XLV1II. 



FRA'XINUS. 



647 



Spec. Char., $c. Leaflets 3 4 pairs, petio- 

 late, elliptic-ovate, serrated, downy or 

 tomentose beneath, as well as the petioles 

 and branches. Flowers calyculate. Ra- 

 cemes rather compound. Calyx campanu- 

 late. Samara narrow, lanceolate, obtuse, 

 with a short mucro at the apex, 2 in. 

 long. Stamens 2 3 4. (Don's Mill.) 

 A deciduous tree. North America. Height 

 30ft. Introduced in 181 1. Flowers green- 

 ish yellow ; May. 



Though Michaux has described the leaflets 

 as denticulated, yet in his figure, of which 

 Jig. 1256. is a reduced copy, they are per- 

 fectly entire, as they are for the most part in 

 the living plants at Messrs. Loddiges. 



Varieties. 



* F. (a.) p. 2 longifolia Willd. Sp. iv. 



p. 1 103., Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept. i. 



p. 9., Lodd. Cat. ed. 1836; F. 



pennsylvanica Marsh. ; has the 



leaflets . ovate-lanceolate, attenu- 1256 - *"() pub&cen*. 



ated, somewhat serrated. 



* F. (a.) p. 3 latifblia Willd., Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept. i. p. 9., has the 



leaflets ovate, broad. 



* F. (.) p. 4 subpubescens Pers. Ench. ii. p. 605. Pursh Fl. Amer. 



Sept. i. p. 9. ; ? F. subvillosa Bosc ; has the leaflets petiolate, elliptic- 

 oblong, acuminated, sharply serrated, downy beneath ; common 

 petioles glabrous. 



The length of the annual shoots, and the spaces between the buds, are one 

 half those of F. americana ; and the tree is of smaller size, and slower 

 growth. The leaves are from 12 in. to 15 in. long, downy on the under sur- 

 face ; and, on insulated trees, this down becomes red on the approach of 

 autumn, both on the leaves and shoots of that year; whence, probably, the 

 name of red ash. The bark of the trunk is of a deep brown, and the heart- 

 wood of a brighter red than that of the white ash. 



11. F. (A.) SAMBUCIFO'LIA Vahl. 

 E!c!er-leaved Ash. 



The 



Identification. Vah) Enum., 1. p. 51. ; Pursh Sept., 



1. p. 8. ; Don's Mill., 4. p. 54. 

 Synonymes. F. nlgra Mcench ; F. crispa Hort. ; the 



black Ash, Water Ash, Amer. 

 Engravings. Michx. N. Amer. Syl., 3. t. 122.: and 



our figs. 1257. and 1258. 



Spec. Char., Sfc. Leaflets 3 pairs, 3 in. to 

 4 in. long, acute at both ends, sessile, 

 ovate-lanceolate, serrated, having the 

 axils of the veins villous beneath. Young 

 branches green, beset with black dots. 

 Buds brown or blue. Flowers like 

 those of the common ash. (Don's Mill.) 

 A deciduous tree. Canada to Carolina. 

 Height 60 ft. to 70 ft. in America ; in 

 England 30 ft. Introduced in 1800. 

 Flowers greenish yellow ; May. 



Variety. 



If F. (.) s. 2 crispa Lodd. Cat. ed. 



1836 has the leaves curled. Lod. 



T T 4 



1257. F. (a.)^ainbucifolia. 



