OLEACEAE 283 



Manchuria, Korea and Japan. 



The wood is used for railroad 'ties, agricultural implement?, house 

 construction, as well as for furniture and interior finish. Large quanti- 

 ties of this lumber, locally known as "Ma-li," are exported by the 

 Japanese to this country. 



Fraxinus grif fithii Clarke. 

 (F. bracteata Hemsley). 



Tree to 12 m. tall. Leaflets 5-7, coriaceous or subcoriaceous, entire 

 or sometimes slightly crenate toward the apex, ovate-lanceolate or 

 oblong, obtuse, with rounded or cuneate base, shiny green above, pale 

 green and pubescent along the veins below, 5-10 cm. long; petiole of 

 leaflets long and slender, curved. Panicles broad, dense, somewhat 

 pubescent, 15-20 cm. high with oblong, persistent bracts. Petals 4; calyx 

 cup-shaped, persistent. Fruit narrow spatulate, obtuse. 



Central China, Himalayas, Japan. 



Fraxinus retusa Champion. 



Tree. Leaflets usually 5, glabrous, ovate to ovate-lanceolate, 

 acuminate, serrate, prominently reticulated beneath, short petioled, 

 5-8 cm. long. Flowers white, many in a panicle; calyx cup-shaped, 

 entire or obscurely 5 toothed; petals 4, linear-oblong. Fruit narrow, 

 notched at the apex, about 2.5 cm. long and 3 mm. wide. 



Fukien and Kwangtung. 



Var. henryana Oliver. 



Tree 11m. tall. Leaflets oblong-lanceolate, serrulate, 7-12 cm. long, 

 slender stalked. Panicles dense, 10-15 cm. long. Fruit 2-2.5 cm. long, 

 emarginate. 



Hupeh and Szechuan. 



Fraxinus paxiana Lingelsheim. 



Tree to 13 m. tall. Leaflets 7-9, ovate, sessile with shallowly 

 crenate margins, 10-17 cm. long. Fruits 2.5-3 cm. long. 



Central China to Himalayas. 



CHIONANTHUS 



Shrub or tree. Leaves deciduous, opposite, entire. Flowers in loose 

 panicles, white, fragrant, perfect or polygamous; calyx 4 lobed or 



