1762 SYRINGA 



check the plants receive from lifting will induce them 

 to form new flower- buds. These plants will force with 

 the greatest certainty. It is well to allow five weeks for 

 the earliest forcing. A strong heat is nefpssary. he- 

 ginning at 60° for th" fi^-t t.-w .l;nv iui.l iii.Ti-Hsiiiu- to 

 7'.° or 80°. with a ch.ii- ,mmi,_ I - im,^-i,_- mI 



^rulea. 6. ovnUfntin.?,. Sougeana. (. 



ihki. 7. Iiallid.-l. 1 Stmirniiisii. 8. 



n.le.x, 7. Pekinpiisis, 9. Varina. 7. 



iinMli. 2. pendula, 9. villosa, 2, 3. 



'irifiihii. K. Persica, 8. violacea, 6. 



.•acinthiliora. .'i. pinnata, 8. vulgaris, 6. 



UioniiM. 11. plena, 5, 6. 



\. Tube of corolla much loiuje.r than 

 calyx: anthers sessile, not ex- 



B. Panicles on Ualy hranehes. 



iiiithlh oi III, till, r I. JoaikaBa 



CO. Slilii<.iix i„s,l-l,,l llrur ihr 



iiiniiii, ,,i III, i,ii„ L'. villosa 



BB. P«»(V/.N /,,„„ /„/.,„/ h„,ls. 



iri/h.',il !rs.: I,rn,ii,,l! Iiinl 



of hiiliirh, s .vM/,,.ir.s..;,./. 



c. U)iilir siile of Irs. ,ir,niisl, 



(jreen, pubescent at Iti*' iiiiil- 



rib when young 3. pubescens 



CO. Underside of Ivs. green. iitiile 

 glabrous. 

 D. Lvs. truncate or cordate at 

 base. 

 E. Shape of Ins. roundisli 



or broadly ovale 4. oblata 



.".. hyacinthiflora 



EE. Shape of lvs. or<iU i;. vulgaris 



DD. Lvs. narrowed tointnl iln- 

 base. 



hnir,,ilai, 7. Chinensis 



EE. Sluiiir of hf li ,n,n!,ii,. n. Persica 

 A. Tube short. 1,111. /,.,.-/., ih„„ 



whil,' A./'' ■■...' 

 B. Bas, ■ ' .' '. i,,i rro,e, ,1. 11. Peklnensis 



BB. Bus, ,.l ,, - o;,,i .-oinnleil. 



c. Pl,n,i ,1 ..I, I III 10. Amurensis 



cc. Plant a tree 11. Japonica 



1. Josikaea,.Tapr|. Slinih, attaining 12 ft. .with upright. 



S!;YRlNtiA 



2. villdsa, Vahl, not Decne., nor Hooker, nor Koehne. 

 Figs. 2450, 2451. Bushy shrub, 8 ft. high, with rather 

 stout, upright, terete and warty branches : lvs. broadly 

 elliptic to oblong, acute at both ends, finely ciliate, 

 bright green and dull above, pubescent on the midrib 

 or glabrous beneath, 3-7 in. long: lis. pinkish lilac or 

 whitish, short-pediceled, in broad or somewhat narrow 

 panicles, 3-7 in. long; stamens inserted near the mouth; 

 sepals half-upright. May, June. China to Himalayas. 

 The common form, var. rosea, Cornu {S. Brftschneideri, 



2455. Syrinea Persica. one of the 



Lilacs (X %). 



Lemoiue). has broadlv elliptic or elliptic lvs. and pink 

 Hs. in rather large paiiicl.s with hafv bracts at the 

 base. K.H. lh(<X:4:i2. CI l.;-_'l i , n , ::'.i, p. 91. Gt. 44, 

 p. .")00. Var. Emddi, Id III - /■ , Wall. ), has nar- 

 row rtiiptic tn iitiliiTiu I ' M-li lieneath; fls. 

 wliitish ,.r p.-il,' lihir. .1, , .Imi i-ii-.^ i.aiiicles, usually 

 with l:iiL', I. - ill III' : ■ • ll:i,,:il,-,>;is. B.R. ."il :«. R. 



Tlii-r.' .ir- :il ..\:ii .■iiM ■,!:-'.', h -. I v:ir. aurea, Sini.- 



|,(,iiiv, ,,im| ,.,iii, ., , , ;,, i.-;iir.l hs. (var. aureo- 



variegata, Ib.ii.,. Il.l.n.i,- wiih .s'. ruljiaris and tS. 

 .lo.sikiii, have been raised at the Botanic Garden at 

 Paris. 



H. pubescens, Turcz. (S. xnlldsa, Decne., not Vahl. S. 

 villosa, var. ovalifolia. DC). Shrub, f. ft. high, with 

 slender, somewhat quadrangular branches: lvs. round- 

 ish ovate to rhombic-ovate or ovate, shortly acuminate, 

 ciliate, dark green above, 1-3 in. long: fls. pale lilac, 

 fragrant, sbort-pcdii-c.b-il, in ovate, not very large, but 



not 'I'l .'I'lniiL' 111- iiMiinl'i. M.ix. .\ cii'li'iii. 11,1'.' 1:415; 



oblata, Lindl. Shrub nr small tree, 12 ft. high: 

 i"iiimIi-1l ovate or reniform, often broader than 

 .■..nhii.-, short-acuminate, bright green, 2K-4H in. 

 s : lis. purple-lilac or purple-violet, in rather loose, 

 miilal panicles, .'l-G in. long; pedicels about as long 



