SYRINGA 



as calyx. May. N.China. G.F. 1:221. A.G. 22:183.- 

 The earliest of all to bloom and handsome, with its 

 vinous red foliage in fall. Var. 41ba, Hort., has white 

 flowers. 



5. hyacinthifldra, Hort. {S.obJata x vulgaris). Inter- 

 mediate between the parents, with broadly ovate Ivs., 

 turning purplish in fall. Only known in the double 

 form, var. plfena, Lemoine. Many or perhaps most of 

 the newer double-flowered vars. have originated by 

 recrossing this form with vars. of i". vulgaris. 



6. TUlgiris, Linn. Figs. 2453, 2454. Upright shrub 

 or small tree. 20 ft. high : Ivs. ov:itf, truncate or slightly 

 cordate, acuminatr, luiu-lit ii ■ ■ n. 'J-t in. long: fls. lilac, 

 blue, purplish or will- i , ' '_ : :Micles. May. South- 

 eastern Europe to i , i ; Afghanistan; some- 

 times e.xcaped from ;j,i; .,.;■ i;i ; 1,. I Mstern states. B.M. 

 183. Gu. 53, p. l.j(i. M.Li.i,. l.-;!;):J05.-The most im- 

 portant of the older original vars. are the following: 

 Var. 41ba, Dietr., branches yellowish gray: fls. white: 

 buds yellowish green; blooms a week earlier than the 

 other vars. A.F. 12:1081. Var. csertdea, Dietr. Fls. 

 blue, in rather loose panicles. Var. purpiirea, DC. (var. 

 rubrn, Loud.}. Fls. purplish red, in large and rather 

 dense panicles. Here belong also var. Marlyfinsls, 

 Hort., and Charles X. Var. violioea, Dietr. Fls. violet- 

 lilac, in rather loose panicles. Var. plfina, Hort. With 

 double fls. There are several vars. with variegated Ivs., 

 but these are hardly worth cultivjiting. 



7. Chintosis, Willd. (S. Persica x vulgaris. S. dubia, 

 Pers. S. Bothomaijfnsis, Loud. S. Vnrlna. Dum.- 

 Cours. ) . Shrub, attaining 12 ft. , with slender, often arch- 

 ing branches: Ivs. ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, 2-4 in. 

 long: fls. purple-lilac, red or white, in large and broad 

 panicles. Mav. Originated in 1777 in Rouen. France. 

 R.H. 1S83, p. "80. F. 1873, p. 7i; i..- .s'. /'• ..-;.- i .- V.rv 

 free- flowering. Var. 41ba, L.ni,|.. xiiil, uliir.- tl-. Var. 

 MetSnsis, Sim. -Louis, with jmI. I'liipli-li tl^. \:ir. 

 Souge4na, Loud. (var. ruhni. I,..cl,l.i. with ciioip pur 

 plish red fls. Var.dtiplex, Lemoiue, with double purplish 

 lilac flowers. 



8. Persica, Linn. Fig. 2455. Shrub, attaining5-10 ft., 

 with slender, arching branches: Ivs. lanceolate, acumi- 

 nate, lH-3 in. long: fls. pale lilac or whitish, in rather 

 loose, broad panicles, about 3-4 in. long; pedicels as 

 long as or longer than calyx. May, June. Caucasus to 



SYRINGA 



1763 



Afghanistan. B.M. 486. -Var. 41ba, Loud. (S. Steen- 

 cntysii, Hort.). Fls. white. Var. Iacini4ta, Vahl (S. 

 pteridifdlia, filicifdlia and pinnAla, Hort.). With pin- 

 nately lobed or pinnatifid Ivs., of dwarfer habit and with 

 smallir jianicles. R.H. 1878, p. 452, 453; 1883, p. 80; 



1901 



40, 41 



0. Pekinensis, Rupr. (LigusMna Amurhisis, var. 

 P, kiiiriisi.i, Maxim. Ligustrtna Pekininsis, Kegel). 

 Large shrub, attaining 15 ft., with slender, spreading 

 branches, brownish red when young: Ivs. ovate t(j 

 ovate-lanceolate, usually narrowed at the base, acimii- 

 nate, rather dark green above, pale or grayish green and 

 glabrous beneath. 2-4 in. long, 1-1}^ in. broad: fls. yel- 

 lowish whit,- in larLTt* panicles, usually in pairs at the 

 ends oi liriiii.li. s; stamens about as longas limb. June, 

 JJ.ChiiLi. i;. I, :;:!(,.-.; 7:385. M.D.G. 1899:425. -Large 

 shrub, of fxrilhiif tiabit, with handsome foliage re- 

 tained until late in fall; flowers profusely only when 

 older. Var. p6ndula, Hort. With very slender, pendu- 

 lous branches. 



10. Amnr^nsia, Rupr. (S. ZiffHsMnn, Hort. LiguslrXna 

 Amurhisis, var. Mandshiirica, Maxim. Ligustrtna 

 Amurinsis, Regel). Shrub, attaining 12 ft., with 

 spreading or upright branches: Ivs. broadly ovate to 

 ovate, usually rounded at the base, bright green above, 

 pale or grayish green and glabrous beneath, 2-6 in. 

 long. li.,-2H in. broad: fls. yellowish white, in large, 

 rather loose panicles; stamens almost twice as long as 

 limb. June. Manchuria. Gt. 12:396; 45, p. 64. G.F. 

 2:271. Gn. 12, p. 623, 624. R.H. 1877, p. 453-455.- 

 Sometimes cult, under the name 5. Sibirica or S. Si- 

 birica alba. 



11. JapAnica, Decne. (LigusMna Amurinsis, var. 

 ./n;i(i»iV,/, Maxim.). Fig. 2456. Pyramidal tree, attain- 

 inir ::ii ft., with upright branches: Ivs. broadly ovate to 

 hroiMily . lliptic, rounded or slightly cordate at the base, 

 ^liortlv .-iruniinate, pale green beneath, and usually pu- 

 Ix'Sfriit wiien young, 3-7 in. long: fls. yellowish white, 

 in very large panicles often 1 ft. or more long; stamens 

 little longer than limb. June, July. Japan. B.M. 7534 

 l&% S.Amtirensis). G.C. II. 25:561. G.F. 2:293, 295. 

 D.G.M. 1899:424. Gt. 37:217. Mn. 4, p. 5; 7, p. 167. 

 R.H. 1894, p. 325.-Very desirable free-flowering tree 

 and quite hardy north. Var. arg^ntea, Temple, has the 

 Ivs. variegated with silvery white. Alfred Rehder. 



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2456. Syrinea Japonica (> 



