SYRIXGA 



SYR.JNUA 



17(i3 



as oaly-x. :May. N. t'hiiia. (i.F. 1:2-J1. AM. -J-JMS:!.- 

 The earliost of all t" l>loom ami luiiHlsunir. with it-. 

 vinous reil fuliag*-- in fail. \"ai-. alba, liort., lias whitt- 

 dowers. 



5. hyaciiithifldra, Hurt. [S. •>!>!, ihi \. ruhjaris). Inter- 

 niediate ht'twefu tlu- parents, with liroaiily tivatr Ivs., 

 turiiin;:: purfilish in fall. Only knowii in the doiililie 

 form, var. plena, Lfnioiur. Many or perhaps most of 

 the newer ili'iihle-K-iwered \ai's. have iiri:;-iMate<l liy 

 reerossiu^- this form with vars. of ^'. vn/i/nns. 



tl. vulgaris, [jinn. Fi,i;s. 24.'.;!. •2454. Upriu,-lit shrub 

 or small tree. l!0 ft. hi.trli : Ivs. ovate, truncate or sliij.-hth- 

 t'onlate. ai-uminate. brii^ht irreen. 2-4 in. ioni;: tls. lilae. 

 blue, purplish lU' white, in lar^■e panicles. May. South- 

 eastern ICunipe tu Caucasus and Afi^dutnistan ; some- 

 times escaped fr<,>m iranleiis in the eastern states. H.ISL 

 lS;i. On. 5;!. p. \:->iK M.D.d. I8;i9:20r).-The most im- 

 portant of the older orii::iual vars. are the following;': 

 Var. alba, Oietr., branches yellowish i:rray: tls. \vhite: 

 buds yellowish i^reen ; blooms a week eaiiier than the 

 other "vars. A.F. 12:1081. Var. csertilea, Dietr. Kl>. 

 blue, in rather loose panicles. Var. purpurea, IX.'. (var. 

 rubrn , Loud. ) . Fls. purplish red, iu larije ami ratlier 

 dense panicles. Here belon:;- also var. Marly 6nsis, 

 Hort., and Charles X. Var. violacea, Dietr. Fls. violet- 

 lilac, in rather loose panicles. Var. pl^na, lli>rt. With 

 double tis. There are several vars. with varieLrated Ivs., 

 but these are hardly ^\"orth ■■ultivatin:::. 



7. Cliinensls, Willd. | ^'. Persica x vi(?garis, .S. 'Vihio . 

 Pers. ^'. L'n//i<n,i(iiieii.sis, Loud. .?. }'(in)i'i, Oum.- 

 Cours.l. Slirub. attainin,ij:12 ft.. -with slender, often andi- 

 ing: branches : Ivs. ovate-lanceolate, acuminate. 2-4 in, 

 lone;: tis. purple-lilae, red in- white, iu lari;'e an<l lu-oad 

 paui(des. i\Ia\". Orii::iuated in 1777 in Koueii, France. 

 R.H. 188;:, p. "80. F. bS7;i, I'. 7(i las N. /Vr,v/r,M . -\'ery 

 free-Mnwerin.ir. Var. alba, Lond., with "white H'-;. Var. 

 Metensis, Sim. -Louis, with i^ale purplish fN. Var. 

 Sougeana. Loud. (var. riiUnt. Lodd.), -with dee|> juir- 

 plish red tls. Var. duplex, Lenioine. with double purplish 

 lilac tiowers. 



S. Persica, Liuu. Fit:, 24o.i. Shrub. attaininiro-lO ft., 

 witli slender, arching branches: Ivs. lanceolate, ai-tnni- 

 nate, 1^-3 in. long: fls. pale lilac or whitish, in rather 

 loose, broad panicles, about \\-\ in. long; pedicels as 

 long as or longer than calvx. .■\lav, June, ('am-a-^ns to 



Afghaiustau. B.lM. 4S(;.-\':ir. alba, Lond. [S. Stehi- 

 rruiisii. Hort.). Fls. white. \'ar. laciniata, Vahl ( N 

 l>lvri<lifo(iii, tilirifuln, and pnnn'itn, Horl.l. With pin 

 nately h.bed or iiinimtiMd Ivs.. of dwarfer habit and with 

 smaller panicles. K.H, l.s78, p. 4.")2, 4.'.:;; I8s;;, p. so- 

 ll'Ol. |.p. 40, 41. 



