1038 OLEACEAE 
Shrubs or trees: fruits not didym 
Fruit dry, an indehiscent or dehiscent capsule. 
Fruit a loculicidal cap p D leaf-blades simple. Tribe I. SYRINGEAE. 4 
Fruit indehiscent, a sa dot leaf-blades pinnate. Tribe II. FRAXINEAE. | 
Fruit fleshy, a drupe or d DE Tribe III. OL 
OLEAE. 
Woody vines, with compound leaf-blades : fruits didymous. Tribe IV. JASMINEAE. 
I. SYRINGEAE 
Shrubs: flowers conspicuous, numerous in ovoid or pyramidal 
thyrsoid panicles. 1. SYRINGA. 
FRAXINEAE 
II. 
Shrubs or trees: flowers mostly De apetalous, in 
dense racemes or panicles from the axils of last year's leaves. 2. FRAXINUS. 
III. OLE 
Flowers apetalous or sometimes with 1 or 2 ndi petals, mainly 
polygamo- ui styles lender. 3. FORESTIERA. 
Flowers with a corolla, perfect or polygamous: styles short or 
stout. 
Corolla rota ith elongate strap-like nearly distinct 
te, 
petals : leaves deciduous . 4. CHIONANTHUS. 
i funnelfo rm or Salverfonim. with short lobes: leaves 
Corolla funnelform, w white; lobes induplieate-valvate. 5. LIGUSTRUM. 
Corolla salverform, greenish ; lobes imbricate. 6. AMAROLEA. 
IV. JA 
Leaf-blades pon sometimes 1-foliolate: calyx-lobes and 
ore. 7. JASMINUM. 
corolla-lobes 5 or 
1. SYRINGA L. Shrubs. Leaves opposite: blades broad, entire. Flow- 
ers in terminal panicles. Calyx-lobes Eie shorter than the tube. Corolla 
white or purple: tube longer than the lobe 
Stigma 2-lobed. P died d than ide 
—Twelve species, Eurasi 
1. S. ris L. ems commonly 2-3 m. 
tall, "ml pm leaf- Ee ovate, 4— 
10 long, acuminate: panı 1-3 dm. 
robes cal 2.5 mm. long; ss ovate or 
triangular: corolla mm. ; 
v is to obovate: eapsule ellipsoid, 14—16 
-LILAC. 
Waste- -places, thickets, and gardens, various 
provinces, E U. S. Nat. of Eu. and cult. 
—Spr. 
FRAXINUS [Tourn.] L. Shrubs or trees. Leaves opposite: blades un- 
"Ed pinnate. Flowers polygamous, dioecious, or rarely perfect, in clusters 
or panieles. pem Pa 4-lobed or obsolete. Corolla greenish, of 2—4 
petals, or wanting. Stamens 2 or ann 3 or 4. Stigma 2-lobed. Samara 
winged at the e or all Mundi qd 90 species, mostly of the north tem- 
perate zone.—Spr.—ASHE 
Body of the samara flat, the es m to its base or around it. 
aw. RD twigs 4-sided : rounded or obtuse 
1. F. quadrangulata. 
Leaflets En oo terete: Samara narrowed or acute Vids 
Sa en spatulate or elliptic- ee 2. 
Samara elliptic to ovate or obov 3. 
. Body of the samara terete or cis Un essed: the wing 
terminal or slightly decurren 
F. pauciftora. 
F. caroliniana. 
