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Distribution: Santa Ynez Mountains and San Bernardino 
Mountains, in the upper portion of the chaparral belt. Upper 
Sonoran. 
Specimens examined: Near Santa Barbara, Bolander, 1873; 
Santa Ynez Mountains, Brandegee, 1888; foothills of the San 
Bernardino Mountains, Clare E. Cummings, May 1, 1896; foot- 
hills near San Bernardino, altitude 1800 meters, Wright 216; San 
Bernardino Mountains, altitude 800 meters, Leiberg 3324; Vasey 
361; Waterman Canyon, Shaw & Illingsworth 14. 
OLEACEAE. Otive Famity. 
Fruit a samara; leaves usually pinnate. 1. Fraxinus. 
Fruit not a samara; leaves entire. 
Fruit a 2-parted membranous capsule; corolla yellow; low shrub. 
2. Menodora. 
Fruit a drupe; corolla none; arborescent shrub. 3. Adelia. 
1. FRAXINUS. Asu. 
Leaflets several. 
Petals 2; leaflets rounded or obtuse at apex, 2-3 cm. long. 
1. F. dipetala. 
Petals none; leaflets acute or acuminate. 
Body of the fruit equaling the wing in length; lateral leaflets sessile. 
2. F. oregona. 
Body of the fruit scarcely over half the length of the wing. 
Leaves usually glabrous; lateral leaflets stalked. 3. F. coriacea. 
Leaves tomentose-pubescent; lateral leaflets sessile. 
4. F. velutina. 
Leaflets only 1 or occasionally 3. 5. F. anomala. 
1. FRaxinus DIPETALA Hook. & Arn. Bot. Beech. 362, pl. 87. 
1840. 
Type locality: California, Douglas. 
Distribution: Coast Ranges and foothills of the Sierra Nevada, 
south to southern California, where it is most frequent in the in- 
terior mountains. Upper Sonoran. 
Specimen sexamined: Santa Ynez Mountains, Elmer 3822; 
Mill Creek, San Bernardino Mountains, Parish 5053; Abrams & 
McGregor 821; Sespe Creek, near Ten Sycamore Flat, Abrams & 
McGregor 175; Sulphur Mountain, Abrams & McGregor 37; Po- 
trero Hills, near San Jacinto, S. B.t& W. F. Parish 278; City 
Creek Canyon, San Bernardino Mountains, altitude 600 meters, 
Leiberg 3301. 
