428 FOEEST TREES OF THE PACIFIC SLOPE. 



Flowering Ash. 

 Fraxinus dipetala Hooker and Arnott. 

 DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTICS. 



Flowering ash is not known to reach tree size. It flowers and fruits as a 

 shrub, with numerous, slender stems from 6 to 10 feet high ; occasionally single 



Fig. 204. — Fraxinus dipetala: a, flowers. 



stems are tree-like in form. It is included here in order to give a full account 

 of the ashes in this region. 



