XLVIII. OLEACE^: RNUS. 



651 



Very easily known 

 from all the other 

 American ashes, by 

 the leaves dying off, 

 in the autumn, of a 

 fine purple. Lod. 

 and Hort. Soc. 



Other alleged Ame- 

 rican Species. F 

 (a.) expansa Willd., 

 F. (a.) mixta Bosi, 

 F. (a.) pulverulenta 

 Bosc, F. (a.) rubi- 

 cunda Bosc, F. (a.) 

 longifolia Bosc, F. '""" 

 (a.) viridis Bosc, F. (a.) cinerea 

 Bosc, F. (a.) alba Bosc, F. 

 (a.) Richardi Bosc, F. (a.) 

 ovata Bosc, F. (a. ) nigra Bosc, 

 F. (a.) elliptica Bosc, F. (a.) 

 fusca Bosc, F. (a.) riifa Bosc, 

 F. (a.) pannosa Ve7it. et Bosc, 

 F. Bosai G. Don, F, (a.) 

 polemoniifolia Pair., F. (a.) 

 triptera Nictf., F. chinensis 

 Ruxb., F. Schiedeajza Schlecht. are described in our first edition, and plants 

 of most of them may be had at Messrs. Loddiges's, and in other London 

 nurseries. Except the last two they are only varieties, and in our opinion 

 not worth keeping distinct. 



Genus VII. 



1264. f. (a.)l'l--t.M.arpa. 



(/RNUS Pers. The Flowkring Ash. Li7i. S7/sL Diandria Monogjnia, 



or Polygamia Dioe^cia. 



Identification. Pers. Ench., 1. p. 8. ; Pursh Sept., 1. p. 6. ; Don's Mill., 4. p. .56. 



Synonymes. i^i-axinus sp. of the older authors ; le Frene k Fleurs, Fr. ; die bliihende Esche, Ger. ; 



Orno, Ital. ; Oren, Hebrew ; Oreine melia, Greek. 

 Derivation. From oros, the Greek word for a mountain. 



Gen. Char., Sfc. Flowers hermaphrodite, or of distinct sexes. Calt/j: 4-parted 

 or 4-toothed. Corolla 4-parted ; segments long, ligulate. Stamens with 

 long filaments. Stigma emarginate. Samara 1 -celled, 1-seeded, winged, 

 {Don's Mill.) 



Leaves compound, opposite, exstipulate, deciduous ; impari-pinnate. 

 Flowers in teiniinal or axillary panicles. 



Trees, deciduous ; natives of Europe, North America, and Asia ; in British 

 gardens, propagated by grafting on the common ash, and sometimes by seeds. 



t 1. 0. europ^'a Pers. The European Flowering, or Manna, Ash. 



' Identification. Pers. Ench., 1. p. 9. ; Don's Mill., 4. p. 56. 



' Synonymes. Fraxinus O'rnus Lin. Sp. 1510.; F. O'rnus and F. panicuiata Mill. Diet. No. 3. and 

 No. 4. ; F. florifera Scop. Cam. No. 1250. ; F. botryoldes Mor. Pr<Elud. 265.; F. vuleatior Seen. 

 Ver. 1. p. 290. & 6 



I Engravings. Fl. Grjec., 1. t. 4. ; N. Du Ham., t. 15.; the plates of this species in Arb. Brit., 1st 

 , edit., vol. vi. ; and our fig. 1266. 



S]iec. Char., S^c, Leaves with 3 4 pairs of lanceolate or elliptic, attenuated, 

 serrated, stalked leaflets, which are entire at the base, villous or downv 



