb. June, July. Japan. B.M. 7534 

 (as S. Amurensis). G.C. II. 25:561. G.F. 2:293, 295. 

 D.G.M. 1899:424. Gt. 37:217. Mn. 4, p. 5; 7, p. 167. 

 R.H. 1894, p. 325. -Very desirable free-flowering tree 

 and quite hardy north. Var. argentea, Temple, has the 

 lvs. variegated with silvery white. Alfred Rehder. 



2456. Syrinea Japonica (X J 4 > 



