1238 ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM. PART III. 
apex, and terete at the bottom. Young branches green, covered with white 
dots. Bark chinky. Flowers calyculate. Buds brown. (Don’s Mill., iy. 
p. 55.) <A tree, 30 ft. high; a native of North America, from Canada to 
Carolina. Introduced in 1823, and floweringin May. Thereare plants of 
this sort in the Horticultural Society’s Garden, and in the arboretum of 
Messrs. Loddiges. A tree in the former collection was, in 1834, 15 ft. 
high, after being 10 years planted. 
¥ 16. F.(a.) pLatyca’rpa Vahl. The broad-fruited Ash, 
Identification. Vahi Enum., 1. p,49.; Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept., 1. p.9.; Don’s Mill, 4. p. 55,; Lodd. 
Cat., ed. 1836. 
Synonymes. F. caroliniana Catesb. Car., t. 80.; the Carolina Ash, Amer. 
Engravings. Michx. N. Amer. Syl., 3. fig.124. ; and our figs. 1063, 1064. 
Spec. Char.,§c, Leaflets almost sessile,very distinctly serrated, elliptic-lanceo- 
late, 2in. long and 1in. broad; having the larger veins villous beneath. 
Samara elliptic-lanceolate, 
2in, long, acute at both 
ends. (Don’s Mill, iv. 
p. 55.) A tree, from 30 ft. 
to 50 ft. high; a native of 

Virginia and Carolina. In- 
troduced in 1724, and flow- 
ering in May. The tree of . 
this sort in the arboretum 1064 ¥ 
of the Horticultural Society \ 
was, in 1834, 11 ft. high, 
after having been 6 years planted. It is very easily known from all the other 
American ashes, by the leaves dying off, in the autumn, of a fine purple. 
¥ 17. F. (4.) expa’nsa Willd. The expanded Ash. 
Identification. Willd. Berl. Baumz., p. 150.; Don’s Mill, 4, p. 55. ; Lodd. Cat., edit. 1836. 
Synonyme. F. caroliniana Hort. Worlitz. 
Spec. Char., §c. Leaflets 5 pairs, 3in. long, ovate-oblong, unequally serrated, 
acuminated, glabrous, but not shining, petiolate. Branches glabrous. 
Flowers calyculate. Young branches green, smooth. Buds brown. (Don’s 
Mill., iv. p. 55.) A tree 30 ft. to 50 ft. high; a native of North America. 
Introduced in 1824, and flowering in May. There are plants of this sort 
in the arboretum of Messrs. Loddiges. 
¥ 18. F.(a.) mi’xta Bosc. The mixed Ash. 
Identification. Bosc ex Spreng. Syst., 1. p. 96.; Don’s Mill., 4. p. 55. 
Spec. Char., &c. Leaves with 5 pairs of leaflets, glabrous on both surfaces, oblong, almost sessile, 
unequally toothed. (Don’s Mill., iv. p.55.) A tree, a native of North America. Introduced in 
1824, and flowering in May. We have not seen this sort. 
¥ 19. F(A.) PULVERULE’NTA Bosc. The powdery Ash. 
Tdentification. Bosc ex Spreng. Syst., 1. p. 96.; Don’s Mill., 4. p. 55. 
Spec. Char., &c. Leaves with 6 pairs of leaflets, tomentose beneath, on long petioles, oblong, acute, 
sinuated. Petioles powdery. (Don’s Miil., iv. p. 55.) A tree, a native of North America. Intro- 
duced in 1824, and flowering in May. We have not seen the plant. 
