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SYRINGA 



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

 broadly elliptic, rounded or slightly cordate at the base, 

 shortly acuminate, pale green beneath, and usually 

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

 white, in very large pubescent panicles often 1 ft. or 

 more long; stamens little longer than limb. June, July. 

 Japan. B.M. 7534 and S.I.F 2:63 (as S. amurensis). 

 G.C. II. 25:561. Gn. 76, p. 356. G. 29:549. G.F. 

 2:293,295. M.D G. 1899:424; 1907:381. Gt. 37:217. 

 Mn. 4, p. 5; 7, p. 167. R.H. 1894, p. 325. Very 

 desirable free-flowering tree and quite hardy N. Var. 

 argentea, Temple, has the Ivs. variegated with silvery 

 white. 



S. albo-rdsea, N. E. Br. . . S. tomentella. S. Koehneana, Schneid. 

 (S. velutina, Hort., not Komarov). Allied to S. pubescens. Young 

 branchlets puberulous: lys. oval to oblong-lanceolate, pubescent on 

 both sides. 2-3 in. long: infl. 3-4 in. long, pubescent: fls. pale lilac. 

 China. S. Komardvii, Schneid. Allied to S. villosa. Lvs. oblong- 

 ovate, pubescent beneath, 4-6 in. long: infl. narrowly pyramidal, to 

 6 in. long, pubescent: corolla lilac; anthers partly exserted. W. 

 China. Var. Sargentiana, Schneid. Branchlets slightly pubescent: 

 infl. usually somewhat larger: corolla purple; anthers usually 

 scarcely exserted. W. China. <S. Meyeri, Schneid. Allied to S. 

 pubescens. Small shrub: Ivs. elliptic-9vate, sparingly pubescent 

 beneath: i"fl, rather dense: fls. lilac with very slender tube over 

 Jiin. long. N. China. Blooms when scarcely a foot high. S. pin- 

 natifolia, Hemsl. Allied to S. persica. Lvs. pinnate, 2-3 Ji in. long 

 with 9-11 sessile and decurrent Ifts.: infl. slender, about 2 in. long; 

 fls. whitish pink, the tube Jin. long. W. China. G.C. III. 55:269. 

 S. Rehderiana, Schneid. Allied to S. villosa. Branchlets tomen- 

 tose: Ivs. elliptic, pubescent on both sides, 3-4 in. long: infl. 

 broadly pyramidal, to 7 in. long, villous: fls. white. W. China. &. 

 Sargentiana, Schneid.=S. Komarovii var. Sargentiana. S. semper- 

 virens, Franch. Shrub, to 4 ft., glabrous: Ivs. persistent, coriaceous, 

 broadly oval, obtuse or acutish, 1-1 % in. long: fls. white, Jim. 

 long, in dense panicle* 2-3 in. long: fr. fleshy, dehiscent. S. W. 

 China. It looks more like a privet than like a lilac; not hardy N. 

 S. Sweginzbwii, Koehne & Lingelsh. Allied to S. villosa. Lvs. 

 ovate, usually rounded at the base, pubescent beneath only near 

 the veins, 2-4 in. long: infl. to 10 in. long, with purple rachis: fls. 

 yellowish white suffused with pink, fragrant, the tube about Jim. 

 long. E. Asia. G.C. III. 57:345. M.D. 1910, p. 112. S. tomen- 

 tella. Bur. & Franch. (S. albo-rosea, N. E. Br.). Allied to S. vil- 

 losa. Branchlets glabrous or short-pubescent: Ivs. elliptic to oblong- 



SYZYGIUM 



lanceolate, more or less pubescent beneath, 1-3 Yi in. long: infl. 

 dense, to 7 in. long, puberulous; fls. lilac-pink; tube over Jiin. 

 long. W. China. M.D. 1910, p. 112. -S. velutina, Hort., not 

 Komarov=S. Koehneana. The true S. velutina, Komarov, is 

 apparently not in cult. ; it differs chiefly in its larger Ivs. and the 

 glandular petioles and infl. S. Wilsonii, Schneid. Allied to S. vil- 

 osa. Lvs. elliptic-ovate, to elliptic-lanceolate, pubescent beneath 



near the veins, 2 J-5 in. long: infl. broad, to 6 in. long, glabrous 

 or nearly so; fls. white or lilac, tube about Jiin. long. W. China. 

 S. Wdlfii, Schneid. Allied to S. villosa. Lvs. elliptic-oblong, 

 nearly glabrous: infl. to 12 in. long: fls. lilac, fragrant, %in. long. 

 N. China. Remarkable for its very large panicles. S. yunnanensis, 

 Franch. Allied to S. villosa. Shrub: Ivs. elliptic- oblong to oblong- 

 lanceolate, glaucescent beneath, glabrous, 1J-;3J3 in. long: infl. 

 slender, 3-6 in. long, puberulous: fls. pinkish, with upright-spread- 

 ing lobes. S. W. China. ^^ REHDER 



SYZYGIUM (from the Greek, united, referring to 

 the calyptrate petals). Myrtacex. Trees and shrubs 

 of the tropics of the Old World, variously defined and 

 by some authors made a section of Eugenia: from 

 Eugenia proper the group differs in the united petals, 

 the calyx truncate or with a 4-5-lobed limb and no 

 staminal disk: fls. small, in compact clusters: fr. 

 small 1- or 2-seeded berries. As defined by Niedenzu, 

 the genus has about 140 species. One or two names 

 under this genus appear in the trade. For S. jambolana, 

 see Eugenia, jambolana, p. 1163, Vol. II. 



operculatum, Niedz. (S. nervdsum, DC. Eugenia 

 operculctta, Roxbg.). A large evergreen tree with 4- 

 angled or nearly terete branches: Ivs. opposite, broad- 

 ovate or elliptic, rounded or somewhat acuminate at 

 apex and narrowed at base, 3-8 in. long, dark green 

 and glossy, the primary lateral nerves few and sepa- 

 rated: fls. in 3's and collected into a more or less thyr- 

 soid infl., greenish: berry J^in. or less diam., juicy, 

 edible. Himalaya. This name appears recently in 

 Calif.: young plants described as having handsome 

 foliage; said to be an acquisition. L. H. B. 



3764. Syringa japonica. (XJi) 



