1104 Syringa of flowering plants, Syringa (philadelphus; lilac). It belongs to the Oleaceae family. The "Syringa" most common member species is the Syringa vulgaris (common lilac). The official naming citation was mentioned in "The Names of the Minor Planets" by Paul Herget in 1955 (). Due to his many discoveries, Karl Reinmuth submitted a large list of 66 newly named asteroids in the early 1930s. The list covered his discoveries with numbers between and . This list also contained a sequence of 28 asteroids, starting with 1054 Forsytia, that were all named after plants, in particular flowering plants "(also see list of
Tree of the Virgin touch it, believing that it will heal illness. Next to the tree is a small chapel in El Matareya. Tree of the Virgin The Tree of the Virgin is a sycamore tree in the El Matareya suburb of Cairo, Egypt. According to local beliefs, the Virgin Mary and Saint Joseph stopped at El Matareya (then a small village) on the Flight into Egypt. Mary rested against the tree and a spring of water sprang up near it for Mary to wash Jesus. For many years its bark was taken by Christians in the belief that it had miraculous properties. It