XLV1II. OLEACE1E I .FllA'xiNUS. 



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Mill.) A deciduous tree. Caucasus. Height 30 ft. to 40 ft. Introduced 

 in 1815. Flowers greenish yellow ; May. 



Of all the varieties of the small-leaved ash, this appears to us to be the 

 most beautiful. The leaves are of a dark glossy green, and are produced in 

 tufts at the ends of the branches. 



7. F. PA'LLIDA Bosc. The pale-barked Ash. 



Identification. Bosc ex Spreng. Syst., 1. p. 96. ; Don's Mill., 4. p. 56. 

 Engraving. OUT Jig. 2099- in P- 1109. 



Spec. Char., fyc. Leaves with 3 pairs of glabrous, almost sessile, ovate-lan- 

 ceolate, toothed leaflets. Branches yellow. (Doris Mill.) In Don's Miller 

 this kind is stated to be a native of North America ; but in the Horticul- 

 tural Society's Garden, and in the arboretum of Messrs. Loddiges, the 

 plants to which this name is affixed obviously belong to F. excelsior. 



8. F. Z,ENTISCIFO X LIA Desf. The Lentiscus-leaved Ash. 



Identification. Desf. Cat. Hort. Par., p. 52. ; Willd. Sp., p. 1101. 



Synonymes. F. tomariscifolia Vahl Enum. 1. p. 52., Don's Mill. 4. p. 54. ; F. parvifblia Lam. 



Diet. 2. p. 540. ; F. aleppensis Pluk. Phyt. 182. f. 4. 

 Engravings. Pluk. Phyt., 182. f. 4. ; the plate of this species in Arb. Brit., 1st edit., vol. vi. ; and 



our Jig. 1263. 



Spec. Charac., fyc. 

 Leaflets petio- 

 late, oblong and 

 lanceolate, sharp- 

 ly serrated, the 

 serratures mu- 

 cronate ; 4 5 

 pairs according 

 to Vahl ; 67 

 pairs according 

 to Willd. ; in. 

 long, terminal 

 one smaller than 

 the lateral ones. 

 Branches dark 

 purple. Buds 

 brown. Flowers 

 naked. Samara 

 narrow, gradually 

 widening to the 

 apex, and retuse 

 there. (Don's 

 Mill.) A decidu- 

 ous tree. Aleppo. 

 Height 30 ft. to 

 50 ft. Introd uced in 171 0. 



1853. F. <entiscift>lia. 



Flowers greenish yellow ; May and June. 



Variety. 



F. 1. 2 pendula has slender pendulous branches, and forms a very 

 elegant tree. Introduced in 1833. Hort. Soc. Garden, and Lod. 



C. Leaves and Leaflets large, glaucous, and downy beneath. Natives exclusively 

 of North America; and, in Britain, chiefly to be considered as ornamental 

 trees. 



From carefully observing all the kinds of American ash in the Horticul- 

 tural Society's Garden, and in the arboretum of Messrs. Loddiges, we are 

 convinced they are all variations of one and the same species. The most dis- 

 tinct of these, as far as respects the leaves, appear to be F. a. pubescens 

 and F. a. juglandifolia ; and, as far as respects the shoots, F. a. quadrangu- 



