CHAP. LXxv. OLEA‘CEX. FRA’XINUS. 1239 
* 20. F.(s.) RuBicu’NDA Bosc. The reddish-veined Ash. 
Identification. Bosc, 1. c.; Don’s Mill., 4. p. 56. 
Spec. Char., &c. Leaves with 3 pairs of coriaceous leaflets, rather tomentose beneath, oblong, acute, 
a little toothed, and having the veins and petioles reddish beneath. Buds and branchlets grey. 
(Don’s Mill., iv. p. 56.) A tree, a native of North America. Introduced in 1824, and flowering in 
May. We have not seen this sort. 
¥ 21. F.(a.) Lonetro‘it1a Bosc. The long-leaved Ash. 
Identification. Bosc, |.c.; Don’s Mill., 4. p. 56. 
Spec. Char., &c. Leaves with 3 pairs of leaflets, shining above, but tomentose beneath, and on the 
petioles. Leaflets oblong-lanceolate, acuminated, a little toothed. Branches hairy. (Don’s Mill., 
ly. p. 56.) A tree, from 30 ft. to 40 ft. high; a native of North America, Introduced in 1824, 
and flowering in May, We have not seen this sort. 
¥ 22. F.(a.) vi‘ripis Bosc. The green Ash. 
Identification. Bosc, 1. c.; Don’s Mill., 4. p. 56, ; Lodd. Cat., ed. 1836. 
Spec. Char.,§c. Leaves with 3 pairs of leaflets, shining above, but the veins 
are downy beneath ; leaflets cblong, acute, sharply and unequally serrated. 
Branches green. (Don’s Mill., iv. p.56.) A tree, a native of North Ame- 
rica. Introduced in 1824, and flowering in May. A tree of this sort, in the 
arboretum of the Horticultural Society, was, in 1834, 13 ft. high, after being 
8 years planted. 
% 23. F(A.) CINE‘REA Bosc. The grey Ash. 
Identification. Bosc,l.c.; Don’s Mill., 4. p. 56.; Lodd. Cat., ed. 1836. 
Spec. Char., §c. Leaves with 3 pairs of glabrous leaflets, but the veins are 
rather pilose beneath; leaflets lanceolate, unequally toothed. Buds linear, 
grey, pilose. (Don’s Mill., iv.p. 56.) A tree, a native of North America. 
Introduced in 1824, and flowering in May. There are plants of this sort 
in the arboretum of Messrs. Loddiges. 
¥ 24. F. (a.) a’tBa Bosc. The white Ash. 
Identification. Bosc., 1.c.; Don’s Mill. 4. p. 56. 
Synonymes. In the Horticultural Society’s Garden there are, or were lately, F. caroliniana Alba, 
F. americana alba var., and F.am."4)ba affinis ; but, whether any of them is asynonyme of the F. 
Alba of Bosc, we are unable to determine. 
Spec. Char., &c. Leaves with 3 pairs of leaflets, hairy beneath, and on the petioles. Leaflets lan- 
ceolate, unequally and sharply toothed, acuminated. Branches grey. (Don’s Mill., iv. p. 56.) A 
tree, a native of North America. Introduced in 1823, and flowering in April and May. We are 
a aware of any sort being in British gardens under this name: the white ash of Cobbett is our 
. americana. 
¥ 25. F.(a.) Ricwa’rpr Bose. Richard’s Ash. 
Identification. Bosc, 1. c.; Don’s Mill., 4. p. 56.; Lodd. Cat., ed. 1836. 
Spec. Char., §c. eaves with 3 pairs of oblong, acute, toothed, glabrous 
leaflets ; but the veins are rather pilose beneath. Branches cinereous, pilose 
at the base. (Don’s Mill., iv. p. 56.) A tree, a native of North America, 
and flowering there in April and May. Introduced in 1812. There are 
plants of this sort in the arboretum of Messrs, Loddiges, 
¥ 26. F.(a.) ova‘ta Bosc. The ovate-leaved Ash. 
Identification. Bosc, 1. c.; Don’s Mill., 4. p. 56. ; Lodd, Cat., ed. 1836. 
Spec. Char., §c. Leaves pilose beneath, with 3 pairs of leaflets, that are ovate, 
acute, equally toothed. Buds fulvous. (Don’s Mill., iv. p.56.) A tree,a 
native of North America, and flowering there in April and May. Introduced 
in 1812. There are plants in the Hackney Arboretum. 
¥ 27. F.(a.) n1'Gra Bose. The black Ash. 
Identification. Bosc, 1.c.; Don’s Mill., 4. p. 56.; Lodd. Cat., ed. 1836. 
Spec. Char.,§c. Leaves with 3 pairs of glabrous leaflets, which are oblong, 
acuminated, somewhat sinuately toothed. Branches blackish. (Don’s Mill., 
iv. p. 56.) A tree, a native of North America, and flowering there in April 
and May. Introduced in 1825. A plant of this sort, in the arboretum 
of the HorticuJtural Society, was, in 1834, 13 ft. high, after being 8 years 
planted. 
