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ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BlUTANNICUM. 



1243. S. rothomag^ 



S. media Dum. Cours. 1. p. 709. ; Lilas Varin N. DuHam.; S. chia&isis Willd. Sp. 1. p. 48., 

 Don's Mill. 4. p. 51. ; S. sibfrica Hort. ; the Siberian Lilac Hort. 

 Engravings. N. Du Ham., 2. t. 63. ; and our Jig. 1'243. 



Spec. Char., $c. Leaves ovate-lanceolate. 

 Flowers purple. (Don's Mill.} An inter- 

 mediate plant between S. vulgaris and S. 

 persica. A shrub, from 6 ft. to 8 ft. high ; a 

 hybrid between S. vulgaris and S. persica ; 

 raised at Rouen by M. Varin, the director 

 of the Botanic Garden there. Introduced 

 in 1795. Flowers purple ; May and June. 



Varieties. 



Si S. r. 2 Lilas Royal Bon Jardin. 1836, 

 has the flowers more compact than 

 the species. 



& S. r. SsaugeanaHort. ; Lilas sauge, Fr. ; 

 differs from the Lilas Varin in having 

 the flowers more red and more beau- 

 tiful. S. coccinea and chinensis 

 rubra Lodd. Cat. ed. 1836 appear to 

 be identical with this variety, or very slightly different. 



It is of very vigorous growth, and a most 

 abundant flowerer ; and, in favourable soils 

 and situations, it will attain the height of 10 or 

 12 feet. 



S. Emodi Wall. Cat. No. 2831., Don's 

 Mill. iv. p. 51., Royle Illust. p. 267. t. 65. 

 f. 2., and our fig. 1244., has the leaves ellip- 

 tic-oblong, glaucous beneath, attenuated at the 

 base, and acuminated at the apex. Branches 

 warted. Thyrse terminal and panicled. Cap- 

 sules almost cylindrical. The bud-scales per- 

 manent at the base of the year's shoots. A 

 shrub, 8ft. to 10 ft. high, native of Kamaon, 

 towards the Himalayas, with purple flowers. 

 This very ornamental and desirable plant has 

 lately been raised in the H. S. Gardens from 

 seeds received from the Himalayas. , 244> s , E mi>di. 



GENUS V. 



FONTANE'S/^ Labil). THE FONTANESIA. Lin. Syst. Diandria Monogynia. 



Identification. Labill. PL Syr., dec. 1. p. 9. t. 1. ; Don's Mill., 4. p. 81. 



Derivation. Named after Rene Louiche Des Fontaines, author of Flora Atlantica, 2 vols. 4to, 

 Paris, 1798-99, and several other works. 



Gen. Char., $c Calyx 4 6-parted, permanent. Corolla 4 6-parted, de- 

 ciduous. Stamens 2, elongated. Stigma bifid, hooked. Capsule a 2 4- 

 winged, 2-celled, papery, indehiscent samara j cells l-seeded. (Don's Mill.) 

 Leaves simple, alternate, exstipulate, sub-evergreen ; lanceolate, flowers 

 in ^axillary racemes, whitish yellow. Shrubs with the habit of Phillyrea 

 media, natives of Asia, and forming a connecting link between .Fraxinieae 

 and Oleinae. Layers, in common soil. 



