Genus NEGUNDO, Moench. 



Fig. 109. — Ash-leaved Maple, Box Elder. JV. acerdides, M. 



Leaves, compound (odd-feathered ; leaflets, three, some- 

 times five, rarely seven) ; opposite ; edge of leaflet 



REMOTELY AND UNEQUALLY COARSE-TOOTHED. 



Outline of leaflets, egg-shape or oval. Apex, taper-pointed. 

 Base, variable and often uneven. 



Leaflets, slightly rough ; the ribs very marked. 



Bark of young trunks, smoothish and yellowish-green ; 

 twigs, light green. 



Flowers, small and greenish, in delicate, drooping clusters 

 from the sides of the branches. 



Fruit, large, yellowish-green, smooth, in long, loose, late- 

 hanging clusters. 



Found, North, South, and West. One of the most widely 

 distributed of the North American trees, with its 

 finest growth in the region of the Wabash and 

 Cumberland rivers. 



A tree twenty to thirty feet high, with spreading 

 branches. Its wood is light and of slight value. 



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