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* Fruit naked and terete or barely margined and 2-edged at the base, winged 



above : leaflets 7-9, stalked. 



1. F. Americana, L. (WHITE ASH.) Branches aiid petioles smooth ; 

 leaflets ovate oblong or lanceolate oblong, acuminate, entire, or slightly serrate 

 above, smooth on the upper surface, pubescent or glaucous beneath ; fruit 

 terete, striate, dilated at the apex into a cuneate -linear or lanceolate obtuse 

 or notched wing. Low woods. April. A large tree. Leaflets 2' -4' long. 

 Fruit 1 ^ long. 



2. F. pubescens, Lam. (RED ASH.) Brauchlets and petioles velvety- 

 pubescent ; leaflets oblong-ovate or ovate-lanceolate, gradually acuminate, 

 bright green above, pale and more or less pubescent beneath ; fruit acute at 

 the base, flattish, and somewhat 2-edged, gradually dilated upwards into a 

 long lanceolate often notched wing. Swamps, Florida, and northward. 

 March -April. A small or middle-sized tree. 



3. F. viridis, Michx. (GREEN ASH.) Glabrous throughout; leaflets 

 ovate or oblong-ovate, more or less toothed, smooth and green both sides ; 

 fruit as in No. 2, of which it may be a variety. Swamps. March- April. 

 A large tree. 



* * Fruit winged all round the seed-bearing portion : leaflets 5-9, short-stalked. 



4. F. quadrangulata, Michx. (BLUE ASH.) Branchlets square, 

 smooth ; leaflets oblong-ovate or oblong, acuminate, sharply serrate, when 

 young pubescent beneath; fruit linear-oblong, obtuse at both ends. Ten- 

 nessee, and northward. May. 



5. F. platycarpa, Michx. (WATER ASH.) Branchlets terete, smooth 

 or pubescent ; leaflets ovate or elliptical, serrate or almost entire, often 

 pubescent beneath; fruit broadly winged, oblong-obovate or oblong with a 

 tapering acute base, sometimes 3-winged. Deep river swamps in the lower 

 districts. March - April. A small tree. 



6. F. pauciflora, Nutt. Brandies terete, glabrous ; leaflets 5-7, oblong, 

 acuminate at both ends, sharply serrulate, l'-2' long, the slender petioles 

 long ami spreading; racemes few-flowered; fruit !' long, oblong-obovate, 

 acute, broadly winged. Miry river banks, Georgia and Florida. A shrub 

 or small tree. 



4. FORESTIERA, Poir. (ADELIA, Michx.) 



Flowers dioecious or polygamous, from axillarv scaly buds. Corolla none. 

 Calyx minute, 4-lobed. Sterile flowers single or 3 together in the axils of 

 imbricated scaly bracts. Stamens 3 -7. Fertile flowers peduncled. Styles 

 slender. Stigma capitate. Ovary 2-celled. Drupe ovoid, 1-seeded, black or 

 blue. Shrubs. Leaves opposite, petioled, serrulate. Flowers minute, green- 

 ish, preceding the leaves. 



1. F. pomlosa, 1'oir. Leaves coriaceous, smooth at maturity, nearly 

 sessile, ovate-lanceolate or oblong, obtuse, entire, punctate underneath, the 

 margins revolute ; drupe short-ovoid. Coast of East Florida. 



2. F. ligustrina, Poir. More or less pubescent ; the branchlets rough- 

 ened with fine tubercles ; leaves rather membrauaceous, obovate or obovate- 



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