402 OLEACE^. (olive FAMILY.) 



2. F. pub6seens, Lam. (Red Ash.) Branchlets and petioles velvety-pu- 

 bescetit: leatlrts 7-9, ovate or oblong-lanceolate, taper- pointed, almost entire, 

 pale or more or less pubescent beneath ; fruit acute at the l)ase,Jiattish and 2-ed(jed, 

 the edges gradually dilated into the long (l^'-2') Munccolate or linear-lunceolati'. 

 wing. (F. tomentosa, il//(//r.) — With No. I: rare west of the Alleghanies : a 

 smaller tree, less valuable for timber: j)asses by gradations into the next. 



3. F. viridis, Michx. f. (Gkken Ash.) Glabrous tltrouyhoul ; IhiJIl-Is 5-9, 

 ovate or oblong-binccolate, often Avedge-shaped at the base and serrate above, 

 brif/ht (jre.en both sidus ; fruit acute at the base, striate, 2-edfjed or margined, gradually 

 dilated into an oblanceolate or linear-spatulate wing, much as in No. 2. (F. 

 eoncolor, 3/«/i/. F. juglandifolia, Willd., DC, and Ed. I, but not of Lam.) — 

 Near streams. New England to Wisconsin and southward; most common west- 

 ward. — A small or middle-sized tree. (The figure of the fruit given in Michaux's 

 Sylva evidently belongs to F. Americana.) 



* * Fruit winged all round the seed-bearing portion. 

 •»- Cahjx icanting, at least in the fertile flowers, ichich are entirely naked! 



4. P. sambucifdlia, Lam. (Bl.\ck or Water Ash.) Branchlets and 

 petioles glabrous ; kajiets 7-11, sessile, oblong-lanceolate, tapering to a point, 

 serrate, obtuse or rounded at the base, green and smooth both sides, when young 

 with some rusty hairs along the midrib ; fruit linear-oblong or narrowly ellipti- 

 cal, blunt at both ends. — Swamps, Penn. to Kentucky, and everywhere north- 

 ward. A\)\-\\, May.— Small tree; its tough wood separable into thin layers, 

 used for coarse basket-work, &c. Bruised leaves with the odor of Elder. 



*- -1- Caljix present, persistent at the base of the fruit. 



5. F. quadrangulata, Michx. (Blue Ash.) Branchlets square, at ]east 

 on vigorous shoots, glal^roiis ; leaflets 7-9, short-stalked, oblong-ovate or lance- 

 olate, pointed, sharply serrate, green both sides ; fruit narrowly oblong, blunt, and 

 of the same ividlh at both ends, or slightly narrowed at the base, often notched at 

 the apex (1 V long, y - ^' wide). — Dry or moist rich woods, Ohio to Wisconsin, 

 Illinois, and Kentucky. — Tree large, with timber like No. 1. 



G. P. platyearpa, Michx. (C.\rolixa Water-Ash.) Branchlets terete, 

 glabrous or pubescent; leaflets .5 - 7, ovate or oblong, acute at both ends, short- 

 stalked ; fruit broadly winged (not rarely S-winged), oblong (9'' wide), with a taper- 

 ing base. — Wet woods, Virginia and southward. March. 



5." FORES TIER A, Poir. (AniiLiA, Michx.) 



Flowers dioecious, crowded in catkin-like scaly buds from the axils of last 

 year's leaves, imbricated with scales. Corolla none. Calyx early deciduous, 

 of 4 minute sepals. Stamens 2-4: anthers oblong. Ovary ovate, 2-celled, 

 with 2 pendulous ovules in each cell : style slender : stigma somewhat 2-lobed. 

 Urupe small, ovoid, 1-celled, 1-sceded. — Shrubs, with opposite and often fasci- 

 cled deciduous leaves and small flowers. Fertile peduncles short, I -3-flowered. 

 (Named for ^f. Foreslier, a French ])hysician.) 



1. P. acurnin^ta, Poir. Glabrous; leaves thin, oblong-ovate or ovate- 

 lanceolate, acuminate at both ends, often serrulate; drupe oblong, usually 

 pointed. — Wet river-banks, W. Illinois and southward. April. 



