652 LOGANIACEAE (LOGAN I A FAMILY) 



Ark. Small or middle-sized tree, with very tough and lissile wood. Bruised 

 foliage exhales the odor of Elder. 



2. SYRiNGA L. LILAC 



Corolla salver-formed, much exceeding the 4-toothed calyx, pale violet to 

 roseate or white. Ovary 2-celled; ovules 2 in each cell, pendulous. Upright 

 shrubs with simple opposite ovate or lanceolate leaves and numerous flowers 

 in thyrsoid or pyramidal panicles. (Name from <rvpiy, a pij><' r tube, perhaps 

 in reference to the tubular corolla, perhaps to the use of the wood for pipe-stems 

 or whistles.) 



1. S. VULGARIS L. (COMMON L.) Leaves ovate, acuminate, entire, truncate 

 or subcordate at base, slender-petioled ; corolla lilac-purple, rarely white. 

 Long popular in cultivation and not rarely found in a wild state. (Introd. 

 from Eu.) 



3. ADELIA P. Br. 



Calyx of 4 minute sepals. Anthers oblong. Ovary ovoid, 2-celled, with 2 

 pendulous ovules in each cell ; style slender ; stigma somewhat 2-lobed. Drupe 

 small, ovoid, 1-celled, 1-seeded. Shrubs, with opposite and often fascicled 

 deciduous leaves, and small flowers from the axils of the preceding year. Fertile 

 peduncles short, 1-3-flowered. (Name from dSrjXos, obscure, from the minute 

 flowers.) FORESTIERA Poir. 



1. A. acuminata Michx. (SWAMP PRIVET.) Glabrous, somewhat spines- 

 cent, 1.5-3 m. high ; leaves thin, oblong-ovate or ovate-lanceolate, acuminate 

 at both ends, often serrulate ; drupe elongated-ellipsoid, usually pointed. 

 (Forestiera Poir.) Wet river-banks and swamps, s. w. Ind. to Mo., s. to 

 Tex. 



4. CHIONANTHUS L. FRINGE-TREE 



Calyx 4-parted, very small, persistent. Petals barely united at base. Stamens 

 2 (rarely 3 or 4), on the very base of the corolla, very short. Stigma notched. 

 Drupe fleshy, globular, becoming 1-celled, 1-3-seeded. Low trees or shrubs, 

 with deciduous and entire petioled leaves, and delicate flowers in loose and 

 drooping graceful panicles, from lateral buds. (Name from x 4 ^"? snow, and 

 &v6os, blossom, alluding to the light and snow-white clusters of flowers.) 



1. C. virglnica L. (OLD MAN'S BEARD.) Leaves oval, oblong, or obovate- 

 lanceolate ; flowers on slender pedicels ; petals 2-2.5 cm. long, narrowly linear, 

 acute, varying to 5 or 6 in number ; drupe purple, with a bloom, ovoid, 1-1.8 cm. 

 long. River-banks, N. J. and Pa. to Fla., Tex., and Mo. Very ornamental 

 in cultivation. May, June. 



5. LIGUSTRUM [Tourn.] L. PRIVET 



Calyx short-tubular, 4-toothed, deciduous. Stamens 2, on the tube of the 

 corolla, included. Berry 2-celled, 1-2-seeded. Shrubs with entire leaves and 

 small white flowers in terminal panicles. (The classical name.) 



1. L. VULGARE L. (PRIVET or PRIM.) Leaves very smooth ; berries black. 

 Used for low hedges, and naturalized from Me. to Ont. and N. C. June, 

 July. (Introd. from Eu.) 



LOGANIACEAE (LOGANIA FAMILY) 



HI rl>s, shrubs, or trees, with opposite and entire leaves, and stipule* r 

 stipnlar ni<-in!>r<iin- < line between tin m. <///</ n-ith reyuJar 4 5-merow 

 tnn/i'ous perfect .//'mv/vs, the ovary free from tin' <-al>j.f : a connecting group 

 between GcutniinK'i'ni . A/>ci/, ,,><<, n-. Srri>/>liiil<iri<ic<'<rr (from all which they 

 are known by their stipules) and Rubiaceae, from which they differ in their 



