1040 OLEACEAE 
iate acies near the apex: samaras 3.5-6 em. long, the wing Bd de- 
eurrent to the middle of the linear body or near it.—(RED-ASH. GREEN-ASH.)— 
Lo ods and stream-banks, various provinces, N. C. to Ala., Kans.. ak., 
and ; reported also from Miss.—The light- brown, coarse- grained "heart- 
ood hard and heavy, is used in a variety of ways. 
F. Smallii Britton. Tree becoming 16 m. tall, the twigs glabrous: leaflets 
5-7; blades thinnish, elliptic- -lanceolate, ovate “Janceo late, ovate, or elliptic-ovate, 
5 ntir ale and 
1 em. long or less, acuminate, entire or nearly so, br right- pur n above 
more or less pubescent beneath, M oed d: samaras 38-5 em. long, each 
with an elliptic or linear-elliptic, u sually acute wing which is decurrent on the 
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upper half of the stout seed-bo ae — River. banks, bottoms, and swamps, Coastal 
Plain and adj. provinces, N Fla., to La., Mo. and N. C. 
8. F. profunda Bush. Tree sometimes 35 m. tall, the twigs pubeseent: e 
lets 7-9; blades of the lateral ones lanceolate- ovate or elliptic, 6—12 cm. long, 
entire or undulate: samaras 4-5 em. long, the wing linear- -elliptic or elliptic 
spatulate—(PUMPRIN-asH,)—Swamps and RE. various provinces N of 
W N. Y.— 
o Ala., Mo. ted to T. o 
funda, but with thinner and aa broader leaflets and smaller fruits (3—3.5 
em.) has been e as F. catawbiensis Ashe. It occurs in the Piedmont of 
Ga. and the Caro 
9. F. americana L’ Tree becoming 40 m. tall, the twigs a leaflets 
5-9; blades of the li ones lanceolate or ellipti e, 5-15 em. long, relatively 
thin, entire or shallowly toothed: samaras 2.5-3.5 em. Da (les than 2 em. 
long and seedless in F. americana Curtissi), the wing linear-spatulate or el- 
liptie-spatulate, terminal or pus so on the E ear body.—( WHITE 
ASH.)—Rich or moist woods, vario Mesi Tex., Minn., a 
The brown heart-wood, Apnd d, tough and ‘strong, is used in a great 
variety of ways. Our most valuable ash. 
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10. F. biltmoreana iis Tree becoming 18 m. tall, the twigs densely 
soft-pubescent: leaflets ; blades of the lateral ones ovate to eae -lance- 
olate, 7-14 ¢ m. long, relatively paa entire or obscurely to n: E samaras 3.5—5 
em. long, the. wing linear or so, terminal or nearly s the pn t el- 
rw cM — Woods on river- a Blue Ridge to d en "Plateau, Ga. to 
3. FORESTIERA Poir. Shrubs or trees. Leaves opposite: blades sim- 
ple. Flowers mostly polygamo-dioecious, in lateral d, green or whitish. 
Calyx minute, 4—6-lobed, or obsolete. Corolla w rarely of 1-2 de- 
ciduous petals. Stamens 2-4. Stigma 2-lobed. pun ellipsoid to globular. 
[Adelia P. Br.]—About 15 species, America 
Leaf-blades acuminate at both ends: drupe much longer than thick, narrowly 
ellipsoid. 1. F. acuminata. 
Leaf-blades obtus eee p SUR as long or slightly longer 
than thick, ios 
Seara deciduous ; blades "oo tlied; membranous, not punctate. 
Leaf-blades pubesce nt on the veins beneath and often 
with scattered hairs between: Sa flowers and 
drupes very short-pedicelled or sessi 2. F. ligustrina. 
n copiously pubescent hea. pistillate flow- 
drupes markedly pedicelled. 3. F. pubescens. 
Tidawes Papen ene DNE entire, coriaceous, punctate. 
rupe oval or 
Leaf-blades elliptic or elliptic-spatulate. 4. F. porulosa. 
Leaf-blades linear, linear-elliptic, or oblanceolate. 5. F. pinetorum. 
Drupe globular 6. F. globularis 
