Fraxinus OLEACEAE— LOGANIACEAE Polypremum 



collected, on the Coastal Plain: along Miles River, n. w. of Easton 

 (Ta), Earle, 1741, in 1938 (P). May. 



F. pennsylvanica Marsh. Red Ash. 



Frequent in low ground near the Fall Line, becoming less com- 

 mon southward. May. 



F. lanceolata Borkh. (F. viridis Mx. f. F. 'pennsylvanica var. 

 lanceolata of Gray's Man,, ed. 7.) Green Ash. 



Frequent along the Brandywine and Red Clay Creeks (NC); 

 also Sussex County: along the Nanticoke River, s. w. of Seaford, 

 Earle, 1802, in 1938 (P). May. 



F. nigra Marsh. Black Ash. 



Infrequent, in low ground, northern New Castle County, and 

 southern Cecil County. 



Chionanthus L. 



C. virginica L. Fringe Tree. 



Frequent in moist woods of the Coastal Plain, from the Fall Line 

 southward to Worcester County; occasional in the Piedmont area: 

 rocky banks of the Brandywine Creek above Wilmington, Canhy in 

 1897 (D); near Rowlandsville (Ce), Long & Bartram, 1197, 31 

 May 1913 (A). Mid-May, early June. 



Ligustrum L. 

 L. vulgare L. Privet. 



An infrequent escape from cultivation in northern New Castle 

 County. June. Introd. from Europe . 



LOGANIACEAE (Logania Family) 



Gelsemium Juss. 



G. sempervirens (L.) Ait. f. Yellow Jessamine. 



Rare: in moist sandy woods back of dunes, s. w. of Eastville 

 (No), Fernald, Long & Fogg, 5411, in 1935 (P, G). April. 



Polypremum L. 

 P. procumbens L. 



Frequent in dry sandy fields and open woods, from Cape Charles 

 northward to lower Kent (Del.) and Talbot Counties. Late July to 

 Sept. 



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