370 OLEACE^E. (OLIVE FAMILY.) 



sissippi, and northward. April. A large tree. Leaflets 2' - 4' long. Fruit 

 l' long. 



^2. F. pubescens, Lam. (BED ASH.) Branchlets and petioles velvety- 

 pubescent ; leaflets oblong-ovate or ovate-lanceolate, gradually acuminate, bright 

 green above, pale and more or less pubescent beneath ; fruit acute at the base, 

 flattish and somewhat 2-edged, gradually dilated upwards into a long lanceolate 

 and often notched wing. (F. tomentosa, Michx.} Swamps, Florida and north- 

 ward. March and April. A small tree. 



3. P. viridis, Michx. (GREEN ASH.) Glabrous throughout ; leaflets 

 ovate or oblong-ovate, more or less toothed, smooth and green both sides ; 

 fruit as in No. 2, of which it may be a variety. Swamps, Florida to Missis- 

 sippi, and northward. March and April. A small tree. 



* * Fruit winged all round the seed-bearing portion : leaflets 5-9, short-stalked. 



4. P. quadrangulata, Michx. (BLUE ASH.) Branchlets square, smooth ; 

 leaflets oblong-ovate or oblong, acuminate, sharply serrate, when young pubes- 

 cent beneath ; fruit linear-oblong, obtuse at both ends. Tennessee, and north- 

 ward. May. 



5. F. platycarpa, Michx. ("WATER ASH.) Branchlets terete, smooth 

 or pubescent ; leaflets ovate or elliptical, serrate or almost entire, often pubes- 

 cent beneath ; fruit broadly winged, oblong-obovate or oblong with a tapering 

 and acute base, sometimes 3-winged. (F. triptera and F. pauciflora, Nutt.) 

 Deep river-swamps, Florida to Mississippi, and northward. March and April 

 A small tree. 



4. FORESTIERA, Poir. (ADELIA, Michx.) 



Flowers dioecious or polygamous, from axillary scaly buds. Corolla none. 

 Calyx minute, 4-lobed. Sterile flowers single or 3 together in the axils of im- 

 bricated scaly bracts. Stamens 3 -7. Fertile flowers peduncled. Styles slender. 

 Stigma capitate. Ovary 2-celled. Drupe ovoid, 1-seeded, black or blue. 

 Shrubs. Leaves opposite, petioled, serrulate. Flowers minute, greenish, pre- 

 ceding the leaves. 



1. P. porulosa, Poir. Leaves coriaceous, smooth at maturity, nearly 

 sessile, ovate-lanceolate or oblong, obtuse, entire, punctate underneath, the 

 margins entire and revolute ; drupe short-ovoid. Coast of East Florida, 

 Michaux, Leitner. 



2. P. ligustrina, Poir. More or less pubescent ; the branchlets rough- 

 ened with fine tubercles; leaves rather membranaceous, obovate or obovate- 

 oblong, mostly obtuse, serrulate (!' long), contracted at the base into a distinct 

 petiole ; drupe oval-oblong. Rocky banks, Florida, Georgia, and westward. 



3. P. acuminata, Poir. Glabrous or slightly pubescent when young; 

 branchlets sometimes spinescent; leaves membranaceous (2' -3' long), ovate- 

 lanceolate or ovate and tapering-acuminate at both ends, somewhat serrulate, 

 slender-petioled ; drupe elongated-oblong, mostly pointed when young. "Wet 

 grounds, Georgia to Tennessee, and northwestward. 



