Plate 259S. 



FRAXINUS (§ CENUS) MALACOPHYLLA, IlemsL 



Oleace.e. 



F. malacophylla, Hemsl. (sp.nov.)-, inter species gerontogeas foliolis 

 ■mssis inollibiis velutino-tomentosis facile distinguitur. 



Arhor 15-30-pedalis, diffusa, ramulis floriferis crassiusculis velutino- 

 tomentosis fulvis. Folia breviter petiolata, 11-15-foliolata, 6-9 poll. 

 longa, undique molliter tomentosa; foliola sessilia, conferta, crassa. 

 lanceolate, oblonga, lanceolato-oblonga vel oblanceolata, usque ad 

 i poll, longa, sed siepius minora, interdum leviter obliqua, apice valde 

 variabilia, terminate bflepe longius et acuminatum. Flares in paniculas 

 densas, tomentosas, quain folia diniidio breviores, in apicibus ramu 

 lorutn dispositi. Calyx parvus, subtruncatus, hirsutus. Petala .glabra, 

 angusta, margine intfexa. Stamina petala vix zequantia. Capsula 

 puberula, cum ala spatulata circiter H— If poll, longa. 



China: Mengtze, Yunnan, at 4000 to 5000 feet, Hancock, 311; 

 A. Henry, 997Q 



This remarkably distinct ash, distinct in its thick, softly tomentose 

 leaves, was first sent to Kew by Mr. W. Hancock, and subsequently by 

 Dr. A. Henry, from the same locality. In foliage it is nearer some of 

 the American species than any of those hitherto discovered in Asia. — 

 W. Bottixg Hemsley. 



Fig. 1, a flower ; 2, a pistil ; 3, fruit ; 4, section of fruit. All except 3 enlarged. 



