Handbook of Tbees of the Xortiiekn States a.xd Canada. 380 



This iiiteicstiiif^ and ratluT uncoimuon Asli 

 oi-easionally attains the lieight of 120 ft. or 

 more, witli trunk 3 or 4 ft. in diameter in 

 the forests of the -ricli valleys of southern 

 Indiana and Illinois, hut eisewiiere does n )t 

 often surpass 7J ft. in lieight or 2K ft. in 

 ilianictor of trunk. Its |)e;-uliar scaly bark i^ 

 a featuic \\liicli at once distinguishes it in t :e 

 eye of tlie wooilniaii, aiul on very old trunks is 

 especially interesting, t'.ie long loose plate-* 

 giving it an even mare s'.iaggy appearance t'lan 

 those of the 8hag-bark Hickory. 



It iniuibits mostly dry lime.stane ridg3S and 

 uplands, in company with the White Ash, 

 Texas, Chinquapin and other Oaks, Woolly 

 P.unielia, Red-bud, various Hickories, etc., and 

 is occasionally found in the more moist bottom- 

 lands. It is called the Blue Ash on account of 

 a blue dye which may be made by ma.scerating 

 the inner bark in water. The 4-angled natur-> 

 of the twigs constitute a character by whicli 

 it may be easily recognized. 



The wood is heavy, a cubic foot, when abso- 

 lutely drj% weighing 44.77 lbs., rather hard and 

 strong and is used in the manufacture of floor- 

 ing, agricultural implements, etc.i 



Leat^rs 8-12 in. lo 

 lanceolato short-pet iol 

 equal Iv loiuuii'd or 

 natc, 'closi'ly scrrato 

 niaturity slabrous, dt 

 and glabrous or haii 

 veins beneath. Ploin 



ealyx almost obsolete : corolla none : sU 

 with dark purple oblons anther-cells. Fruit 

 linear-oblong. 1-2 in. lon<j, win2;pd all around, 

 parallel-veined and the body extending more than 

 half way to the emarglnate apex. 



1. A. W.. XI. 263. 



ig witli 7-0 ovate-oblong to 

 ilatc leaflets ;i-.5 in. long, un- 

 )l)tus(' at base, long-acumi- 

 tomcntose at first but at 

 rk yellow green above, paler 

 v-tufted in the axils of the 

 perfect, in loose panicles ; 



