FHAXINUS 565 



polished green, perfectly smooth, and with impressed veins above ; paler and 

 smooth beneath. The main leaf-stalk has an even, well-defined groove above ; 

 terminal leaflet long-stalked, the others shortly so. Panicles terminal, also 

 borne in the upper leaf-axils ; downy, pyramidal, 3 to 6 ins. long, with a pair of 

 small oblong bracts at the base of each subdivision. The flowers are prob- 

 ably white, but have not yet been seen in this country. Fruit I to i^ ins. 

 long, ^T in. wide. 



Native of Hupeh, China; discovered by Henry in 1887; introduced by 

 Wilson for Messrs Veitch in 1900. It is a distinct ash in its square branchlets 

 and smooth, shining, entire leaflets, the largest of which resemble the leaf of 

 Ligustrum lucidum. A promising species, whose hardiness, however,. has 

 scarcely yet been put to the test. 



F. BUNGEANA, De Candolle. 

 A shrub 5 or 6 ft. high ; twigs minutely downy. Leaves of thin texture, 



4 to 6 ins. long ; leaflets five or seven, stalked, unequal-sided, oval and obovate ; 



1 to 2 ins. long, \ to I in. wide ; tapered at the base, with abrupt slender points, 

 round-toothed except towards the base, quite smooth. Main leaf-stalk minutely 

 downy, with a narrow groove on the upper side ; stalk of leaflets \ to J in. 

 long, minutely downy. Flowers (with petals) produced in terminal panicles ; 

 fruit a little over I in. long, in. wide. 



Native of N. China ; introduced in 1881 to the Arnold Arboretum, Mass., 

 where 1 have seen healthy bushes 4 or 5 ft. high and through. The true plant 

 is little known in Britain, although many ashes under the name have been 

 introduced, which have turned out to be chinensis or other species. It belongs 

 to the Ornus group, and is very distinct from the only other shrubby ashes in 

 cultivation the tiny leaved dimorpha and xanthoxyloides. Bunge's ash is one 

 of the few whose twigs and leaf-stalks are downy, whilst the leaf-blades are 

 smooth. 



F. DIPPELIANA, Lingelsheim, as sold by Spath of Berlin, is apparently a 

 form of F. Bungeana, or very closely allied to it, the leaves perhaps broader 

 (up to i| ins. wide) and shorter pointed. Not seen in flower. 



F. CAROLINIANA, Miller. SWAMP ASH. 



A tree rarely more than 40 ft. high ; young shoots smooth, brown. Leaves 



5 to 12 ins. long ; leaflets five or seven, stalked, oval, 2 to 4 ins. long, \\ to 



2 ins. wide (terminal one larger and up to 6 ins. long, sometimes obovate), 

 mostly tapered, sometimes rounded at the base, pointed, sharply toothed ; 

 dark green and smooth above ; pale duller green beneath, with white hairs 

 along the sides of the midrib and lower veins. Main leaf-stalk round, with a 

 slight groove on the upper side ; stalks of side leaflets up to \ in. long, that 

 of terminal one up to i in. long. Flowers without petals, produced in short 

 panicles on the shoots of the preceding year. Fruit (not seen in this country), 

 described by Sargent as elliptical or obovate, up to 2 ins. long, frequently 

 three-winged, \ to f in. wide. 



Native of" the south-eastern United States ; introduced in 1783, but 

 extremely rare. Trees which in vegetative characters appear to be true, 

 and which were received from the United States as F. caroliniana, are in the 

 collection at Kew ; but one would scarcely expect the tree to be hardy in 

 this country, as it comes from the coast region of the Atlantic and Gulf 

 States, and reaches even to Cuba. 



F. CHINENSIS, Roxburgh. 



A small tree with stout, greyish, smooth young shoots, and grey buds. 

 Leaflets usually seven, sometimes nine, variable in shape and size; terminal 



