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Very easily known 

 from all the other 

 American ashes, by 

 the leaves dying off, 

 in the autumn, of a 

 fine purple. Loci, 

 and Hort. Soc. 



Other alleged Ame- 

 rican Species. F 

 (a.) expansa Willd., 

 F. (a.) mixta Bosc, 

 F. (a.) pulverulenta 

 Bosc, F. (a.) rubi- 

 cunda Hose, F. (a.) 

 iongifolia Bosc, F. 

 (a.) viridis Bosc, F. (a.) cinerea 

 Bosc, F. (a.) alba Bosc, F. 

 (a.) Richardz' Bosc, F. (a.) 

 ovata Bosc, F. (a. ) nigra Bosc, 

 F. (a.) elliptica Bosc, F. (a.) 

 fusca Bosc, F. (a.) rufa Bosc, 

 F. (a.) pannosa Vent, et Bosc, 

 F. BOSCM G. Don, F. (a.) 

 joolemoniifolia Poir., F. (a.) 

 triptera Nutt., F. chinensis 



Roxb n F. Schiededna Schlecht. are described in our first edition, and plants 

 of most of them may be had at Messrs. Loddiges's, and in other London 

 nurseries. Except the last two they are only varieties, and in our opinion 

 not worth keeping distinct. 



GENUS VII. 



O'RNUS Pers. THE FLOWERING ASH. Lin. Syst. Diandria Monogynia, 

 or Polygamia Dioe^cia. 



Identification. Pers. Ench., 1. p. 8. ; Pursh Sept., 1. p. 6. ; Don's Mill., 4. p. 56. 



Synonymes. jFraxinus sp. of the older authors ; le Frene a Fleurs, Fr. ; die bliihende Esche, Ger. ; 



Orno, Ital. ; Oren, Hebrew ; Oreine melia, Greek. 

 Derivation. From oros, the Greek word for a mountain. 



Gen. Char., $c. Flowers hermaphrodite, or of distinct sexes. Calyx 4-parted 

 or 4-toothed. Corolla 4-parted ; segments long, ligulate. Stamens with 

 long filaments. Stigma emarginate. Samara I -celled, 1-seeded, winged. 

 (Don's Mill.) 



Leaves compound, opposite, exstipulate, deciduous ; impari-pinnate. 

 Floiuei-s in te v minal or axillary panicles. 



Trees, deciduous ; natives of Europe, North America, and Asia ; in British 

 gardens, propagated by grafting on the common ash, and sometimes by seeds. 



4 1. O. EUROP^A Pers. The European Flowering, or Manna, Ash. 



Identification. Pers. Ench., 1. p. 9. ; Don's Mill., 4. p. 56. 



Synonymes. fYaxinus O'rnus Lin. Sp. 1510.; F. O'rnus and F. paniculata Mill. Diet. No. 3, and 



No. 4. ; F. florifera Scop. Corn. No. 1250. ; F. botryoldes Mor. Prcelud. 265. ; F. vulgatior Segn. 



Ver. 2. p. 290. 

 Engravings. Fl. Graec., 1. t. 4. ; N. Du Ham., t. 15. j the plates of this species in Arb. Brit., 1st 



edit, vol. vi. j and our^g. 1266. 



Sf>ec. Char., $c. Leaves with 3 4< pairs of lanceolate or elliptic, attenuated, 

 serrated, stalked leaflets, which are entire at the base, vilious or downy 



