918 OLEACEAE 
or less pubescent on the nerves beneath, narrowed or truncate at the base, sessile: samaras 
oblong or linear-oblong, 3-4 em. long, longitudinally nerved ; body flat, winged all around, 
3 as long as the wing or longer. 
Inswamps or damp soil, Newfoundland to Manitoba, Virginia and Arkansas. BLACK ASH. BROWN 
ASH. WATER ASH. 
2. Fraxinus quadrangulàta Michx. A forest tree, rarely 36 m. tall, with glabrous 
or nearly glabrous foliage and 4-sided twigs. Leaves 2-3 dm. long ; leaflets 7-11, the 
blades of the lateral ones lanceolate, oblong-elliptic or ovate, 5-15 cm. long, acuminate, 
serrate, rounded or acute at the base, with short stalks: samaras linear-oblong or oblong- 
ae 3-4 em. long, longitudinally nerved ; body flat, longer than the part of the wing 
beyond it. 
In rich woods, Ontario to Minnesota and Alabama. BLUE ASH. 
3. Fraxinus paucifldra Nutt. A shrub or small tree, reaching a height of about 10 
m., with glabrous foliage. Leaves 2-3 dm. long; leaflets firm, 5-7, the blades of the lateral 
ones lanceolate, elliptic or oblong or some ovate, 4-15 cm. long, acute or acuminate at the 
apex, undulate or repand, rounded or acute at the base: samaras oblong or spatulate, 
4-6 cm. long, longitudinally nerved ; body flat, about as long as the part of the wing be- 
yond it or shorter. 
In river swamps, southern Georgia to Florida and Louisiana. 
4. Fraxinus Caroliniàna Mill. A shrub, or a small tree sometimes 12 m. tall, with 
glabrous or pubescent twigs. Leaves 1-3 dm. long; leaflets 5-9, usually 5-7, the 
blades of the lateral ones elliptic-lanceolate, 4-12 cm. long, usually acute at both ends, 
shallowly serrate or nearly entire: samaras elliptic or nearly so, varying to ovate or obo- 
vate, 4-5 cm. long, acute at both ends or sometimes obtuse at the apex, the linear body 
flat, the 2-3 wings pinnately nerved. [F. platycarpa Michx.] 
In swamps and low ground, Virginia and Arkansas to Florida and Texas. WATER ASH. POP ASH. 
POPPY AsH. 
5. Fraxinus profúnda Bush. A forest tree sometimes 35 m. tall, the twigs, petioles 
and lower leaflet-surfaces usually velvety pubescent. Leaves 2-4 dm. long ; leaflets leathery, 
7-9, the blades of the lateral ones lanceolate-ovate, elliptic or rarely oblong, 6-12 cm. 
long, acuminate at both ends or rounded and more or less inequilateral at the base, entire 
or undulate, dark green, glabrous and sometimes lustrous above: samaras 4-5 cm. long; 
each with a thick oblong body and a linear-oblong wing which is decurrent to about the 
middle of the body and emarginate or with a deep sinus at the apex. 
In swamps or on river banks, Pennsylvania to Missouri, south to Georgia. PUMPKIN ASH. 
6. Fraxinus Pennsylvánica Marsh. A small tree, sometimes 26 m. tall, with 
pubescent twigs, petioles and lower leaflet-surfaces. Leaves 1.5-3 dm. long ; leaflets 5-7, 
the blades of the lateral ones lanceolate, elliptic-lanceolate or elliptic, 5-15 cm. long, pale 
green, acute or acuminate at both ends, undulate or irregularly serrulate: samaras 2-6 cm. 
long, each with a linear wing mostly longer than the slender body on which it is decurrent 
to the middle or below it. 
RED 2 streams and on riyer banks, New Brunswick to South Dakota, North Carolina and Kansas. 
7. Fraxinus Berlandiéri DC. A shrub or small tree, with glabrous young apo 
Leaves 1-2 dm. long; leaflets 3—5, the blades of the lateral ones lanceolate to elliptic, the 
terminal one, and rarely the rest broadest above the middle, acute or acuminate, raene 
sharply serrate, narrowed at the base : samaras with a club-shaped body and an elliptic- 
spatulate or lanceolate wing which is decurrent to the middle of the body or below it. 
On river banks, Texas and northern Mexico. 
8. Fraxinus lanceolàta Borck. A tree, sometimes 20 m. tall, with glabrous toran 
Leaves 1-3 dm. long ; leaflets firm, 5-7, the blades of the lateral ones lanceolate or ellip "i 
lanceolate and sometimes elliptic, 5-20 cm. long, pale or light green, usually acuminat i 
at both ends, entire or serrate, especially near the apex: samaras 3.5-6 em. long, than 
with a slender linear body and a linear or linear-oblong wing which is much longer 
the body or rarely about equal in length and decurrent to the middle or near it. 
Along streams, Quebec to the Northwest Territory, Florida, Louisiana and the Indian Territory. 
GREEN AsH. SWAMP ASH, 
9. Fraxinus Texénsis (A. Gray) Sargent. A tree 8-12 m. tall, with eosin 
nearly glabrous foliage. Leaves 1-2 dm. long; leaflets 5-7, the blades of the x irs be- 
lanceolate to oval, 4-8 cm. long, usually DEA glabrous or with few scattered A the 
neath: samara about 2 em. long, the body oblong, terete, fully or nearly as "ODE 
spatulate terminal wing. 
On rocky hills, Texas. 
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