^YMrLOCOS 



sykix<;a 



] T.')!) 



bmno'u"^ [Mi'iiesL'riil ; Ivs, sl\ort.-pi.-tii>li.'.!. .*val or olxivntc 

 to ul»luii,^-«ili"\ ate. ;unur nf ;u-uiiiinati.'. v|iar]i|y sri i;n , , 

 distiiu'tly vi,-ine«l ln-nfalh ami itiorr or kss |uil)e8c*.-in ai 

 Tlie vi'iii^. rai-fly glabrous. I'^-o in. Iuiik: tis. wliitr. 

 frai,a'ant. \:-^-2 in- across, with s|)reai.liii,L!; »:>bk>ng-(i\ al 

 pftals in paiiiclrs lV_.-;i in. long: I'r. usually l-seedrd 

 oval. blur, a'ouut ' :■. in. Iiigli. May. Jun.-. "Hiniala\as 

 lu China anU Ja[Kin. (.i .b\ :.s'.t. 31.1).l.i. lIKHMtKl. UH. 



>■. (■f>cc(/n'a. Huinb. it Bonpl. EvevKfLM-n tn-e: Iv^. olil.mf;, 

 iii-ununate. nv nulate. :>-'-• iu. lonf^': fls. s<iliiar>, a_\iil;ir\-, imik. 

 1 in. across, with 10 petals. Spring. ^Ifxa-... K.H. l^-H'n'JM, 

 F.y. -J:!:):!. — >'. Jafxnilca. DO. (S. iTicida, fSie)i. Ov- Zu.T. ). Imcv- 

 t;reen shrub or snutll tree, 120 ft. high: Ivs. elliptic u> .>Moii^, 

 iicute, reinott'l.v s^errate, glabrous. 'J-j iu. lon^;: tls. \t41o\\isli, 

 in short, few-tid. racemes: t'r. oblong, red. Sjiriut^. .i;i[i.iu, 

 S.Z. 1:'_'4, A shrub wliich has been distributed fnnti sc\i'ral 

 botanic gardens under the name of 8. dapoibi'a has ]iiH>\.:-(i to 

 be P\ racanilia crenulata. — >'. .S^;i'Vrt, Ker. I)ecidu(.ius shrub, 

 closely allied to S. crativgoides: Ivs. elliptic, acute, serrate, 

 jiubt-scent (.m both sides, l.^.>-2iii. long: lis. white, in short 

 panicles; (.-alyx-teeth acute. May, June. China. B.R.ll:7bi.— 

 ,S'. Siniiiinda. Bueh.-Haui. yiiiall evert,'i*een tree: Ivs. oljhnig- 

 elliptic. acuminate, cnneate at the base, serrulate, glabmus, 

 li-.'i in. long: tls. white, in sliort racemes: fr. oblong. HIukiI. 

 Gt. HI: 107:;. — N. tinctoria, L'Herit. S\\ eet Leaf. Hokse 

 SuGAK. Half -evergreen shrub or small tree, attaining IS ft.: 

 Ivs. oblong, a<-ute. ob'^^-urf^ly serrate, pviliescent beneatli, :;-."> in. 

 ioug: tis. yellowish, fr.agrant, in axillary, dense clusrer'^ : fr, 

 oblong, ^-y in. long, orange-brown. Spring. Tel. To Fla, and 



La, .''^ s. tiii:."'.'. i:.3t,;, Alfkei' Rehdek. 



SYNADENIUM i Orook name, iiHlicatiug the united 



^'landsL Ell plivrhii'tfeil . A genus of ;; .spreit-s (if some- 

 what snccuienT siirubs of Madaga--car anii rroidcal Af- 

 rica. <litt'ering from Euphorbia in iia\"ing the gland.s of 

 the involucre united into a ring. 



Grantii. H(>ok. Smooth, tliiek-branehed, 0-10 fr. : tvs. 

 ovare---]Kittihite. .'1-4 in. long: dieliorumiuis evnies with 

 red involncres. Tropical Africa. Y-'-.'^l. .'.ilii:;, ~ Some- 

 time^ cultivated with stu-culents in botanic gardens. 



^\ arhortscuis. Boi^s,, has yellow involucres, EAI. 7bs-l. 



