FRAXINUS 



mant until the second year. The varieties and rarer 

 kinds are budded in late summer or grafted in spring 

 on the seedlings of any of the oommon species. About 

 40 species in the temperate region of the northern hemi- 

 sphere south to Cuba; about 15 of the species grow in 

 N. Araer. and nearly as many in E. Asia. Trees or 

 shrubs, with odd-pinnate, rarely simple, opposite Ivs. 

 without stipules : fls. in panicles, dioecious or polyga- 

 mous, with or without calyx or with calyx and a 2-6- 

 parted corolla with generally linear segments ; stamens 

 generally 2 : ovary 2-celled : fr. a 1-seeded, winged 



potamophila, 18. 

 pubescens, 9. 

 pubiuervis, 5. 

 quadran^ata, i: 

 rotundifoUa, 1 a 



ruta, 16. 



FRAXINUS 



607 



Bosei, 9. 

 Bungeana, 2. 

 Caroliniaiia, 12. 



excelsior, 16. 

 floribunda, 1 and 



juglandifolia, 7. 

 lanceolata, 8. 



Novce-AngUa 

 Oregona. 11. 



parvifolia, 2, 17. 

 Pennsylvanica, 9. 

 platycarpa, 12. 



14. 



serratifolia, 5. 

 Sieboldiana, 4. 

 airaplieifolia, 16. 

 viridis, 8. 



• pohjn 



1. 6mus, Linn. 

 Small tree, beeomi 

 oblong-ovate or ov 

 bescent on the n 

 whitish, fragrant. 

 long : fr. erect, nai 

 at the apex, about 

 Asia. Gn.48,p.28G. 

 Hort., not Lam.), 

 ovate-oblong. 



2. Bunge&na, DC 

 Ifts. generally 5, s 

 obtuse to short-!ic 

 long : panicles to 2 

 long, obtuse or em 

 Var. parvifblia, Di 

 rhombic or round is 



cinus excelsior (X ^3). 



r nnd corolla perfect 

 Subgenus Of"nus.) 

 Winter-buds gray. 

 {F. noribilnda, Hort., not Wall.), 

 ng 2.i ft.: Ifta. generally 7, stalked, 

 ah-, iiT.-:.'nIarly M-nvitr. rufously pu- 



'. Small tree, to l,i ft., or shrub: 

 talked, ovate, obovate or roundish, 

 umiiKite, serrate, glabrous, 1-lJ^ in. 

 '.. in. long, many-fld. fr. narrow-ob- 

 arginate. May. China. G.P. 7:5.- 

 pp. Lfts. about 1 in. long, broadly 



BB. Winter-buds brown or nearly black. 



c. Corolla divided to the base: stamens with rather 



long filaments. 



3. longicuspis, Sieb. & Zucc. Slender tree, to 30 ft., 

 with rufously pubescent winter-buds: lfts. 5-7, stalked, 

 oblong-lanceolate, long-acuminate, obtusely serrate, al- 

 most glabrous, 2-4 in. long : fls. in rather slender, nar- 

 row panicles, to 4 in. long ; petals linear, acute : fr. ob- 

 lanceolate. May. Japan. 



4. Sieboldiana, Blnme. Small tree : winter-buds 

 mostly glabrous mil! ..tt.-n :ilmost black : lfts. 5-7, al- 

 most sessile. .11,1,11,. ,,, , ,1,1, .Tig-lanceolate, acuminate, 

 serrate, usual! . 1 1. al.ing the midrib beneath, 

 2-4 in. long : | mi !. 1 !. ilu- former; petals linear- 

 spatulate, olitu-.- : 1 1. ..iil:iii.a..>late. May. Jap., Corea. 



5. pubinfirvis, Blume. Small tree : lfts. 7-11, ovate or 

 ovate-oblong, acute or acuminate, serrate, pubescent on 

 the veins beneath, lK-4 in. long : panicles less narrow 

 than in the former : petals small and caducous. Jap. 

 — Probably F. serratifolia, Hort., belongs here. 



CO. Corolla with short tube: anthers almost sessile. 



6. cuspidita, Torr. Shrub or small tree, to 20 ft., 

 with dark, reddish brown buds : lfts. usually 7. slender 

 stalked, lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, 



t glabrous, 1,^^-2 in. long : fls. 

 tragraiit, in 3-4-in. long panicles : fr. spatulate-oblong. 

 April. Texas to Arizona and N. Mex. S.S. 6:260.- 

 Handsome flowering tree for temperate regions. 

 AA. Fls. without corolla, appearing before the Ivs. 



B. Fls. dio>cious, with the calyx per- 

 sistent on the fr.: anthers lin- 

 ear or linear-oblong : lfts. gen- 

 erally 5-7: buds brown. {Sub- 

 genns Leptalii.) 



nchesaiid i„l,,.l,x .,/„ I,,„„ :< . 

 7. Americana, l.iini. i/'. .A.-cr- 

 Angliie, Jlill. /'. •ill'.,. .Marsli.). 

 White Ash. Fig. 867. Tall tree, to 

 120 ft.: lfts. generally 7, stalked, 

 ovate to ovate-lanceolate, entire or 

 culate, dark green above, glau- 

 cous beneath, 3-5 in. long : fr. 

 linear-oblong, with terete body, 

 the wing not decurrent, IK in. 

 long. From Canada to Fla., 

 west to Minnesota and Texas, 

 a. 377. — Very variable. Var. acuminata, 

 minatn, Lara. F. epiptera, Michx. F. 

 Americana, va,T. glatica, Hort.). Lfts. dark green and 

 shining above, very glaucous and almost glabrous be- 

 neath, entire. Var. juglandifdlia, Rehd. (F. 

 ^uglandifolia, Lam.). Lfts. less shining 

 above, usually broader, more or less pubes- 

 cent beneath, serrate at least above the 

 middle. This is the northern form, while 

 the former is more common in tlie southern 

 states. Var. 41bo-margin4ta, Hort. Lfts. 

 edged white. 



8. lanceolata, Borkh. {P. vlridis, Michx. 

 in part. F. Peniisiilvdniea, var. hnieeolilta. 

 Sarg.l. Green Ash. Tree, to (W ft.: lfts. 

 5-9, short-stalked, orate to oblong-lanceo- 

 late, irreKularlv serrati-, gn-fu on both 

 sidos, aim. .St L'lal.n.us, 2-.-. in. |...i^': fr. 

 oblau.-polat.-, with (I...-un-,-iir Mill-, lience 



.Mis. 



DD. Branches, jiefioles and Ivs. beneat 



pubescent, at least when young. 

 9. Pennsylvinica, Marsh. (F. pubfsce 

 Lam. I. Krr. Ash. Tree, to fin ft. : lfts. 5 



benuatli. ;:-r, m, l..iit;: I'r. liii.-ar-spaiulate, about 2 in. 

 long, with s...iiiL-«iiat ..l.MMirn,i,t wing. Canada to Fla., 

 west to Dakota and Mo. S.S. 6:271. -Var. aucubaefdlia, 

 Hort. Lvs. blotched yellow, less pubescent. Var. £6sci, 



