370 OLEACE.E. (OLIVE FAMILY.) 



sissippi, and northward. April. — A large tree. Leaflets 2'- 4' long. Fruit 

 \\' long. 



2. F. pubescens, Lam. (Red Ash.) Branchlcts 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 ami 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. (Gkeen Ash.) 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-bearing portion : leaflets 5-9, short-stalkid. 



4. F. quadrangulata, Michx. (Blue Ash.) Branchlcts 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. 



5. F. platyearpa, Michx. (Water Ash.) Branchlcts 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 8-winged. (F. triptera and F. pauciflora, Nutt.) — 



Deej) river-swamps, Florida to Mississippi, and northward. March and April. 

 — A small tree. 



4. FORESTTEEA, Toir. (Adelia, flfic&r.) 



Flowers di<ccious or polygamous, from axillary scaly buds. Corolla none. 

 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 

 Bessile, ovate-lanceolate or oblong, obtuse, entire, punctate underneath, the 

 margins entire and revolute; drupe short-ovoid. — Coast of East Florida, 

 Michaux, Leittu r. 



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

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

 oblong, mostly obtuse, Berrulate (I' long), contracted at the base into o distinct 

 petiole ; drupe oval oblong. — Rocky bank-, Florida, Georgia, and westward. 



■'!. F. acuminata, Poir. Glabrous or Blightly pubescent when young; 

 branchlets sometimes Bpinescent; leave- membranaceous (2'-S' long), ovate- 

 lanceolate Or ovate and t.ipemii; .•lemninate at both cud-;, BOmewhat -enulalc, 



-lender petioled ; drupe elongated-oblong, mostly pointed when young. — Wet 

 grounds, Georgia to Tenna see, and northwestward. 



