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stamens about as long as the lobed border. Chinese Lilac — 

 Syringa pekin^nsis. 

 H. Base of leaf usually rounded. (I.) 

 I. Stamens about twice as long as the border ; leaves 2-6 inches 

 long, 11-2 1 broad. Shrub to 12 feet. Amur Lilac — Syringa 

 amurdnsis. 

 I. Stamens about as long as the border ; leaves 3-7 inches long; 

 flowers in large clusters, often a foot long. Tree to 30 feet. 

 Japan Tree Lilac (480) — Syringa japdnica. 



Ligustrum. The Privets are closely related to the lilacs but when 

 they form seeds have them inclosed in rounded usually black berries in- 

 stead of in dry pods. They have smooth bright opposite entire-edged 

 leaves, 4-lobed white flowers in clusters, June to Aug. , and rounded 1- to 3- 



FiG. 482. — California Privet. 



Fig. 483. — Common Privet. 



seeded berries lasting through much of the winter. All the species retain 

 their leaves well into the fall and in the South there are a number of 

 species with evergreen leaves. 



The so-called California Privet (482) — Ligustrum ovalif61ium, — is 

 now, beginning of the 20t]i century, the most popular of the hedge plants 

 in the North. It is a handsome smooth dark green plant with somewhat 

 stiff erect branches. 



