232 DICOTYLEDONOUS PLANTS. 



HAB. Woods. N. Y. toVirg. W. to Miss. May, June. *?. 

 Shrub 4 6 feet high. Leaves dark green, opposite, entire, 

 with a small point. Flowers white, in dense terminal panicles. 

 Berries purplish-black. Privet or Prim . 



2. CHIONANTHUS. Linn. 



Calyx 4-parted. Carol deeply 4-parted ; segments long 

 and linear. Stamens 2 ; anthers nearly sessile, on the tube. 

 Drupe 1-seeded. Nut striate. Diandria. Monogyjiia. 



C. mrginica Linn. : panicle terminal ; peduncles 3-flowered ; leaves 

 acute. 



a. montana Pursh : leaves oval-lanceolate, coriaceous, smooth ; 

 panicles dense ; drupe oval. 



b. maritima Pursh: leaves obovate-lanceolate, membranaceous, pu- 

 bescent ; panicles very loose ; drupe elliptical. 



HAB. a. on mountains; b. on the sea coast. Penn. to Car. May, 

 June. *?. A small tree, 610 feet high, with opposite branch- 

 es. Flowers white,i fc in pendulous panicles.^ Drupe purple. The 

 corol is sometimes 5 or 6 -cleft. Fringe Tree. 



3. FRAXINUS. Linn. 



Calyx none, or 3 4-cleft. Corol none or deeply 4-parted, 

 Stamens 2. Capsule 2-celled, 2-seeded, compressed and foli- 

 accous at the extremity. Seed solitary, pendulous. Polyga- 

 mous. Dioecia. Diandria. 



* Flowers naked, never perfect. Anthers snssile. 



1. F. sambuctfolia Willd. : leaves pinnate ; leafets sessile, ovate- 

 lanceolate, rugose and shining, rounded and unequal at base ; axils of 

 the veins villous beneath ; flowers naked. 



HAB. River banks. Can. and N. S. April. *?. A large tree, 

 with the buds deep blue ; young shoots dotted, green. Leafets 

 in 5 pairs. Black Ash. Water Ash. 



** Flowers calyculate, apetalous. 



2. F. acuminata Lam. : leaves pinnate ; leafets petiolate. oblong, 

 shining, acuminate, very entire or slightly toothed, glaucous beneath; 

 flowers calyculate. F. amtricana Willd. F. concolor Mich. j. 



HAB. Woods. Can. to Car. May. 1?. A large tree 5060 

 feet high. Leaves at first downy, at length green above and 

 white beneath. Leafets in 3 4 pairs. The wood is valuable 

 in many of the arts. White, Ash. 



3. F. pubescens Walt. : leaves pinnate ; leafets petiolate, elliptical- 

 ovate, serrate ; the under surface, petioles and young branches tomen- 

 tose ; flowers calyculate. F. tomentosa Mich. f. 



HAB. Woods. Can. to Car. April, May. ^>. A large tree. 

 Leafets in 34 pairs, acuminate, with a long summit, often near- 

 ly entire, very long. Red Ash. 



