638 ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 
S.média Dum. Cours. 1. p.709.; Lilas Varin N. Du Ham.,; S. chiaénsis Willd. Sp.1. p. 48., 
Don’s Mill. 4. p. 51.3 S. sibfrica Hort. ; the Siberian Lilac Hort. 
Engravings. N. Du Ham., 2. t. 63. ; and our fig. 1243, 
Spec. Char. §c. Leaves ovate-lanceolate. 
Flowers purple. (Don’s Mill.) An inter- 
mediate plant hetween S. vulgaris and S. 
pérsica, A shrub, from 6 ft. to 8 ft. high; a 
hybrid between S. vulgaris and S. pérsica ; 
raised at Rouen by M. Varin, the director 
of the Botanic Garden there. Introduced 
in 1795. Flowers purple ; May and June. 
Varieties. 
% S. r. 2 Lilas Royal Bon Jardin, 1836, 
has the flowers more compact than 
the species. 
% S.r. 3 saugeaina Hort. ; Lilas saugé, Fr. ; 
differs from the Lilas Varin in having 
the flowers more red and more beau- : 
tiful. S. coccinea and S. chinénsis 1243. S. rothomagénsis- 
rubra Lodd, Cat. ed. 1836 appear to 
be identical with this variety, or very slightly different. 
[t is of very vigorous growth, and a most 
abundant flowerer; and, in favourable soils 
and situations, it will attain the height of 10 or 
12 feet. 
S. Emodi Wall. Cat. No. 2831., Don’s 
Mill. iv. p. 51., Royle Illust. p. 267. t. 65. 
f.2., and our fig. 1244., has the leaves ellip- 
tic-oblong, glaucous beneath, attenuated at the 
base, and acuminated at the apex. Branches 
warted. Thyrse terminal and panicled. Cap- 
sules almost cylindrical. The bud-scales per- 
manent at the base of the year’s shoots. A 
shrub, 8 ft. to 10 ft. high, native of Kamaon, 
towards the Himalayas, with purple flowers. 
This very ornamental and desirable plant has 
lately been raised in the H. S. Gardens from 
seeds received from the Himalayas. 
Genus V. 
Lg La 
FONTANE'SSA Labill. Tue Fonrangsta. Lin, Syst. Diandria Monogynia. 
Identification. Labill. Pl. Syr., dec. 1. p. 9. t. 1.3 Don’s Mill., 4. p. 51. 
Derivution. Named after René Louiche Des Fontaines, author of Flora Atlantica, 2 vols. 4to, 
Paris, 1798-99, and several other works. 
Gen. Char., §c Calyx 4—6-parted, permanent. Corolla 4—6-parted, de- 
ciduous. Stamens 2, elongated. Stigma bifid, hooked. Capsule a 2—3- 
winged, 2-celled, papery, indehiscent samara; cells l-seeded. (Don’s Mill.) 
_ Leaves simple, alternate, exstipulate, sub-evergreen; lanceolate. Flowers 
in axillary racemes, whitish yellow. — Shrubs with the habit of Phillyrea 
média, natives of Asia, and forming a connecting link between Fraxiniéz 
and Oléine. Layers, in common soil. 