J. B. S. Noi;ton. 



SYNCARPIA iCreek. toge(h< r and fruit, referring to 

 the head-like clusters of cajisulesi. Miirtdan. Two 

 species of Australian trees with opi>i>site. ovate, penni- 

 nerved. evergreen leaves and rather ■-njall white pow- 

 ers iu dense, globular heads either solitary in the axils 

 or in terminal panicles: calyx-tube adnate to base of 

 ovary, the free part erect or dilated witli u--ually 4 jier- 

 si stent lobe.s : petals generally 4. -■]ireading: stamens 

 many, free: ovary inferior, 2-.'l-lo<oiIed ; i.i^ules 1-several 

 To each cell: seeds linear-cuneate. 



lauriJolia. Tenore. Ttrpenttne Tree. Lv-. broadly 

 ovate to elliptic-«.>l.dong. obtuse vr -ditusely a<.-tiniinate. 

 'l-'r\ in. long, often appearing as if in wiuirls <.if 4; fls. 

 ti-10 in a head, with 2-4 bracts ,jf variable size under 

 the liead: raliees connate at the base: iietals broailly 

 evate nr orlijcular. less than 2 lines bmg: o\'ary it- 

 loculeti ; ovules several to ea<di locule. — According tc) 

 Von Mueller's "Select Extra-tropical Plants." this tree 

 attains a height of 200 ft., with a trunk often ;iO ft. in 

 circumference: it is of tpiiek growth and well adapted 

 f'lr a shade tree. The wonil is ver}' dur;ible and allnn^T 

 hrejirtiof and is v;iluab]e f(:>r piles, railway slei.^pers ami 

 shipbuilding. It takes a high polivli aiol i< \ised for 

 flooring and calnnet work, (.'tiered in S. (':ilif. 



F. "W. F-AIOM„-VY. 



SYNDESMON ((.reek, hf^mnl f.Nj.th.r. because the 

 I'laut unites ,diar:icters <if Thrdictrum and A]ienionel. 

 Junni nciih'ir, ,1 , Ki;e Anemi'NE. A nioliolyidc gi-niis of 

 c;istern Xorth America. Glabrous perennial herb from 

 a cluster of tuberous roots: basal Ivs. 2-.'>-ternately 

 coTiiponnd: involucre similar but sessile, the Ifts. be- 

 ing stalked: Us. wdiite or pijik. in an und.el; jiodicels 

 slender: se]i;ils thin: pet;ils none: stigma sessile, trun- 

 cate: akenes terete, de'-ply groi.,ved. Tlie mere com- 

 nmn generic nann.- is Anemomdla. which d;ifes fnini 

 L^:;!h but Syudesmou was used in ]s;;2. The plants 

 should he grown in partial shade and in light moist ^<.il. 

 where they should be left undisturlH.-d for ye;ir^. Tbe\- 

 will tlien "form a carpet of great beaiity. Trop. I)y divi- 

 sion of root- in spring or fall. 



thalictroldes, Boffmis. i J nmn'nir fh.i Nrt ,■"}<]. >■. Tha- 

 Virfrnui <n>, ,HO}(o'nh .-^ . IMiehx.). ITaut ij-b in. high: Ivs. 



n.uch like those of Thalictrum: Ms. resembling tli<ise of 

 -I ". nnnu .inlmiin fnlni. ap|. earing I.elore the busal 

 leaves. ]\Iarcli-rl nne. Common in woods and o|)en 



lie Ids. L.ILC. io::n;-i. cu. ;;.'.: fiiio. 1l:\[. sbc. i,ii. 



ti:2n,-Var. !lore-pleuo, Horl. Flowers d.nilde. \"ery 

 |)retty. L.B.C. .S : 7i 0. F.S, ILlir.r,. IMC ll:20n. 



K. (.', |)A\-|s. 



SYNGONIUM (Creek name, said to reler to the co- 

 hesion of the ovaries). Ar<)rr<r. About 10 species .,f 

 tropical Amirie;iu woody dinddng or cri-e]dng plants, 

 with milky juice aufl stems rooting and lea,f-bearing at 

 the nodi's: Ivs. s.-igittale. becoming witli age pedafely 

 .")-<J-parted, on long ]ieiio|es, with a persistent accres- 

 ci'ut slieath : iM-dumdes sljoid : spatlie yellowish or 

 whitish green; tube small, o\oid, persistent: sjiadix 

 shorter than the spathe: staminate lis. with 3-4 stann-ns. 

 pistillate 11. with obiong-oviud 2 or abortively ]-loeuled 

 ovary; seeds solitary in the locnh-s, (diuvoid or g:lob<isi', 

 bhi(d<. All the aroids are munograidied in Latin in \H'. 

