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154. Fraxinus biltmoreana Beadle. Biltmore Ash. 



This ash has been separated from the American 

 Ash on account of the even more plump seeds and the 

 permanently hairy twigs, leaf-stalks, mid-rib and 

 under side of leaflets. Its distribution so far as 

 known at present is along the larger streams of the 

 lower mountains. 



155. Fraxinus pennsylvanica Marsh. Red Ash, 



Green Ash. 



This tree is distinguished from the other ashes by 

 the very long and very narrow seed which is pointed 

 below, by the spatulate wing, 4-5 sixteenths inch 

 wide, which suddenly narrows at the seed and ex- 

 tends at least half way down its sides, and by the 

 leaves being green, not whitish, and more or less 

 velvety beneath. The leaf stalks and twigs vary from 

 quite velvety to smooth and the margins of the leaf- 

 lets are even or obscurely toothed. It is a common 

 tree along rivers and low grounds in the Piedmont 

 and lower mountains. The form with smooth twigs 

 and leaf-stalks has been separated by some botanists 

 as a variety or even as a distinct species (F. pennsyl- 

 vanica var. lanceolata Sarg., or F. lanceolata Bork.), 

 and has the common name of Green Ash. In Chapel 

 Hill we have both extremes and also intermediates, 

 all growing in low grounds and otherwise indistin- 

 guishable, so that we are inclined to consider them as 

 variations of one species, as does Dr. Britton. Ex- 

 amples: tree in front of Swain Hall (pubescent 



