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The Ashes 



oblong or linear-oblong, and about one half as long as the pointed blunt or notched 

 wing, which is decurrent on its sides to about the middle. 



The type specimen, contained in the herbarium of Columbia University, was col- 

 lected by Dr. John K. Small, who has contributed very largely to our knowledge of 

 the plants of the southern States, on the Yellow River, Gwinnett county, Georgia, 

 Aug. 2, 1895. The 3-winged state of the fruit, found also in other species, and 

 due to the ovar)' being sometimes 3-celled instead of 2-celled, is shown on the type 

 specimen. 



15. PUMPKIN ASH Fraxinus profunda Bush 



A tall southern swamp tree, known to occur from Missouri, Illinois, and eastern 

 Arkansas to Virginia and Florida, attaining a maximum height of about 40 me- 

 ters and a trunk diameter of about i 

 meter just above the much swollen and 

 buttressed base. 



The rather thick bark is gray and 

 fissured. The young twigs are round, 

 and either velvety or smooth; the large 

 leaves have 7 or 9 oblong-lanceolate 

 to ovate-lanceolate long-pointed leaflets, 

 which are stalked, bright green above, 

 paler and hair}^ or velvety beneath, en- 

 tire-margined or nearly so, i to 2.5 dm. 

 long, 5 to 13 cm. wide. The flowers 

 are dioecious, in large panicles, the 

 staminate ones with a minutely 4-toothed 

 calyx, and mostly 2 stamens, the calyx 

 of the pistillate ones 4-lobed. The sa- 

 maras are spatulate to linear-spatulate, 

 Fig. 736. - Pumpkin Ash. - ^^ ^_^ ^^^ ^^^^^ 8 to 12 mm. wide, 



the rather thick, often notched wing longer than the linear somewhat flattened 

 seed-bearing part, and decurrent on its edges to below the middle. 

 The wood is similar to that of related species. 



i6. DESERT ASH Fraxinus coriacea S. Watson 



An inhabitant of desert regions of Nevada, Utah, Arizona, and southern Cali- 

 fornia, this tree does not exceed lo or 12 meters in height, with a trunk up to 4 or 

 5 dm. in thickness. 



The twigs are hght gray in color, either somewhat hain^ or quite smooth. The 

 leaves are 2 dm. long or less, their stalks stout and channelled ; they usually have 

 5 leaflets, sometimes 3, rarely only i ; the leaflets are thick and leathery in texture; 