 Mon. Phan. vol. 2, 1879. 



podophyllum, Schott. A tender creeping plant: Ivs. 

 bectmiing' ."i-7-pinnatisect, 4-0 in. long; j.ietioles becom- 

 ing 10-20 in. long: tube uf the s]iatlje ]-lM in. long: 

 blade vt the sjiathe 2C_. in. long, greenish <mtside, white 

 within. The typical form is pr<.>bably not in ctilC 



\'ar. albolineatum, iMigl. {S. alboUiicUhnn . Bull. ), 

 lias wliitisli c.ista' and lateral nerves. Olfered by John 

 Saul, lt^;t:i, in-esnnndjly as a tender foliage plant. 



F. \Y. Bai;clav. 



SYNTHYRIS (Creek, ^M/c/;o r and lifflr Joonn- rnirr, 

 the valves of the capsule loug^ adhering below to llie 

 short placentiferon.s axis]. Si-rop]nihiriari n . Six s]ie- 

 cies of hardy herbaceous perennials, native to western 

 Nt.irth America. S. rctii forin is is a tufted plant I'earing 

 a few scapes aliout a foot high. The inflorescence is a 

 raceme about 5 in. long with aliout 40 purple-ldue lis, 

 each ^'s of an itndt across. In Englaiul this ))laut is 

 considered a winter l.doomer; it lli>wers there in Fel>- 

 ru:iry ov iMarch, occasionally November. 



Synthyris is nearly r(dated to Wulfenia of s^mtlieasl- 

 ern Europe and the Himalayas, but the anther-eelis are 

 not confluent and the seeds are discoidal. In their na- 

 tive region they are summer-blooming plants with snuiU 

 jiurplish or tlesh-colored sidkes <ir racemes. Generic 

 characters: Plants glabrous or pilose: rhizome thick: 

 radical Ivs. peti'.ded, u\"ate or oblong and eremite or 

 incised-piiinatisect : calyx 4-ii:irted : c<irolla-tube very 

 short: loV)es 4 or none; stamens 2; style entire at ajH.'x : 

 i-apsule con]iiresse(L 



renii6rmis, Benth. Larger and sttuiter plant than tlic 

 next, with more acutely cut, leathery Ivs., longer 

 and stouter scape and raceme, shorter pedicels, imrrow 

 sepals and corolla-lobes, a globose corolla-tube ami more 

 seeds iu the cells. Ore. to^Wash. lntrodtn;ed by Wool- 

 son, Passaic. N. J. 



rotundifdlia, Gray. Smaller, with weak, slender scape 

 ;i-4 in. high, shorter than the membranous, broadly 

 crenate Ivs., a small few-fid. raceme, broader sepals and 

 corolla-lobes, fewer seeds in the cells and ca[>sule di- 

 varicately 2-lolied instead of merely emarginate. Shadv 

 coniferous woods of Cregon. t (ftered in l^Sl l\v E<lward 

 'iillott. " w. :\l. 



SYKtNGA (Of di.ubtful nn.-'auing: lu-obably from 

 siiriiir. iiijie, because ]npes are easily niade from the 

 straiiiht stems of FTiiladelphus by removing tlo' piih, 

 ;nid the name Svringa had been originally aj^died to 

 I'liihideliihus, but was transferred aft.>rwar<!s to the 

 Lilael. Ol'i)r<<r. Lit. AC. <Jrnanieutal deidduous shrubs 

 or rarelv trees, with opposite, slender-petioled, entire 

 Ivs. and" lilac, puj-ple or white Us. in large and showy 

 \ipriglit ]ianicles. The Lilacs are among our most 

 ]H)pul:ir aioi ornamenlal th^wering shrubs, and hardly 

 aiiy garden or park is found with<uit them. The fr:i- 

 irrance of 1be counnou Lilac is very sweet, as also of 

 s,iriin;u ohhif<< and vS'. pnlH.sr, i,.-.. The strong odor of 

 \, i^'Ji / iioisis is not agreeable to every one. ^'. ril/osa 

 ■.\]i>\ Josil-.ni are almost scentle.-s. ^S. _i in nn nsis and 

 iis allies have only a slight odor similar to that ef tbo 

 Privet. Alnmst all" species are hardy norlh. -S. 'v7^^sr(, 

 var. L'niodi, is somewhat tender nortli. 



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