NOTES ON NEW AND OLD GENERA 1 87 



Calycomelia pistaciaefolia fTorr.). 



Fraxinus pistaciaej olia Torr., Pacif. R. R. Rep. IV., p. 128. 



Ornus (Pliny, 16:18) Ludwig-Boehmer Def.' Gen. PI. p. 476, 

 (1760). 



Mannaphorus Raf. Am. Monthly Mag. p. 175, (1818).' 



Ornanthes Raf. New. Fl. Am. III., p. 93, (1836). 



Plants with calyx and 4-parted corolla, of almost separate 

 petals. Style none or short. 



Ornus europaea Person, Syn. I., p. 9, (1805). 



Ornanthes florida Raf. 1. c. 



Fraxinus Ornus Linn. Sp. PI. p. 1057, (1753). 



Ornus cuspidata (Torr.) 



Fraxinus cuspidata Torrey. Bot. Mex. Bound, p. 166, (1858). 



Ornus Greggii (A. Gray). 



Fraxinus Greggii A. Gray, Proc. Am. Acad. XII., p. 63, (1877), 



There are many species in Eastern Asia. A considerable 

 number of these are from China and not very long known. 

 Fraxinus sieboldiana Blume," {Ornus sieboldiana) of Japan belongs 

 to this genus as also Fraxinus or Ornus longtcuspis (Sieb. & Zucc.) 

 and Fraxinus or Ornus retusa (Champ), T. or Ornus bracteata 

 (Hems.) from China has a very short lobed in completely 4-divided 

 corolla campanulate or salver-shaped and should perhaps better 

 be a seprate subgenus at least. 



Rafinesque referred Fraxinus anomala Torr. to his genus 

 Aplilia.^ The plant has simple leaves. Specimens with more 

 or less divided leaves of this or an allied species show this character 

 as of not sufficient constancy to deserve consideration even if 

 this character were otherwise of sufhcient importance, which 

 may be questioned. 



Petlomelia nov. gen. 



Arbor parva cum floribus depetalis quorum stylus plus minusve 

 evolutus est: foliis 3-9 foliolatis, plerumque petiolulatis plus 

 minusve serratis, coriaceis, petalis binis breviter unguiculatis, 

 ovato-oblongis, vel obovato-oblongis antheras lineares alquantibus; 

 fructu spatulato, retuso; calyce truncato vel dentato. 



1 This reference could not be found in the place, cited in our copy. 

 The obvious meanins^ of the word is the only reason given for this quotation, 



2 Blume, Mus. Hort. Lugd. Bat. I., p. 311, 



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