OLEACEAE 1041 
1. F. acuminata (Michx.) Poir. Tree sometimes 10 m. tall or shrub, the 
twigs glabrous: leaf-blades 3-10 s EA elliptie-oval to ovate- -elliptie, slightly 
serrat r , 9- long: A 
drupe narrowly ellipsoid, 12-15 mm. long; © ok 
stone uum. to the apex.—( FORESTIERA.) SNC 
—River-swamps, stream- -banks, and ponds, S&S 
various provinees, Fla. to Tex., Il., and CY) 
S. C.—Spr. NE At 
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2. F. ligustrina (Michx.) Poir. Shrub 1 
m. tall, the twigs usually brown or purplish X 
glabrous or nearly so: leaf-blades 1 
long, elliptie oval or approaehing cd on 
finely serrate: bracts ovate or rhombic, 
about 2.5 mm. long, eciliate: pu broadly 
globose-oval, 7-8 mm. long; stone oval.— 
Sandy or rocky soil n river- i. various 
provinces, Fla. to Tenn. and Ga. —Sum. 
3. F. pu e Nutt. Shrub mainly 1-2 m. tall, the twigs pE a 
ene leaf-bla —4 em. long, elliptie-oval or elliptic-obovate, er- 
ate: bracts oe 92.5 mm. long, or rarely longer, ciliate: aR “tipsoig 
6 7 mm. long; stone aa ellipsoid.—River-banks, Coastal Plain, Fla. 
Tex. and Ark.—spr. 
4. F. porulosa (Michx.) Poir. Small tree or shrub 1-3 m. the twigs 
des 1.5—5 em. long, elliptie to EN -spatulate, 
mostly 2.5—6 em. long, e entire: bracts oval or sub-orbicular, about 1.5 mm. long, 
ciliate: drupe ellipsoid, 7-8 mm. long. [Adelia segregata ~ SE. Jl 
(FLORIDA-PRIVET.)— dre cks and Sad dunes, S F 
5. F. pinetorum Small Shrub with short rigid, sometimes virgate branches 
0.2-1 m. tall, the twigs puberulent, gray: leaf-blades 1-2.5 em. long, linear- 
eee E oblaneeolate, entire, thin-cori ed braets obovate to orbieular- 
5-2 mm. 1 ng, eilate: drupe o 5—7 mm. long, equilateral, black: 
Men n LIVE. ede S pen. Fla.—Fall- —Spr. 
6. F. globularis er Shrub with intricately branched stems, 1-3 tall, 
the twigs pale-gray and striate, glabrous: leaf-blades elliptic or slightly pim. 
ened upward, ee: -fleshy, mainly 1-2 em. long, paler no than above: 
flowers few, nearly sessile: ds oval to noo uit 2-2.5 mm. long, ciliate: 
ie as globular, 7-9 mm RE blue; stone globose or pros -globose.— 
-hammocks, E pars 
4. CHIONANTHUS L. Shrubs or trees. Leaves opposite, deeiduous: 
blades simple. Flowers perfect or polygamous, in drooping festoon- like panieles. 
Calyx Edi A-lobed. Corolla white: lobes narrow, many times longer than the 
tube. Stamens 2: filaments adnate to the corolla-tube. Stigma notched or 
2-lobed. See oval to subglobose-—Two species, Ameriean.—FRINGE-TREES. 
OLD-MAN’S BEARDS. FLOWERING-ASHES. GRANDSIR-GRAYBEARDS.—Spr. 
Corolla-lobes 2-3 cm. long: anthers acuminate: drupe 1-1.5 cm. long. 
1. C. virginica. 
oe lobes about 1 em. long: anthers abruptly blunt-tipped : 
pe 2-2.5 cm. long. 
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2. C. pygmaea. 
