370 OLEACE.E. (olive FA5IILY.) 



sissip;>i, aiitl nort'iward. April. — A large tree. Lcallcts 2' -4' long. Frnit 

 U'long. 



2. F. pubesccns, Lam. (Red Ash.) Branchlct.s and putiolcs vclvcty- 

 pubcsccnt ; kaflots oblong-ovate or ovate-lanceolate, gradually acuininatc, bright 

 green above, ])alc and more or less ])ubescent beneath ; fruit acute at the base, 

 llattish and somewhat 2-edged, gradually dilated upwards into a long lanceolate 

 and often notched wing. (F. tomento.sa, J/i'cAr.) — Swamps, Florida and north- 

 ward. March and April. — A small tree. 



3. F. viridis, Michx. (Gkeen Asii.) 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. 



* * Fruit winged all round the seed-hearing portion : leaflets 5-9, short-stalked. 



4. F. quadrangulata, Michx. (BlueAsh.) Branchlets square, smooth ; 

 leaflets oblong-ovate or oblong, acuminate, sharply serrate, when young pubes- 

 cent beneatli ; fruit linear-oblong, obtuse at both ends. — Tennessee, and north- 

 ward. May. 



5. F. platycarpa, Michx. (Water Asii.) Branchlets terete, smooth 

 or pubescent ; leaflets ovate or elliptical, serrate or almost entire, often pubes- 

 cent beneath ; fruit broadly winged, oblong-obovate or oblong with a tapering 

 and acute base, .sometimes 3-winged. (F. triptera and F. panciflora, iVu«.) — 

 Deep rivcr-swamps, Florida to Mississippi, and northward. March and ApriL 

 — A small tree. 



4. FORESTIERA, Poir. (Adelia, Michx.) 



Flowers dioecious or polygamous, from axillary scaly buds. Corolla none. 

 Calyx minute, -l-lobcd. 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-eelled. Drupe ovoid, 1-seeded, black or blue. — 

 Shrubs. Leaves opposite, petioled, serrulate. Flowers minute, greenish, pre- 

 ceding the leaves. 



1. F. pomlosa, Poir. Leaves coriaceous, smooth at maturity, nearly 

 sessile, ovate-hinccohite or oblong, obtuse, entire, punctate undcrncatii, the 

 margins entire and revolute ; drui)e short-ovoid. — Coast of East Florida, 

 Mirhanx, Leitntr. 



2. F. ligustrina, Poir. More or less pubescent ; the branchlets rough- 

 ened with line tubercles ; leaves rather membranaceous, obovate or obovate- 

 oblong, mostly obtuse, serrulate (I' long), contrneted at the base into a distinct 

 petiole ; drupe oval-nblong. — Rocky banks, Florida, Georgia, and westward. 



3. F. acuminata, Poir. Glabrous or slightly ])ubesccnt wjicn young; 

 branchlets sometimes spinescent ; leaves membranaceous (2' -3' long), ovate- 

 janceohite or ovate and tapering-acuminate at both ends, somewhat sorrulnto, 

 slendcr-petiolcd ; drupe elongntcdol)long, mostly pointed when young. — Wet 

 grounds, Georgia to Tennessee, and nortiiwestwurd. 



