110 FOREST TREES OF NORTH AMERICA. 



195. Fraxinus platycarpa, Michaux, 



Fl. Bor.-Am. ii, 256. Vahl, Enurn. i, 49. Persoon, S.yn. ii, 605. Desfontaines, Hist. Amb. i, 103. Nouvean Duhamel, iv, 64. Michaux f. 

 Hist. Arb. Am. iii, 128, 1. 13; N. American Sylva, 3 ed. iii, 63, t. 124. Poiret, Suppl. ii, 671. Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. i, 9. Reamer & 

 Schnlteg, Syst. i,278. Nuttall, Genera, ii, 231. Hayne, Dend. Fl. 2-25. Elliott, Sk. ii, 673. Sprengel, Syst.i, 96. Eaton, Manual, 

 6 ed. 149. Don, Miller's Diet, iv, 55. Eaton & Wright, Bot, 247. A. De Caudolle, Prodr. viii, 277. Darby, Bot. S. States, 429. 

 Cooper in Smithsonian Rep. 1858, 253. Chapman, Fl. S. States, 370. Curtis in Rep. Geological Surv. N. Carolina, 1860, iii, 53. 

 Lesquereux in Owen's 2d Rep. Arkansas, 382. Wood, Cl. Book, 598; Bot. & Fl. 277. Gray, Manual N. States, 5 ed. 402 ; Syn. Fl. 

 N. America, ii 1 , 75. Young, Bot. Texas, 453. Vasey, Cat. Forest Trees, 20. 



?F. Caroliniana, Miller, Diet. No. 6. Lamarck, Diet, ii, 518. Reamer & Schultes, Syst. i, 278. Don, Miller's Diet, iv, 55. 

 London, Arboretum, ii, 1237. Koch, Dendrologie, ii, 258. 



F. excelsior, Walter, Fl. Caroliniana, 254 [not Linnaeus]. 

 F. Americana, Marshall, Arbustum,50 [not LiBnseus]. 

 F. pallidtt, Bosc in Mem. Inst. 1808, 209. 

 F. pubescens, Bosc in Mem. Inst. 1808,210 [not Lamarck]. 



F. triptera, Nuttall, Genera, ii,232 ; Sylva, iii, 62, 1. 100; 2 ed. 127, 1. 100. Elliott, Sk. ii, 674. Don, Miller's Diet, iv, 56. 

 London, Arboretum, ii,1240. A. De Candolle, Prodr. viii, 274. Darby, Bot. S. States, 429. 



F. curvidens, Hoffrnannsegg, Vcrz. d. Pflanzenkult. 29. 



F. pauciftora, Nuttall, Sylva, iii, 61, 1. 100 ; 2 ed. ii, 126, t. 100. 



F. Americana, var. Caroliniana, Browne, Trees of America, 398 



F. Americana, var. triptera, Browne, Trees of America, 399. 



F. Nuttallii, Buckley in Proc. Philadelphia Acad. 1860, 444. 



F. nigrescens, Buckley in Proc. Philadelphia Acad. 1862, 5. 



WATER ASH. 



Southeastern Virginia, south near the coast to cape Canaveral and the Caloosa river, Florida, west through 

 the Gulf states to the valley of the Sabine river, Texas, and the Washita river, southwestern Arkansas ; in the 

 West Indies. 



A small tree, 9 to 12 meters in height, with a trunk rarely exceeding 0.30 meter in diameter ; deep river 

 swamps. 



Wood very light, soft, not strong, brittle, close-grained, compact, the open ducts not conspicuous ; medullary 

 rays few, obscure; color, nearly white, or sometimes tinged with yellow, the sap-wood lighter; specific gravity, 

 0.3541 ; ash, 0.73. 



196. Fraxinus quadrangulata, Michaux, 



Fl. Bor.-Am. ii, 255. Willdenpw, Spec, iv, 1104. Vahl, Enum. i, 50. Persoon, Syn. ii, 605. Bosc inMem. Inst. 1808, 211. Desfontaines, 

 Hist. Arb. i, 103. Nouveau Duhamel, iv, 64. Michaux f. Hist. Arb. Am. iii, 118, t. 11 ; 2 ed. iii, 61, t. 123. Poiret, Suppl. ii, 671. 

 Pursh, Fl. Am; Sept. i, 8. Rcetner & Schultes, Syst. i, 278. Nuttall, Genera, ii, 231. Hayne, Dend. Fl. 223. Spreugel, Syst. i, 

 96. Eaton, Manual, 6 ed. 149. Don, Miller's Diet, iv, 55. Loudon, Arboretum, ii, 1235, f. 1059, 1060. Spach, Hist. Veg. viii r 

 296. Penn. Cyel. x, 455. Eaton & Wright, Bot. 247. A. De Candolle, Prodr. viii, 278. Cooper in Smithsonian Rep. 1858, 254. 

 Chapman, Fl. S. States, 370. Lesquereux in Owen's 2d Rep. Arkansas, 382. Wood, Cl. Book, 598 ; Bot. & Fl. 277. Gray, 

 Manual N. States, 5 ed. 402 ; Syn. Fl. N. America, ii 1 , 75. Koch, Dendrologie, ii, 259. Young, Bot. Texas, 453. Vasey, Cat. Forest 

 Trees, 20. Engelmann in Coulter's Bot. Gazette, v, 63. Ridgway in Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1882, 69. Burgess in Coulter's Bot. 

 Gazette, vii, 95. 



F. tetragona, Cels in Nouv. Cours, Agr. vii, 73. 



F. quadrangular is, Loddiges, Cat. 1836. 



F. nervosa, Loddiges, Cat. 1836. 



F. quadrangulata, var. nervosa, Loudon, Arboretum, ii, 1235. 



F. Americana, var. quadrangulata, Browne, Trees of America, 397. 



F. Americana, var. quadrangulata nervosa, Browne, Trees of America, 397. 



