SYMPLOCOS 



Itranolies pubescent: Ivs. short-petioled, oval orohovafe 

 Ui iililong-obovate, acute or acuminate, sharply .serran , 

 rhstiiictlv veined beneath and more or les-s pubescent at 



lilt M'n- r-ir. h -l-ihroi,. I'-fui Ion- fls. white, 



(. . . , , , ., s«) s" 'I I ' ublong-oval 



I . I I I I - il\ 1-seedeil 



III' llimalavah 



SYRINGA 



17.39 



much like those of Thalictrum; fls. resembling those of 

 Anemone quinquefolia, appearing before the basal 

 leaves. March-June. Common in woods and open 

 fields. L.B.C. 10:9(i4. Gn. 35:099. B.M. 860. I.H. 

 6:211. — Var. flore-plfeno, Hort. Flowers double. Very 

 pretty. L.B.C. «:770. F.S. 11:1155. R.B. 11:205. 



K. C. Da 



SYNGONIUM I 



SYNADENIUM i fir. i k name, indicating the united 



,-1 ' ' \ - 11 1- "j" n species of some- 



V I I I M -I ir and tropical Af- 



n I I i\ing the glands of 



Giautu. 11 . 1 -rnoiii, iliM K 1 1 iiiih..! r,-10ft.: Ivs. 

 iiN.iii -|.iiulii. 1 in li.ii_ ih. hot. inn. iiv cymes with 



Ilnn ^ . ultn .lU .1 « ilh sii. . ul. nl , in l...t..nl. K'lrdens. 



.S arhun^LL,,^, Buiss , h.is yellow nn.. lucres B JI 7184. 

 J. B. S. Norton. 



SYHCAKPIA (Greek, together and friiit, referring to 

 the head-like clusters of capsules). Jfi/rti'iint Two 

 species of Australian trees with ..|.| .- ' [ . niii 



nerved, evergreen leaves anil i .il . i ' w 



ers in dense, globular heads . iih. i K 



or in terminal panicles: c.ih \ nil.. ..f 



rally 4, spre.Klmg; stamens 

 'J-3-loculed; ovules 1-several 

 ■uneate. 



PENTiNE Tree. Lvs. broadly 

 ituse or obtusely acuminate, 

 iig as if in whorls of 4: fls. 

 iracts of variable size under 



at the li.ise; petals broadly 

 ili.iii J Iin. s l.,nir ovary 3- 



' " '' ' I' - \' cording to 



1.1 ti..i.„.,l JM.iits ■• this tree 



F. W. Barclay. 



SYNDfiSMON (Greek, bound together, because the 



lint unit, s . baracters of Thalictrum and Anemone). 



.'' ' niE Anemone. A monotypic genus of 



. . I ica. Glabrous perennial herb from 



1.. lous roots: basal Ivs. 2-3-ternately 



1 re similar but sessile, the Ifts. be- 



\\h, re they should be left undisturbe.I for \. ,irs Tin \ 



Mon of roots in si.ring or fall.' 



thalictroldes, Hotfmg. (Aneimhie fhalictruldi^. Thii- 

 tictriim anenwnoldes.Michn.). Plant 3-C m. high : lvs. 



HltlinMlk\ 1111. e .111.1 sii iijs i....iiii.; .iiicl leaf -bearing at 



'I. •. I.- l\s. sagitt.itL. lii(..iiini„' with age pedately 



I .1 I ..11 long petioles, with a persistent accres- 



h peduncles short : spathe yellowish or 



..ii; tube small, ovoid, persistent: spadix 



I It 1 il 11 rhe spathe: staminate fls. with3-4stamens, 



l.istillate fl. with oblong-ovoid 2 or abortively 1-loculed 



ovary; seeds solitary in the locules, obovoid or globose, 



black. All the aroids are monographed in Latin in DC. 



