ORDER 101. OLEACE^E. 277 



petals very narrow, drooping, 10". A highly ornamental shrub or small tree, in 

 woods, S. Penn., and S. April June. 



7. FORESTIERA, Poir. Dioecious, apetalous ; buds oo-flowered. 

 $ Flowers sessile, crowded, each flower a pair of stamens surrounded by 



a calyx of 4 sepals. ? Flowers pedicellate, umbellate, no calyx, an ovary 

 tipped with a slender style and capitate stigma, cells 2, ovules 4. Drupe 

 1-seeded. ^ 5 Leaves opposite, simple. Flowers minute. 

 1 F. acuminata. Poir. Glabrous ; leaves lance-elliptic, pointed both ways, serru- 

 late, petiolate ; drupe linear-oblong, pointed. Streams, 111. to Ga. 15f. 

 Si F. ligustriiia Poir. Some downy ; leaves ovate to oblong, obtuse, attenuate to a 



petiole, serrulate ; drupe oval-oblong. Banks, Ga., Fla. 



3 I*", porulosa Poir. Smooth; leaves lance-oblong, obtuse, sessile, dotted and rusty 

 beneath ; drupe round-ovoid. Coast of E. Ga. and Fla. 



8. FRAXINUS, Tourn. Asn. Fls. $ 5 ? or <$ ?. Cal. 4-toothed, 

 rarely 0. Cor. of 2 or 4 oblong or linear petals, or 0. Sta. 2. Stig. bifid. 

 Samara 2-celled, flattened, winged at apex, 4-ovuled, but 2-seeded. ^ ^ 

 Leaves opposite, odd-pinnate, petiolate. Flowers racemed or panicled. 

 Wood valuable for timber. April, May. Fig. 16. 



Native species, all dioecious and apetalous, in woods, &c.. .(a) 



European species, polygamous, planted for shade, &e Nos. 1, 2 



a Calyx persistent at the terete base of the samara No. 3 



a Calyx persistent at the narrow \ flattened base of the samara Nos. 46 



a Calyx none, the samara naked at the broad base Nos. 7, 8 



1 F. ORNUS. Flowering Ash. Lfts. 79, lanceolate, serrate above ; buds pubescent ; 



panicles dense ; petals 2 or 4. linear-oblong, white ; fruit lance-linear. Parks. 



2 F. EXCELSIOR. European Ash. Leaflets 11 13, lance-oblong, serrate ; racemes short, 



dense ; fruit linear-oblong, notched at end ; pet. and calyx 0. A tall tree, in parks, 

 &c. /3. PENDXJLA, the Weeping Ash, is one of its varieties. 



3 F. Americana L. White Ash. Leaflets 7 9, ovate, acuminate, subentire, shining; 



panicles loose ; fruit calyculate, the seed portion terete, half as long as the oblong 

 wing. A forest tree 40 80f. Timber excellent. 



4 F. pubescens Walt. Bed Ash. Leaflets 79, lance-ovate, acuminate, subserrate, 



petioles and branchlets velvety-pubescent ; fruit calyculate at the acute base, gradu- 

 ally widened into the oblanceolate wing. Wet woods. 30 60f. 



5 F. viridis MX./. Green Ash. Lfts. 7 9, lance-ovate, serrate, long-pointed, bright 



green, and, with the petioles and branchlets, glabrous fruit calyculate, spatulate, 

 obtuse, the seed portion as long as the wing. Woods, W. and S. 15 25f. 



6 F. platycurpa MX. Leaflets 5 7, elliptical, acute, obscurely serrate, some downy ; 



fruits broadly-spatulate, attenuate to the calyculate base, some of them (especially iu 

 /3. trtptera) with 3 angles winged ! Va., and S. 



7 F. quadraiigulata MX. Blue Ash. Leaflets 79, short-petiolulate, lance-ovah>, 



acuminate, sharply serrate; branchlet"? square or acutely 4-angled ; buds velvety; 

 fruit oblong, winged to the base. Woods, W. (50 80f. 



8 F. sambncirolla Lam. Black Ash. Leaflets 711, lance-ovate, sessile, serrulate, 



pointed; fruit oblong with equal ends, notched at apex. Swamps, Can. to Pa. and 

 jy. 40 70f. Wood used for hoops, baskets, &c. 



