CHAP. LXXV. OLEA CEH. FONTANE SIA. 1213 
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FONTANE'S/4A Labill. Tue Fontanesia. Lin. Syst. Diandria Monogynia, 
Identification. Labill. Pl. Syr., dec. 1. p. 9. t. 1.; Lam. Ill, 1. t. 22.; Lindl. Nat. Syst. Bot., ed. 2., 
p. 308. ; Don’s Mill, 4. p. 51. 
Derivation. Named after René Louiche Des Fontaines, author of Flora Atlantica, 2 vols, 4to, 
Paris, 1798-99, and several other works. 
Gen. Char., §c. Calyx 4—6-parted, permanent. Corolla 4—6-parted, de- 
ciduous. Stamens 2, elongated. Stigma bifid, hooked. Capsule a 2—4- 
winged, 2-celled, papery, indehiscent samara; cells 1-seeded. (Don’s Mill., 
iv. p. 51.) A subevergreen shrub, with lanceolate leaves, and axillary 
racemes of yellowish white flowers. This genus seems to be a connecting 
link between the tribes Fraxiniéz and Oleine. 
# 21. F. paomiyredi'pes Labill, The Phillyrea-like Fontanesia. 
Idetification. Labill. Syr., dec. 1. p.9. t.1.; Don’s Mill, 4. p.51.; Lodd. Cat., ed. 1836. 
Engravings. Lodd. Bot. Cab., t. 1308, ; and our fig. 1043. 
Description, §c. A shrub or low tree, growing to the height of from 10 ft. to 
14 ft., or upwards, with leaves acute at both ends; a native of Syria, between 
Laodicea and Mount Cassius, and of Sicily. It was 
introduced in 1787, and flowers in June. The flowers 
are at first of a greenish white, or yellowish green; 9 Noe 
but they afterwards become of a brownish yellow, and ro Ree 1043 
remain on the tree two or three months. The leaves 
of the plant, in Syria, and in the neighbourhood of 
Alexandria, and also in Italy, remain on till spring; 
but, in the neighbourhood of Paris and London, they 
drop off in the course of the winter, like those of the 
common privet ; to which plant the fontanesia bears a 
close general resemblance, though it is strikingly dif- A 
ferent in having a rough exfoliating bark. It grows “\ 
rapidly, forming a large bush 10 ft. or 12 ft. high in as +° 
many years; or, if trained to a single trunk, a very handsome tree, with 
numerous slender, divergent, drooping branches. There are plants of it 
in the Horticultural Society’s Garden, and in the arboretum of Messrs. 
Loddiges, 8 ft. or 10 ft. high, which flower freely every year; and one in the 
Kew Garden, 8 ft. high. It is readily propagated by layers, by cuttings, or 
by grafting on the common privet. Grafted standard high on the ash, it 
would form a very handsome drooping-branched tree. Plants, in the London 
nurseries, are 1s. each. 
_ Forsithia Vahl is a genus named in honour of William Forsyth, Esq., Royal Gardener at Ken- 
sington, author of Observations on the Diseases of Trees, &c., who died in 1804; and to whose son, of 
the same name, who died in 1835 (See Gard. Mag., vol. xi. p. 496.), we are much indebted for contri- 
butions to the historical part of this work, and to that of the Encyclopedia of Gardening. 
F. suspénsa Vahl, Syringasuspénsa Thunb., Lilac perpénse Lam., is a native of Japan, where it 
is cultivated for the elegance of its flowers, which are yellow. It is an ascending shrub, with pendent 
tetragonal branches, and oval, simple, or trifoliate leaves. It is probably half-hardy or quite hardy ; 
and it is to be regretted that it is not yet introduced. 

Sect. III. FRaxinie‘@. 
Genus VI. 
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FRA’XINUS Tourn. Tue Asn. Lin. Syst. Polygamia Dice'cia. 
Identification. Tourn, Inst., 343.; Lin, Gen., No. 1160.; Michx. Gen., 107.; Juss. Gen., 105 
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