296 Oleacee—Syringa. 
Charles X. (fig. 165) should probably also be referred to this 
race. It is remarkable for the immense size of its panicles 
and the beautiful colour of its flowers. 
2. S. Josiktea.—This is a shrub of similar habit, but the 
ovate-lanceolate leaves are wrinkled and of a darker green, and 
the bluish purple 
flowers scentless. A 
native of Transyl- 
vania, blooming later 
than the varieties of 
vulgaris. 
3. S. Emodi.—A 
tall shrub with warty 
excrescences on the 
stems, large oblong 
reticulately-veined 
leaves, and lilac or 
white flowers in erect 
dense panicles. A 
native of the moun- 
tains of India, scarcely 
so ornamental as the 
common species. 
4, 8. Pérsieu (fig. 
166). Persian Lilac. 
—This is a very dis- 
tinet species of much 
smaller size, rarely 
exceeding 4 or 5 feet in height. The branches, too, are 
slender and straight, and the smaller vvate-lanceolate leaves 
are narrowed at the base. The flowers vary in colour from 
rosy carmine tu white. And there is a variety with laciniated 
foliage. This blossoms in May. 
Fig. 166. Syringa Persica. (} vat. size,) 
6. FORSYTHIA. 
A small genus of deciduous shrubs of dwarf habit. Branches 
slender. Leaves simple or compound, glabrous. Flowers 
drooping, yellow, appearing towards the end of Winter or be- 
ginning of Spring, solitary from the axils of the previous year’s 
leaves. Corolla 4-lobed, campanulate. The three known 
species are from China and Japan. Mr. Forsyth, after whom 
this genus was named, was gardener at Kensington Palace. 
