XLVIII. OLEA^CEiE: J'RA'xiISfUS. 



649 



Spec. C/iar., 4'c- Leaflets 2 4 pairs, 3 in. long, membranous, glabrous, but 

 not sliining, canescent beneath, down^' in the axils of the veins, stalked, 

 elliptic-lanceolate, serrated, glaucous beneath. Petioles glabrous. Branches 

 glabrous, and, like the buds, greyish brown. Flowers calyculate. Calyx 

 4-tootlied. Corjmbs pendulous. Samara linear. (^Don's Alill.) A de- 

 ciduous tree. Canada to North Carolina ; found in shady wet woods, and 

 chiefly in the western districts. Height 30 ft. to 50 ft. Introduced in 1724. 

 Flowers greenish yellow ; May. 



Varicli/. 

 3f F. {a.) j. 2 subinfegerrima Vahl Enum. i. p. 50. P. Juglandifolia (3 sub- 

 ocrrata IFi//rf. ; i^. caroliniana Wangenh. Amer. p. 81. ex Willd. Du 

 Roi Harbk. ed. 2. vol. i. p. 400. ex Vahl., F. Novae-A'ngliae and 

 F. caroliniana J/i//. Diet. Nos. 5, 6. ? Leaflets nearly entire. 



The green ash is easily 

 recognised by the brilliant "^ 



colour of its young shoots ; i^^' 



and by its leaves being nearly 

 of the same colour on both 

 surfaces. From this uniform- 

 ity, which is rarely observed 

 in the foliage of -trees, Dr. 

 Muhlenburg applied the spe- 

 cific name concolor ; and Mi- 

 chaux gave this tree the popular 



1?6I. F. (a.jjuKlandifoiia, 



1252. F. (a.)juglandif;.lia. 



name of the green ash. The leaves vary in length from Gin. to 15 in. 

 I with from 2 to 4 pairs of leaflets, and an odd one, according to the 

 i vigour of the tree, and to the coolness of the soil in which it grows. The 

 ! leaflets are petiolated, and distinctly denticulated. The seeds are small ; and 

 I the tree docs not attain a great size. There is a splendid specimen 70 ft. 

 j high on the banks of the Thames, adjoining Pope's villa, which is that figured 

 I in our first edition. 



$ 14 



F. (a.) carolinia'na Lavi. 



Lam. Diet., 2. p. 543. ; Pursh Sept 



\ Identification. 



I eo. 18:i6. 



' Symni/mes. F. excelsior JViilt. Fl. Car. 



lida. JJorhli. ; sliining Ash, y//nt'r. 

 , Engraving. Om fig. 2100. in p. 1109. 



I Spec. Char., Sfc 



1. p. 9 



The Carolina Ash. 



. ; Don's Mill., 4. p. .5.5. ; Lodd. Cat., 



p. 254. ; F. serratiftlia Michx.fil. Arb. p. 33. ; F. lanceo- 



shining above, 



Leaflets 2 3 pairs, oval, petiolate, serrated, glabrous and 

 Flowers calyculate. Branches glabrous, and, like the buds, 

 brownish. Kacemes loose, \\ in. long, often twin from the' same bud. 

 Pedicels numerous, umbellate. Calyx small, campanulate. (Do?i\'! Mill., 

 adapted.) A deciduous tree. Pennsylvania to Carolina. Height 30 ft. to 

 30ft. Introduced in 1783. Flowers greenish yellow; May and June. 



