644 ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 



Engravings. WiUd. Berl. Baumz., p. 155. t. 2. f. 2. ; the plate in Arb. Brit., 1st. e-dit., vol \i i 

 and our^. 1251. " ' I 



usually 34)airs of rather coriaceous, elliptic, 

 ly toothed leaflets, on short petiolules. Leaves f 



1251. F. parvifolia. 



Spec. Char., ^c. Leaflets 5 7 pairs, sessile, roundish ovate and oblong, at- 

 tenuated at the base ; quite entire at the base, but sharply serrated at the 

 apex, mucronate. Flowers naked. Branches purplish, trigonal at the top. 

 {Don's Mill.) A deciduous tree. Levant. Height 30 ft. to 40 ft. Introd. 

 1822. Flowers greenish yellow; April and May. Samara smaller than 

 those of the common ash ; ripe in October. Hort. Soc. Garden, and Led. 



3? 5. F. (p.) arge'ntea Lois. The s^vevy-leaved Ash. 



Identification. Lois. Fl. Gall., 697. ; Don's Mill., 4. p. 54. 

 Engraving. Our^o-. 2098. in p. 1103. 



Spec. Char., S^c. Leaves with 

 ovate, shortly cuspidate, bluntly 

 silvery grey. {Don's j\Iill.) A deciduous tree 

 Corsica, in the fissures of rocks. Height 30 ft. 

 to 40 ft. Introduced in 1835. Flowers greenish 

 yellow ; April and May. 



This variety must not be confounded with F. 

 e. foliis argenteis, wiiich is merely a variegation ^, 

 of the common ash {F. excelsior). | 



^ 6. F. (p.) oxyca'rpa WiUd. The sharp-fruited 

 Ash. 



Identification. Willd. Sp., 4. p. 1100. ; Don's Mill., 4. p. 5.'5. 

 Synonumes. F. oxyphylla Bieb. Fl. Taur. 2. p. 450. ; F. O'rnus 



Pall. Itin. Tnur. 

 Engraving. Our fig. 1252. from a living specimen. 



Spec. Char., ^c. Leaflets 23 pairs, almost 

 sessile, lanceolate, acuminated, serrated, gla- 

 brous. Flowers naked. Samara lanceolate, 

 attenuated at both ends, mucronate. Branchlets 

 green, with white dots. Buds brown. {Don's ,,,,, k. ,p.) o.yca.pa, 



