THE ASHES AND THE FRINGE TREE 

 1. GENUS FRAXINUS, LINN. 



VALUABLE timber and ornamental trees. Leaves deciduous, 

 {^innately compound, opposite. Flowers small, inconspicuous, 

 in compound panicles; the two kinds (except in A.) borne on 

 separate trees. Fruit a dry seed, winged like a dart. 



KEY TO MOST IMPORTANT SERIES 



A. Twigs 4-angled; flowers perfect. 



(F. quadrangulatd) BLUE ASH 

 AA. Twigs round; flowers dioecious. 



B. Branchlets, petioles, and leaf linings smooth. 

 C. Buds brown; leaflets stalked. 

 D. Leaves whitish beneath. 



E. Wings of fruit broad; leaflets 

 blunt. 



(F. Caroliniana) SWAMP ASH 

 EE. Wings of fruit narrow; leaflets 

 taper -pointed. 



(F. Americana) WHITE ASH 

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