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ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM. 



PART 111. 



apex, and terete at the bottom. Young branches green, covered with white 

 dots. Bark chinky. Flowers calyculate. Buds brown. (Dun's Mill., iv. 

 p. 53.) A tree, 30ft. high; a native of North America, from Canada to 

 Carolina, Introduced in 1823, and flowering in May. There are 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. 



y 16. F. (a.) platyca'rpa Vahl. The broad-fruited Ash. 



Identification. Vahl Enura., 1. p. 49. ; Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept, 1 p. 9.: Don's Mill., 4. p. 55. ; Lodd. 



Cat., ed. 1836. i- . r . > r , 



Synonymes. F. carolini^na Catetb. Car., t. 80. ; the Carolina Ash, Amer. 

 Engraving!'. Micbx. N. Amer. Syl., 3. fig.124. ; and out figs. 10<v3, 1064. 



Spec. Char.,Sfc. Leaflets almost sessilc,very distinctly serrated, elliptic-lanceo- 

 late, 2 in. long and 1 in. broad ; havingthe larger veins villous beneath. 

 Samara elliptic-lanceolate, 

 2 in. long, acute at both 

 ends. (Doll's Mi/L, iv. 

 p. 55.) A tree, from 30 ft. 

 to 50 ft. high ; a native of 



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Virginia and Carolina. In- 

 troduced in 172-1-, and flow- 

 ering in May. The tree of 

 this sort in the arboretum 

 of the Horticultural Society 

 was, in 1S.34, 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. 



i 17. F. (a.) expa'nsa WUld. The expanded Ash. 



Identification. Willd. BerL Baumz., p. 150. ; Don's Mill., 4. p. 55. ; Lodd. Cat, edit 1836. 

 Synonyme. F. caroliniina Hort. IVorlitz. 



Spec, Char., Sfc. Leaflets 5 pairs. Sin. long, ovate-oblong, unequally serrated, 

 acuminated, glabrous, but not shining, petiolate. Branches glabrous. 

 Flowers calyculate. Young branches green, smooth. Buds hrown. (Don's 

 Mill., iv. p. 55.) A tree 30 ft. to 50 ft. high ; a native of North America. 

 Introduced in I824', and flowering in May. There ai*e plants of tliis sort 

 in the arboretum of Messrs. Loddiges. 



i 18. F. (a.) mi'xta Bosc. The mixed Ash. 



Identification. Bosc ex Sprang. Syst, 1. p. 9fi. ; Don's Mill., 4. p. .'">5. 



Spec. Char., S(C. Leaves with 5 pairs of leaflets, glabrous on both surfaces, oblong, almost sessile, 



unequally toothed. (Don's Mill., iv. p 5'>.) A tree, a native of North America. Introduced in 



1824, and flowering in May. We have not seen this sort 



1 19. F. (a.) pulverule'nta Bosc. The powdery Ash. 



Identification. Bosc ex Spreng. Syst., 1. p. 96. ; Don's Mill., 4. p. 55. 



Spec. Char., Sfc. Leaves with 6 pairs of leaflets, tomentose beneath, on long prfiolcs, oMong, acute, 



sinuatfd. Petioles powdery. (Don's Mill., iv. p. 55.) A tree, a native of North America. Intio- 



duced in 1S24, and flowering in May. We have not seen the plant. 



