604 xcri. OLBACE^. (G. B. Clarke.) [Schrehera. 



Erect, 30 ft., but often forming coppice, scabrid-pilose. Leaves 4J by 2J in., 

 acute, base rounded or ouneate ; petiole y in., not articulated. Flowers 3-7 in each 

 head, sweet-seented ; bracts h-i in., elliptic. Calyx A in. Corolla-tiibe J-J in.; 

 lobes 1-1 in., elliptic. CapsuU | in. long and broad by f-^ in. thick. 



3. SCKREBERA, Roxh. 



A. tree. Leaves opposite, vmequally pinnate. Flowers in terminal 2-3- 

 chotomous compound cymes ; bracts small. Ccdyx tubular-campanulate, ij> 

 regularly 4-7-loBed. Corolla salvershaped ; tube cylindric ; lobes imbricate in 

 the bud, 4r-7, patent. Stamens 2, near the top of the corolla-tube ; filaments 

 short. Ovary 2-celled ; style cylindric, shortly 2-lobed ; ovules 3-4 in each cell, 

 pendulous from its apex. Capgide obovoid, 2-celled, loculicidally 2-valTed, 

 woody. Seeds pendulous, -winged, albumen ; cotyledons plano-convex or con- 

 torted, radicle superior.— Disikib. Species 4 ; 1 Indian, 3 African. 



S. swietenioides, Roxb. Cor. PI. ii. t. 101, and Fl. Ind. ed. Carey ^ 

 Wall. i. 109 ; minutely pubescent or glabrous, leaves 5-7-foliolate, cymes many- 

 flowered, capsule 2 in. pearshaped. Wight III. t. 162 ; Trattin, Arch. i. 29, 

 with plate ; DC. Prodr. viii. 675 ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 248 ; Brand. For. Fl. 305 ; 

 Kurz Fm-. Fl. ii. 156, and in Journ. As. Soc. 1877, pt. ii. 243. 



Tkopical HiMAXATA ; Kumaon Terai. Deccan Peninsula, alt. 1-4000 ft. Pegc; 

 widely diffiised, but not abundant. 



A tree, 40-50 ft. Leaflets 4 by 2 in., ovate, acute, mature glabrous ; petiolules 

 ^ in. Cyme often 100-flowered; bracts | in., linear, or obsolete; pedicels 0-^ in. 

 Calyx ^ in., irregularly 5-lobed, somewhat 2-lipped or subtruncate, minutely pilose or 

 glabrescent. Corolla white with brown marks ; tube J-j in. ; lobes J-j in., elliptic. 

 Anthers subexeerted. Capsule 2 by IJ in., obovoid, obtuse, -very woody. Seeds 

 usually 3-4 in each cell ; cotyledons contorted. 



Vab. jmbescens, Kurz in Flora, 1872, p. 398 (sp.); leaves pubescent, cyme villous. 

 — Jubbulpore ; Kurz. — A variety of S. swieteniMes according to Kurz himself in 

 Journ. As. Soc. 1877, pt. ii. 243, who says that the capsules are much smaller. 



4. SVRXNGA, Linn. 



Shrubs. Leaves opposite, simple or (in cultivation) pinnate. Panicles ter- 

 minal ; bracts small or . 0. Calyx small, campanulate, irregularly toothed or 

 subtruncate, persistent. CwoUa salvershaped ; tube narrow-cylini-ic ; lobes 4, 

 patent, elliptic, induplicate-valvate in bud. Stamens 2, near the top of the 

 coroUa-tube ; filaments short ; anthers oblong, laterally dehiscent. Ovary 

 2-celled ; style cylindric, included, 2-partite or subsimple ; ovules 2 in each cell, 

 pendulous from its apex. Capsule oblong, subterete, loculicidally 2-valved. 

 Seeds pendulous, compressed, winged, albuminous ; cotyledons flat, radicle 

 superior. — Disieeb. Species 6 (or 11 ex Dene.), from Eastern Europe to Japan. 



1. S> persica, Linn.; DC. Prodr. viii. 283 ; leaves 1 in. ovate-lanceolate 

 or lanceolate glabrous, flowers numerous scarcely fascicled. Bot. Mag. t. 486 ; 

 Wall. Cat. 2832 ; Brand. For. Fl. 306 ; Bev. Hort. 1878, p. 571-2, with Jig. ; 

 Dene, in Nouv. Arch. Mus. 2, ii. 42 ; Boiss. Fl. Orient, iv. 38. 



West Kashmie ; alt. 8000 ft., possibly wild ; frequently cultivated in India. — 

 DisTBLB. Persia. 



A glabrous shrub. Leaves acute, rarely obtuse, sometimes pinnatifid or sub- 

 pinnate, base cuneate ; petiole J in. Panicles compound, glabrous ; bracts from ^ in. 

 lanceolate to ^ in. linear, usually inconspicuous ; pedicels ^-J in. Calyx ^ in., teeth 

 short, triangular. Corolla lilac or white ; tube J in., lobes a in. Capsule ^-^ by ^ 

 in., terete, 4-ribbed. — Fersian Lilac. 



