500 OLEACEAE 



Throughout the region of salt meadows in all our area, but not 

 known from Pa. 



EBENACEAE 



i. Diospyros L. 



i. D. virginiana L. In fields and woods: R. I. to Kan., Fla. and 



Tex. 



Conn. Localized near New Haven in a good sized grove, perhaps 

 not native there. 



N. Y. L. I. and S. I., the northern end of Manhattan; found 

 also on the Sound shore of Westchester Co.; unknown else- 

 where. 



N. J. Scattered in all the northern counties, increasing south- 

 ward, but unknown in the pine-barrens; more common in the 

 drainage of the Delaware River than elsewhere. 



Pa. Northampton, Bucks, Schuylkill, Delaware and Chester 

 counties. 

 Tertiary, unknown on Beacon Hill, not uncommon elsewhere: 



Cretaceous, common: Older Formations, rare and scattered. 



164-220 days. Sea level-625 ft. 



OLEACEAE 



Fruit a samara; leaves pinnate; flowers mostly dioecious; corolla 



wanting. I. Fraxinus. 



Fruit a drupe; leaves simple; flowers perfect and complete. 2. Chionanthus. 



1. Fraxinus [Tourn.] L. 



Lateral leaflets sessile or short stalked. 1. F. nigra. 



Lateral leaflets distinctly stalked. 



Wing decurrent on the samara to the middle or below. 



Wing of the samara long-linear. 2. F. Darlingtonii. 



Wing of the samara spatulate or oblong-spatulate. 



Samara-body broadly spatulate; leaves thick, entire. 3. F. Michauxii. 

 Samara-body narrowly spatulate; leaves thin, 



serrate or entire. 4. F. pennsyhanica. 



Wing of the samara terminal, scarcely decurrent on the 

 seed-body. 

 Twigs and leaves glabrous. 5. F. americana. 



Twigs and leaves densely pubescent. 6. F. biltmoreana. 



I. F. nigra Marsh. Swamps and river shores: Newf. to Man., 

 south to Va., 111., Mo. and Ark. 

 Conn. Throughout the state but rare. 



N. Y. Reported but not definitely known from the north shore of 

 L. I., but south of Jamaica and north of Queens; rare on S. I.; 



