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645 



Desf. Cat. Hort. Par., p. 52. ; Willd. Sp., p. 1101. 

 F. ^amariscifblia Vahl Eniim. 1. p. .52., Don's Mill. 4. p. 54. 



F. parvif61ia Lam 

 and 



Mill.) A deciduous tree. Caucasus. Height 30 ft. to 40 ft. Introduced 



in 1815. Flowers greenish yellow ; May. 



Of all the varieties of the small-leaved ash, this appears to us to be the 

 most beautiful. The leaves are of a dark glossy green, and are produced in 

 tufts at the ends of the branches. 



3? 7. F. pa'llida Bosc. The pa\e-barfi:ed Ash. 



Identification. Bosc ex Spreng. Syst., 1. p. 9C. ; Don's Mill., 4. p. 56. 

 Engraving. Oar Jig. 2099- in P- ' 'US- 



Spec. Char., Sfc. Leaves with 3 pairs of glabrous, almost sessile, ovate-lan- 

 ceolate, toothed leaflets. Branches yellow. (Don's Mill.) In Don's Millr 

 this kind is stated to be a native of North America; but in the Horticul- 

 tural Society's Garden, and in the arboretum of Messrs. Loddiges, the 

 plants to which this name is affixed obviously belong to F. excelsior. 



t 8. F. iENTisciFO^LiA Desf. The Lentiscus-leaved Ash. 



Identification. 

 Synoiii/mes. 



Did. 2. p. 540. ; F. aleppensis Pinlc. Phyt. 182. f. 4. 

 Engravings. I'luk. Phyt., 182. f. 4. ; the plate of this species in Arb. Brit., 1st edit., vol. vi. 



ourj?g. 1353. 



Spec. Charac, SfC. 



Leaflets petio- 



late, oblong and 



lanceolate, sharp- 

 ly serrated, the 



serratures mu- 



cronate , 4 3 



pairs according 



to Vahl ; 67 



pairs according 



to Willd. J i in. 



long, terminal 



one smaller than 



the lateral ones. 

 i Branches dark 

 i purple. Buds 

 i brown. Flowers 

 ' naked. Samara 

 i narrow, gradually 



widening to the 

 ; apex, and retuse 



there. (Don's 



Mill.) A decidu- 

 ous tree. Aleppo. 



j Height 30 ft. to 



50 ft. Litroduced in 1710 



153. F. ientiscifdlia. 



Flowers greenish yellow ; May and June. 



^anety. 



If F. 1. 2 pendula has slender pendulous branches, and forms a very 

 elegant tree. Introduced in 1833. Hort. Soc. Garden, and Lod. 



C. Leaves and Leaflets large, glaucous, and doivny beneath. Natives exclusively 

 of North America ; and, in Britain, chiefly to be considered as ornamental 

 trees. 



\ From carefully observing all the kinds of American ash in tlie Horticul- 

 ;tural Society's Garden, and in the arboretum of Messrs. Loddiges, we are 

 i'onvinced they are all variations of one and the same species. Tiie most dis- 

 tinct of these, as far as respects the leaves, appear to be F. a. pubescens 

 :ind F. a. ^uglandifolia ; and, as far as respects the shoots, F. a. quadrangu- 



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