OLEACEAE 1039 
Wing of the als decurrent on the sides of the body. 
sam 
ara-wing linear, sometimes one: linear. 4. F. Darlingtonii. 
mni ins spatulate to elliptic 
Sam SR terete 
of the sam ara narro 
Samar ra broadly ental blades of the 
leaflets thick, entire. 5. F. Michauaii. 
Samara narrowly linear: blades of the 
E thin, serrate. 6. F. Bu Um 
o of the samara stout, ellipsoid. T. F. Small 
Samara- body compressed. 8. F. profun 
Wing of the samara terminal or nearly so. i 
Twigs and leaves glabrous or Heed So. 9. F. americana. 
Twigs and leaves densely pubescent. 10. F. biltmoreana., 
F. quadrangulata Michx. Tree, rarely becoming 36 m. tall the twigs 
p leaflets 7—11; blades of the lateral ones lanceolate, elliptic, or ovate, 
long, serrate, short-petioluled: 
m h 
samaras TT em. long, the wing linear-ellip- A 
tie or di deris eee | W 
woods, often in calcareous soil, various prov- 
inees, rarely Coastal Plain, Ala. to Miss., 
Ark., Minn., Ont., and Ohio.—The light-yel- 
low and brown-streaked heart-wood is used 
in construction The 
and lilii building. 
inner bark yields . a blue dye 
2. F. pauciflora Nutt. Tree becomin ng s 
m. tall or shrub, the nr glabrous: leaflet 
5— 7; blades of the lateral aes “aneoolate 
em 
tudinally veined.— s ASH.)— —Sw mps, , Coastal Plain, Fla. to La., and 
Ga.—The wood is foe “similar to that of the next following species. 
3. F. caroliniana Mill. Tree sometimes 12 m. tall or shrub, the twigs ofte 
pubescent: leaflets 5-9, usually 5-7; blades of the lateral ones dui ac 
a sha tire: samaras 
and adj. 
provinces, Fla. Mo., and Va.—The white or yellow- tinged heart- 
wood is close- rained p soft a weak. 
ubes : ; 
narrowly elongate-linear wing which is decurrent on the upper part of the 
slender fruit-body.—Swamps, woods, and stream- -banks, various provinces, Ala. 
to La., Kans., Ill, Pa., N. Y., Mass., and N. C. 
ichauxii Britton. Tree u "p to 12 m. tall, the twigs velvety or glabrous: 
leaflets 5—7; blades thick, ovate, oval, ovate-lanceolate, or elliptic-lanceolate, 15 
re, -green d 
em. ove 
cent beneath: samaras 3.5-5 em. ong, each with a spatulate, usually broadly 
spatulate wing which is decurrent on the o fruit-body.—Swamps, mea- 
dows, and stream- Da various provinces, La. to Md., N. Y., and N. J. 
F. pennsylvanica Mar Tree s tall, the twigs velvety 
pubescent (or glabrous in P. pennsyly eerie poA leaflets o-7; blades of 
the lateral ones lanceolate or sone dee elliptic, 5-20 em. long, entire, or ser- 
