LiGusTRUM. DIANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. 7 



L. vulgare L. : leaves elliptical-lanceolate, smooth ; ra- 

 cemes compound, crowded. Sp. pi. p. 10. Willd, Spec. 

 I. p. 41. Ejig. Bot,t.l64. Mich. Fl.l. ^. 3. Pursh 

 Fi. 1. p. 7. Big. Bost. p. 5. 

 A shrub 4 to 6 ieet high, with smooth opposite leaves and 

 branches. Flowers in terminal panicles, white; calyx very 

 small, with obtuse, almost obsolete teeth ; corolla funnel-form, 

 tube cylindrical, much longer than the calyx, segments ovate, 

 obtuse. Filaments opposite ; anthers as long as the tube of 

 the corolla. Berries black, nearly round. 

 Hab. In hedges and open woods. Seldom found far from the 

 habitations of men. Common in many places near New-York, 

 particularly in woods on Long-Island. May. Introduced from 

 Europe. Prim or Privet. 



6. CHIONANTHUS. L. 



Calyx 4-parted. Corolla deeply 4-parted, segments 

 long and linear. Drupe 1 -seeded. Nut striated. Gen. 

 pi 13. Nutt. Ge?i. I. p. 5. Juss. p. 105. Roem. 

 ££f Schult. Gen. I. p. 51. Lam. III. t. IX. Nat. 

 Ord. Jasmines. Juss. Fringe-tree. 



C. virginica L.: racemes terminal, peduncles 3-flower- 



ed; leaves acute. Willd. Spec. I. p. 46. Mich. Fl. I. 



p. 3. Pursh Fl.\. 1^.1. Elliott Sk. I. ip.6. Roem. 



&; Schult. I. p. 72. Walt. Car. p. 60. Amelanchier 



virg. &LC. Catesb. Car. I. p. 68. t. 68. 

 «. montana ; leaves oval-lanceolate, coriaceous, smooth ; panicles 

 dense ; drupe oval. Pursh Fl, I.e. C. -virg. latifolia. A i t. 

 Keiv. I. p. 23. 

 $. maritima ; leaves obovate-lanceolate, membranaceous, pubes- 

 cent; panicles very loose, drupe elliptical. Pursh 1, c. 

 Cvirg. angustifolia. Ait. Kenv I.e.. 

 A small tree, 6, 10, or more feet high, with numerous opposite 

 branches, and large pendulous panicles of white flowers. Calyx 

 very minute, 4-cleft. Corolla sometimes 5 or 6-cleft {Per- 

 s con); segments lanceolate-linear, about three-fourths of an 

 inch long. Stamens very short, subulate. Germen ovate; 

 style as long as the calyx ; stigma 3-cleft. Drufie purple. 

 Hab. Var. a. in mountains of Pennsylvania; /3. on the sea-coast, 

 in boggy woods, New-Jersey. May — June. Pursh. Near 

 Port-Elizabeth, New -Jersey, Z. Collins, Esq. found a tree 

 30 feet high ; probably the var. (S. Fringe-tree. White Ash. 



7. ORNUS. Dalech. 



Calyx 4-parted. Corolla 4-parted ; petals long and 

 ligulate. Filaments 4. JVut winged. Pers. I. p. 9. 

 Pursh FL I. p. 6. Nutt. Gen. I. p. 6, Fraxi- 



