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LX. OLEACEiE 
Nyctanthes Arbor-tristis, Linn. ; FI. Br. Ind. iii. 603. A 
rough, hairy shrub or small tree ; branches 4-angled. Leaves 
shortly stalked, ovate, 3-4 in., entire or toothed, long-pointed. 
Flowers fragrant, sessile, in clusters of three, forming terminal 
cymes. Calyx tubular, entire or minutely toothed, almost con- 
cealed by 2 broad, ovate bracts. Corolla salver-shaped; tube 
cylindric, orange, J in. ; lobes usually 6, white, 2-lobed, margins 
jagged. Stamens included, filaments very short. Style cylindric ; 
stigma entire ; ovules solitary in each cell. Capsule flat, orbicular, 
J-f in. across, splitting into two 1 -seeded carpels. 
Valleys below Simla ; July-September. — N. India, ascending to 4000 ft. 
Cultivated throughout India. 
3. SYRINGA. From the Creek syrinx , syringos, a musical 
pipe, reed ; referring to the long, straight branches from which 
the pith is easily removed to make a flute or whistle. — Temperate 
Asia, E. Europe. 
Syringa Emodi, Wall. ; FI. Br. Ind. iii. 604. A large shrub ; 
young parts and inflorescence pubescent, otherwise glabrous. 
Leaves stalked, ovate, 2£-5 X 1-2 in., entire, acute ; lower surface 
pale or white. Flowers small, white, in terminal panicles 3-6 in. 
long. Calyx short, obscurely 4-toothed. Corolla salver-shaped ; 
