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SPECIES CHINENSES. I3T 
In the north-west of the Province of Fukien. Coll. J. de 
la Touche. No. 140. 
The species is closely allied to S. confusus, Hemsl. and 
to S. philadelphoides, Perk., but agrees with neither of 
them as represented by type sheets at Kew. In the 
details of their floral structure the three species are very 
much alike. 
Syringa Adamiana,* Balf. f. et W. W. Sm. Sp. nov. 
Species ex-affinitate S. villosae, Vahl a qua inflorescentiis 
crebre hirsutulis, floribus pallido-roseis ore albis, calycibus 
truncatis vix denticulatis recedit ; valde affinis S. villosae, Vahl, 
var. hirsutae, C. Schn., plantae koreano-mandschuricae ; apud 
plantas szechwanenses haud procul a S. Wilsonw, Schn. quae 
ramulis inflorescentiisque glabris inter alia divergit. 
Frutex in cultura 2—3-metralis. ' Ramuli annotini rotundati 
sat crassi olivacei crebre patenti-hirsutuli, lenticellis multis 
parvis pustulosis notati, hornotini cinerascentes glabri. Folia 
plerumque 7-12 cm. longa, 3-6 cm. lata, elliptico-lanceolata vel 
elliptico-oblonga, apice acuta vel modice acuminata, basi + 
rotundata vel late cuneata, textura ut in S. villosa, supra 
saturate viridia glabra, margine ciliolata, infra pallidiora ad 
costam nervosque longiuscule hirsuta, caetera glabra; petioli 
I-I.5 cm longi sparse hirsuti vel glabrescentes. Inflorescentiae 
mediocres (adhuc in cultura) 12-15 cm. longae 7-8 cm. latae, 
subsimiles eis S. Wilsonii, Schn., ramulis densiuscule hirsutulis. 
Flores suaveolentes pallido-rosei, ore albi. Calyx 2 mm. longus 
sparse pilosulus truncatus vix denticulatus viridis apicem versus 
pellucidus roseo-suffusus. Corollae tubus 8-9 mm. longus 
apicem versus paulo dilatatus, laciniae ovatae obtusiusculae 
2 mm. vix. superantes erectae serissime patentes. Antherae ~ 
faucem haud attingentes flavidae. Stylus circ. 2.5 mm. longus. 
Fructus non visus. 
West China:—Province of Szechwan. Cultivated in the 
Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, from seed collected by 
Mr. C. M. Watson near Tatsienlu. Types taken from the 
garden specimens are preserved in the Herbarium of the 
Royal Botanic Garden. It flowered freely in June 1915. 
A graceful species and of value for its late flowering. It 
belongs to the group Villosae and is closely akin to S. villosa, 
Vahl, especially to the Corean and Manchurian variety of that 
species known as var. hirsuta, Schn. In habit and appearance 
* By the specific name it is desired to hold in memory Private Thomas Adam, 
and Scots Guards, a gardener of the staff of the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, 
ge a cc a wel ee i +h May 1915. 