Mon. Phan. vol. 2, 1879. 



podophyllum, Schott. .\ t.ii.Ui . lei ping plant: lvs. 

 becoming .5-7-pinnatis. . t ( i. m I ii_' jietioles becom- 

 ing 15-20 in. long: tub. ..t tin s, .n,, i-ij^ in. long: 

 blade of the spathe 2' . in Ion;;. 1:1 . . iiish outside, white 

 within. The typical form is probably not in cult. 



Var. albolineatum, Engl. {S. albotineHfum, Bull.), 

 has whitish co.stte and lateral nerves. Offered by John 

 Saul, 1893, presumably as a tender foliage plant. 



F. W. Barclay. 



SfNTHYEIS (Greek, together a.nd little door or valve, 

 the valves of the capsule long adhering below to the 

 short placentiferous axis). Scrophnlaiidcea. Six spe- 

 cies of hardy herbaceous p. i. niii ils. native to western 

 North America. S. n mf >i lui-, is ,1 tiitt. d plant bearing 

 a few scapes about a t....t hi.li '1 li. inflorescence is a 

 raceme about 5 in. loni;»itli il.o.it 41) purple-blue fls. 

 each Vs of an inch a.ioss in 1 tj.;l.ind this plant is 

 considered a winter blo..ti.. 1 , 11 i1..\mis there in Feb- 

 ruary or March, occasn.n .Ih N..\i mb.-r. 



Synthyris is nearly r* 1 .t- .i t.. \\ ult. ma of southeast- 

 ern Europe and the linn .1 .x .- I.m tin .iifi.ei -cells are 

 not confluent and th. s .11. their na- 



tive region they are sin .1 I nil small 



purplish or flesh-col. .1 'generic 



characters: Plants yliin.... .1 |ii ili .1.1. thick: 



radical l\s ].. tioL.l. oy.ite or oblong and crenate or 

 incise. I |. mil .ti-. . 1 . ,dyx 4-parted; corolla-tube very 

 short, 1. i . s I (.1 n ,]h . stamens 2; style entire at apex: 

 capsul. . ..iii|.i. s.. .1 



remformis, n. nth l.n.;. 1 .111. 1 stout, r plant than the 

 next, with iiioi. 1 Ml. I\ .III 1. .ih.iy lvs., longer 

 anil stontt 1 s. n . n .1 i .. . m. sh. 1 1. i j.edicels, narrow 

 sepals .111.1 I ..1..II I l.il.. s. , j^l,,l.,.s, . ..i,.lla-tube and more 

 seeds in the cells, llie. To Wash. Introduced by Wool- 

 son, Passaic, N. J. 



rotundifolia, Gray. Smaller, with weak, slender scape 

 .■)-4 in. high, shorter than the membranous, broadly 

 crenate lvs., a small tew-fld. raceme, broader sepals and 

 corolla-lobes, fewer seeds in the cells and capsule di- 

 varicately 2-lobed instead of merely eniarginate. Shady 

 coniferous woods of Oregon. Offered in 1881 by Edward 

 Gillett. w. M. 



SYKtNGA (of doubtful meaning; probably from 

 stjrmx, pipe, because pipes are easily made from the 

 straight stems of Philadelphus by removing the pith, 

 and the name Sywiiga had been origiiiall> applii .1 to 

 Philadelphus, but was transfo-red att, iw.i.N 1.. ih, 

 Lilac). Olei'ierif. Lilac. Ornamental .b . i.liions sin nl.s 

 or rarely trees, with 



lilu 



tls 



upright paiii.-l. 'I h. I il 1. s .1. m ..1 _ ...ir most 



popular anil 01 n mi. ni,.l il.\\.iin^ -Imil. m.l hardly 



griinci of th. .. .111111011 Lilai- is \ei\ sweet, as also of 

 Siti Hi 1,1 '<hl,il,, mi\ S. pubescent,. The strong odor of 

 ,s'. Clini. II-,!-, IS 11, .t .cjreeable to every one. S. villosa 

 and ./..m/. Id an .ilniost scentless. S. Amurensls and 

 Its alius haM' oiilj a slight odor similar to that of the 

 Privet. Almost all" species are hardy north. S. villosa, 

 var. Emodi. is somewhat tender north. 



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