ORDER 101. OLEACE^E. 277 



petals very narrow, drooping, 10". A highly ornamental shrub or email tree, in 

 woods. S. Penn., and S. April June. 



7. FORESTIERA, Poir. Dioecious, apetalous ; buds oo-flowered. 

 J Flowers sessile, crowded, each flower a pair of stamens surrounded by 

 a calyx of 4 sepals. 5 Flowers pedicellate, umbellate, no calyx, an ovary 

 tipped with a slender style and capitate stigma, cells 2, ovules 4. Drupe 

 1-seeded. J> J> Leaves opposite, simple. Flowers minute. 



1 F. acumfnata Poir. Glabrous; leaves lance-elliptic, pointed both ways, eeri i 



late, petiolate ; drape linear-oblong, pointed. Streams, 111. to Ga. 15f. 



2 F. Hgustrina. Poir. Some downy ; leaves ovate to oblong, obtuse, attenuate to a 



petiole, serrulate ; drupe oval-oblong. Banks, Ga., Pla. 



3 F. porulosa Poir. Smooth ; leaves lance-oblong, obtuse, sessile, dotted and rusty 



beneath ; rtrupe round-ovoid. Coast of E. Ga. and Fla. 



8. FRAXINUS, Toura. ASH. Fls. <5 S 2 or S 2. Gal. 4-toothcd. 

 rarely 0. Cor. of 2 or 4 oblong or linear petals, or 0. Sta. 2. Stig. bifid. 

 Samara 2-celled, flattened, winged at apex, 4-ovuled, but 2-seeded. J> J> 

 Leaves opposite, odd-pinnate, petiolate. Flowers racemed or panicled 

 Wood valuable for timber. April, May. Fig. 16. 



% Native species, all dioecious and apetalous, in woods, &c. . .(a) 



European species, polygamous, planted for shade, &c Nos. 1, a 



a Calyx persistent at the terete base of the samara No. 3 



a Calyx persistent at the narrow, flattened base of the samara NOB. 46 



a Calyx none, the samara naked at the broad base Nos. 7, 8 



1 F. ORNTTS. Flowering Ash. Lfts. 79, lanceolate, serrate above ; buds pubescent ; 



panicles dense ; petals 2 or 4. linear-oblong, white ; fruit lance-linear. Parks. 



2 F. EXCELSIOR. European Ash. Leaflets 1113, lance-oblong, serrate ; racemes short, 



dense ; fruit linear-oblong, notched at end ; pet. and calyx 0. A tall tree, in parks, 

 &c. /3. PENDULA, the Weeping Ash, is one of its varieties. 



3 F. Americana L. White Ash. Leaflets? 9, ovate, acuminate, subentire, shining ; 



panicles loose ; fruit calycnlate, the seed portion terete, half as long as the oblong 

 wing. A forest tree 40 80f. Timber excellent. 



4 F. pubescens Walt. Bed Ash. Leaflets 7 9, lance-ovate, acuminate, subserrate. 



petioles and branchlets velvety-pubescent : fruit calyculate at the acute base, gradu- 

 ally widened into the oblanceolate wing. Wet woods. 30 (iOf. 



5 F. viridls MX./. Green Ash. Lfts. 79, lance-ovate, serrate, long-pointed, bright 



green, and, with the petioles and branchlets, glabrous; fruit calyculate, spatulaie, 

 obtuse, the seed portion as long as the wing. Woods, W. and S. 15 25f. 



6 F. platycarpa MX. Leaflets 57, elliptical, acute, obscurely serrate, some downy , 



fruits broadly-spatulate, attenuate to the calyculate base, some of them (especially in 



/3. triptera) with 3 angles winged ! Va., and S. 

 T F. quadra iigulata MX. Blue Ash. Leaflets 79, short-petiolulate, lance-ovate, 



acuminate, sharply serrate; branchlets square or acutely 4-angled ; buds velvety; 



fruit oblong, winged to the base. Woods, W. fiO 80f. 

 S F. samfoucifolta Lam. Slack Ash. Leaflets 711, lance-ovate, sessile, serrulate, 



pointed; fruit oblong with equal ends, notched at apex. Swamps, Can. to Pa. and 



Ky. 40 70f. Wood used for hoops, baskets, &c. 



