OLE ACEAE . — STRING A 301 



Syringa Komarowii Schneider in Fedde Rep. Nov. Sp. IX. 82 (1910); 

 III. Handb. Lauhholzk. II. 783 (1911). 



Western Szech'uan: Mupin, thickets, alt. 1800-2G00 m., July 

 1908 (No. 1217; bush 2-5 m. high; flowers deep rose-pink); same 

 locality, alt. 2600 m., October 1910 (No. 4407); Nin-tou-shan, alt. 

 2200-2600 m., June 1908 (No. 2580, bush 3-4 m. high, flowers reddish- 

 purple). 



The fruit, which has not yet been described, is 12-14 mm. long, obtuse or 

 sometimes mucronulate and nearly smooth. 



The following descriptions and notes are based on material not collected during 

 the Arnold Arboretum Expedition. 



Syringa microphylla Diels, var. glabriuscula Schneider, n. var. 

 A typo calycibus glabriusculis v. glabris fere edentatis differt. 

 Northern Hupeh: Mt. Miao-uan-san, 1898, //u^/i *ScaiZan (in part; part of the 

 specimens consists of typical S. microphylla). 



Syringa Meyeri Schneider, n. sp. 



Frutex habitu ut videtur S. pubesceniis; ramuli juniores quadrangulati vetusti- 

 oresque minute pubescentes; folia ovato-eUiptica v. pauUo obovalia utrinque 

 acuta V. apice obtusiuscula, supra viridia, glaberrima, subtus vix pallidiora, versus 

 basin ad nervos pubescentia, margine ciliata, 2-5 cm. longa et 1.8-3 cm. lata, nervia 

 lateraUbus utrinque 2 apicem versus currentibus; petioh 5 ad 11 mm. longi, ramu- 

 lorum modo pilosi. Inflorescentia eae S. pubesceniis simillima, interdum basi 

 foliis non satis evolutis instructa, ramulis minute pubescentibus; flores violacei, 

 longe tubulosi; pedicelli vix 1 mm. longi, puberuli; calyx violaceus, circiter 1.5 

 mm. longus, glaber, brevidentatus; tubus corollae 15-16 mm. longus, apicem versus 

 vix dilatatus; laciniae corollae ad 4 mm. longae, acutae, explanatae; antherae 

 fere 6 mm. infra faucem corollae tubo insertae, ut videtur violaceae. Fructus 

 ignotus. 



NorthernChina: introduced by F. N. Meyer and distributed by the U. S. Dept. 

 of Agriculture under No. 23032; cultivated at the Arnold T^xboretum; June 1910 

 (Herb. Arnold Arboretum). 



This species is very closely allied to S. pubescens Turczaninow, but differs in 

 the longer tube of the corolla, the minutely but distinctly puberulous branches and 

 in the different venation of the leaves. I am in doubt whether the anthers are violet 

 as in S. pubescens or rose as in S. Potaninii. 



Syringa Sweginzowii Koehne & Lingelsheim in Fedde, Rep. Nov. Sp. VIII. 9 

 (1910). — Koehne in Mitt. Deutsch. Dendr. Ges. XIX. 112, fig. 8a (1910). —Schnei- 

 der, III. Handb. Laubholzk. II. 780, fig. 487 a-c, 490 a^ (1911). 



Western China: without precise locaUty, ravines, alt. 5400 m., June 1904, 

 E. H. Wilson (Veitch Exped. No. 4080). 



From typical S. Sweginzowii, of which the native country is still unknown, Wil- 

 son's specimen differs only in the leaves being quite glabrous beneath, in the dis- 

 tinctly but minutely puberulous inflorescence and branchlets and in the nearly 

 truncate calyx, otherwise I can find no difference. 



