148 GENTIANACEAE 



Family 98. OLEACEAE Lindl. 

 Woody plants with opposite leaves. Calyx 2-4-parted or none. Co- 

 rolla 2-4 parted or none. Stamens 2-4. Ovary superior, 2-celled, with 

 two ovules in each cell. 



1. FRAXINUS L. 



Trees with odd pinnate leaves and polygamous or dioecious, racemose- 

 fasciculate flowers. Stamens two. Petals wanting. Fruit a flat-winged 

 1-2-seeded samara. 



Stalks of lateral leaflets 3^^-V^ long. 1. F. Americana. 

 Stalks of lateral leaflets V-2'^ long. 



Branchlets glabrous. 2. F. lanceolata. 



Branchlets downy. 3. F. Pennsyhanica. 



1. F. Americana L. White Asn. A large tree : branchlets and peti- 

 oles glabrous : leaflets 7-9, stalked, ovate-orbicular to ovate-lanceolate, 

 sparingly denticulate or entire, pale and glabrate or slightly pubescent 

 beneath : wing of samara little decurrent. — Frequent throughout in the 

 upland woods. May. Very variable. 



2. F. lanceolata Borck. Green Ash. 40°-60° high : wing of samara 

 noticeably decurrent : leaflets less pale below, glabrate or pubescent : 

 otherwise resembles the last. — In low grounds throughout, especially 

 along the Missouri River. May. 



3. F. Penneylvanica Marsh. Red Ash. Differs from the last in 

 having the twigs, petioles and lower leaf surface velvety pubescent — Grow- 

 ing with the last around Hiffner's Lake near Atherton and Fish Lake 

 near Sibley. May. 



Family 99. GENTIANACEAE Dumort. 

 Glabrous herbs with opposite, entire, sessile, simple leaves without 

 stipules, and perfect, regular, cymose or clustered flowers. Divisions of 

 the calyx and corolla 4-12 each. Stamens as many as, and alternate 

 with, the corolla lobes. Ovary superior, 1-celled, with two parietal 

 placentae and many ovules. Capsule dehiscent by two valves. 



Style filiform ; anthers twisting in age. 



Corolla salver-form. 1. Erythraea, 



Corolla rotate. 2. Sabbatia. 



Style stout, short or none ; anthers not twisting. 3. Gentiaxa. 



1. ERYTHRAEA Neck. 



Parts of the flower four to five. 



1. E. calyccsa Buckl. Western Centaury. 1° high : leaves linear- 

 oblong : flowers 1^-2' long, pinkish : corolla lobes obtuse. — Found as a 

 waif along the Santa Fe Railroad between the mouths of Rock and Sugar 



Creeks. July. 



2. SABBATIA Adans. 



Flowers pinkish, handsome. 



1. S. campestris Nutt. Prairie Pink. Annual, 4^-12' high : leaves 

 ovate to ovate-oblong : branches alternate : capsule 5-winged, its lobes 



