370 OLEACEZ. (OLIVE FAMILY.) 
sissippi, and northward. April.— A large tree. Leaflets 9/— 4/ long. Fruit 
13! long. d 
2. F. pubescens, Lam. (Rep Asm.) Branchlets and petioles velvety- 
pubescent ; leaflets oblong-ovate or ovate-lanceolate, gradually acuminate, bright 
green above, pale and more or less pubescent beneath ; fruit acute at the base, 
flattish and somewhat 2-edged, gradually dilated upwards into a long lanceolate 
and often notched wing. (F. tomentosa, Michx.) — Swamps, Florida and north- 
ward. March and April. — A small tree. 
3. F. viridis, Michx. (Green Asn.) Glabrous throughout ; leaflets 
' ovate’ or oblong-ovate, more or less toothed, smooth and green both sides; 
fruit as in No. 2, of which it may be a variety. — Swamps, Florida to Missis- 
sippi, and northward. March and April. — A small tree. Es 
* * Fruit winged all round the seed-bearing portion : leaflets 5 — 9, short-stalked. — 
4. F. quadrangulata, Michx. (Brux Asm.) Branchlets square, smooth; 
leaflets oblong-ovate or oblong, acuminate, sharply serrate, when young pubes-: 
cent beneath ; fruit linear-oblong, obtuse at both ends. — Tennessee, and north- 
ward. May. it ud 
5. F. platycarpa, Michx. (WATER AsH.) Branchlets terete, smooth 
or pubescent ; leaflets ovate or elliptical, serrate or almost entire, often pubes- 
cent beneath; fruit broadly winged, oblong-oboyate or oblong with a tapering 
and acute base, sometimes 3-winged. (F. triptera and F. pauciflora, Nutt.) — 
Deep river-swamps, Florida to Mississippi, and northward. March and April. 
— A small tree. 
4. FORESTIERA, Poir (Averia, Michz.) 
Flowers dicecious or polygamous, from axillary scaly buds. Corolla nope. 
Calyx minute, 4-lobed. Sterile flowers single or 3 together in the axils.of im 
bricated scaly bracts. Stamens 3-7. Fertile flowers peduncled. Styles slender. 
Stigma capitate. Ovary 2-celled. Drupe ovoid, 1-seeded, black or blue.— 
Shrubs. Leaves opposite, petioled, serrulate. Flowers minute, greenish, pre 
ceding the leaves. 
1. F. porulosa, Poir. Leaves coriaceous, smooth at maturity, nearly 
sessile, ovate-lanceolate or oblong, obtuse, entire, punctate underneath, : 
margins entire and revolute; drupe short-ovoid. — Coast of East Florida, 
Michauz, Leitner. ; 3 
2. F. ligustrina, Poir. More or less pubescent; the branchlets rough- 
ened with fine tubercles; leaves rather membranaceous, obovate or oboray 
oblong, mostly obtuse, serrulate (1' long), contracted at the base into-a 
petiole ; drupe oval-oblong. — Rocky banks, Florida, Georgia, and wes * 
5. F. acuminata, Poir. Glabrous or slightly pubescent when youngi 
branchlets sometimes spinescent; leaves membranaceous (2-3! long), ovat 
lanceolate or ovate and tapering-acuminate at: both ends, somewhat Wet 