!b Pekinensis, Rupr. ( Liijiistr) im A muri'iisls, var. 

 rr/,-iiirns>s. i^Uixim. Li<inslnna Pr/.-inriisis, Regel). 

 Lar-e shrub, attaining l.'i ft., with slender, spreadiui^ 

 branches, lirownisli red when yming: Ivs. ovate to 

 o\-ate-Ianceolate, usually narrowe<l at the bast-, aeumi- 

 inite. rather dark green aboxe, ])ale or m-avisli i.n-een and 

 ,i;labr.Hts beneath, 2-4 in. Ion,-- 1-^,. in. luoad: fls. yel- 

 lowish white in large panieles. usually iu pairs at the 

 ends id' hranclo/s; stamens about as longas limb. June, 

 .\.(.diina. ("^.F. ;;:H;:.; 7::i8r>. IM.D.C. ]8!tO:42r..- Large 

 shrub, of exeellent haldt. wilh h.-inds.mie foliage re- 

 tained until late in f:dl; Mowers pnd'nseiy onh- wdien 

 older. Var. pendula. Hort. With very slender." pendu- 

 lous hranches. 



10. Amurensis, Rupr. ( N. h'.nish-'nm .Wnvl . L'niusl r'nin 

 Annirrnsis, var. Mit ».] s], n rim , :\Iaxim. Lh/nslrhx, 

 At>nir.'i<sis. Re^MJi. Shrub, attainini,^ 12 ft., w-jth 

 spreadinij: or upright bramdn-s: Ivs. broadly ovate to 

 o\-are, usually rouuiled at the l)asi-, bright green al.iove, 

 pah' or gravish gre.-n and -;labrous beneath. 2-C, in. 

 huii:, ]'„-2^. in. i)road: Ms. yelh.wish wliite, in lari^e, 

 rather loose [lanicles; stniiiens almost twice as hmi;' as 

 limb. -lune. :\IanelMU-ia, (^r. ]2:;iOO: 4-'i, ]k f>4. (i.F. 

 2:271. I in, 12, p, (;2:i. 024, K.H, 1877. |i. 4,":; -4,",'. - 

 Sometimes eult. umb-r the natue N. Sil</rir,i or N, S/- 



hiyir,! ulh.,. 



11. Japbnica. Decne. { Li.jiistr'nni A itni n'lisis. var. 

 Jai>n)nr.i, Maxiiu.). Fi^;-. 24o<;. FN'ramidal tree, attain- 

 in-' liU ft., with upri.i;ht hramdu-s : "ivs. bri.adlv ovate to 

 broadly elliptic, rounded or slii^htly cordate at the base. 

 shiirtl\" aeuminaTe. pale --reen beneath, and usually pu- 



bcserTlt wlo.'U yoUU^-. il-7 in. lon^': tis, Vellowisll \;diite, 



in \"er\" lar-'e ]ianielcs uffi'U 1 ft. or more loni^-; stamens 

 little lon-er than limli. June. Jnlv. Ja)p,-in. H,:M. 7"i;U 

 las S. A nnn-rn.s !.■<). C.T. II. 2.".':'i01. (t.F. 2:203,200, 

 l).("-i.M. 1899:424. Gt . :17:217. Mu. 4. ]).:>: 7. p. 107. 

 R.H. 1894, p. 325.-Verv .iesirable free-flowering tree 

 ami quite hardy north. Var. argentea, Temide, has the 

 h's. variei^^ited with. sil\-er\' white. \lfkki> Rehtiek 



2456. Syrinea Japonica (X ^4 



