Fraxinus. OLEACE^E. 75 



terete, barely acute at base, merely 1-nerved at what would be the margins, half or thrice 

 shorter than the lanceolate or oblanceolate wing. Spec. ed. 2, 1510, excl. syn. Catesb. ; 

 Muhl. in N. Schrift. Berl. iii. (1801) ; Michx. f. Sylv. 1. 118 (excl. fruit, which is apparently 

 that of F. viridis) ; Torr. Fl. N. Y. ii. 125, t. 89 (on plate F. acuminata) ; Emerson, Rep. 

 Trees, ed. 2, t. 12. F. iicumlnata, Lam. Diet. ii. 542. F. Novx-Arvjlice & F. Caroliniana ? 

 Wangenheim. F. alba, Marsh. Arbust. 51. F. juglandifolia, Lam. 1. c. 1 & Bosc in Mem. 

 List. 1808, 209. F. epiptera, Michx. Fl. ii. 250. F. Canadensis, Ga?rtn. Fruct. i. 122, t. 49. 

 F. discolor, Muhl. Cat. 111. Rich or moist woods, Canada to Florida and Louisiana. Very 

 valuable timber-tree : fruit variable in size and shape of wing, but that of the terete cylin- 

 draceous body quite constant. Monoecious flowers have been met with. 



Var. microcarpa. Fruit (seemingly full grown but seedless) remarkably small, 

 half to two thirds inch long. F. albicans, Buckley in Proc. Acad. Philad. 1802, partly. F. 

 Curtissii, Yasey, Cat. Trees U. S. 20. Eufaula, Alabama (C'urtiss), &e. 



Var. Texensis. Low tree, glabrous throughout : leaflets mostly 5, slender-petiolu- 

 late, from ovate to broadly oval, 14- to 2 inches long, either rounded at apex or slightly 

 acuminate : fruit small, two-thirds to barely an inch long, the wing hardly double the 

 length of the body. F. albicans, Buckley, 1. c., in part. F. pistaciazfolia, E. Hall, List. PI. 

 Tex. no. 527. F. coriacea, Watson, 1. c., as to pi. Bigelow, " Devil's Run Canon," Texas 

 (not "Arizona"), a form with remarkably long-petiolulate leaves of firmer texture, with- 

 out flowers or fruit. Texas, on rocky hills, from Austin to Devil's River, near the Rio 

 Grande. Perhaps a distinct species. 



= = Body of the fruit more slender, tapering gradually from summit to base, more or less mar- 

 gined upward by the decurrent wing. 



F. pubascens, Lam. (RED ASH.) Tree of middle or large size: inner face of the 

 outer bark of the branches red or cinnamon-color when fresh : 3'oung parts velvety- 

 pubescent, commonly permanently so : leaflets as of the preceding, or else longer and 

 narrower, the lower face and the petioles more tomentose : fruit commonly 1 to 2 inches 

 long ; its body more than half (or even little less than) the length of the linear or spatulate 

 wing. Diet. ii. 548 ; Walt. Car. 254 ; Muhl. in N. Schrift. Berl. 1. c. ; Gray, Man. ed. 5, 

 402. F. Pennsylvanica, Marsh. Arbust. 51. F. niijra, DuRoi. F. tomentosa, Michx. f. Sylv. 

 t. 119. F. oblongocarpa, Buckley, 1. c. Low grounds, Canada to Dakotah, and south to 

 Florida ; rare west of Ohio. 



F. viridis, Michx. f. (GREEN ASH.) Small or middle-sized tree, glabrous: leaflets 

 5 to 9, bright green both sides, or barely pale beneath, from oblong-lanceolate to ovate, 

 mostly acuminate and sparsely and sharply serrate or denticulate (2 to 4 inches long) : 

 fruit nearly as in the preceding or with a rather more decurrent wing (from 9 to 18 lines long). 

 Sylv. t. 120, excl. fruit (which must belong to F. Americana}; Bosc, I.e.; Gray, Man. 

 ed. 2, 358. F. concolor, Muhl. Cat. ; Torr. Fl. N. Y. (on plate, F. pnbcscens in letter-press) 

 t. 90. F. jufjlandifolia, Willd. Spec. iv. 1104. F. Caroliniana (Willd. 1 ), Pursh, Fl. i. 9. 

 F. expansa, Willd. Baum. 150. Along streams, Canada and Dakotah to Florida, Texas, 

 and Arizona ? Pale-leaved forms, with some pubescence on the veins of the leaflets be- 

 neath, pass into the preceding. 



Var. Berlandieriana. Leaflets 3 to 5, with a more cuneate base : wing of the fruit 

 rather wider and more decurrent on the body. F. Berlandieriana, DC. Prodr. viii. 278. 

 F. trialata, Buckley, 1. c., a state with Swinged samara. Texas. (Cuba?) 

 H- -H- Fruit with compressed and wing-margined body. 



F. platycarpa, Michx. (WATER ASH.) Tree of middle size, glabrous or pubescent: 

 branchlets terete : leaflets 5 to 7, ovate or oblong, acuminate, sharply serrate or entire, 

 conspicuously petiolulate : fruit elliptical, obovate, or spatulate (one or two inches long), 

 contracted below into a stalk-like base, each face with an impressed midnerve, not rarely 

 3- winged. Fl. ii. 256; Michx. f. Sylv. t. 124; Cliapra. Fl. 370. F. Carolinensis, &c., 

 Catesb. Car. i. t. 80. F. Caroliniana, Lam. 1. c. 1 F. excelsior ? Walt. Car. 254. F. Ameri- 

 cana, Marsh. Arbust. 50. F. pal/ida, Bosc, 1. c. F. pauciflora, Nutt. Sylv. iii. 61, t. 100. 

 F. triptera, Nutt. 1. c., with 3-winged samara. F. Nuttallii & F. nigrescens, Buckley, in Proc. 

 Philad. Acad. 1860 & 1862. Deep river-swamps, Virginia to Louisiana. (Cuba.) 



F. quadrangulata, Michx. (BLUE ASH.) Large timber-tree, the inner bark yielding a 

 blue color to water, glabrous : branchlets square : leaflets 7 to 11 ( ovate-oblong to lanceolate, 

 acuminate, sharply serrate (3 or 4 inches long), short-petiolulate, when young often pubes- 



