266 WEEDS AND USEFUL PLANTS. 
Obs. Int poe for the purpose of hedging, for which it is now 
to a less extent than formerly. It has become completely natu- 
i ally i New York and 
n Ca 
less be profitably ¢ cultivated i in the So athiern Atlantic States where there 
is a native species, Olea ericana, a small tree which has the popase. 
name of “ Devil-wood.” 
3. CHIONAN’THUS, ZL. Frince-rree. 
(Greek, chion, snow, and anthos, a flower ; from its snow-white blossoms.]} 
x very small, 4-parted, > aera oo of 4 long linear petals, 
ot as connected re base 2, (sometimes 3-4), very short. 
Si a notched e habe globular nut striate, l-seeded ; seed 
without albumen. Salt ae _ markably 4-cornered and pyra- 
midal ; leaves entire; flowers mnths trichotomous racemes. 
1, C. Virgi’nica, L. Lists oval or Peo lanceolate, sub-cori- 
aceous, smoothish ; racemes ferinindl a axillary. 
‘Vireintan Cutonantuus. Fringe-tree. 
0-20 i high, with spreading branches. Leaves 4—6 inches long, acute at each 
d ; petioles a ut half’ hi inch in length. Racemes 3-4 inches long, somewhat pancicu- 
fate “the Casita pedicels by threes. Petals white, nearly an in inch long. Drupes of a 
livid blackish color i giati mature. 
¥ thward. June. 
Obs. ingular beauty of this ornamental little tree is beginning to 
be fecticined by our oe and it is co ee. eoge its ap- 
pearance in the yards and lawns of all p of t The mature 
fruit has a remarkably Haiceable bitterish inate. 
4. FRAX’INUS, Tournef. Asa. 
[The classical Latin name of the Ash.] 
Flowers po ous or — es) dicecious. Calyx 
cities ice } Mord ened 
Fruit fruit), Seteconl inged at the apex. 
Tees with th petioled pin pinnate leaves the small iowa t in crowded panicles 
ear’s leaves. 
7 ete winged a Soe the . mes barely ma» Paget or —— towards the 
3 cal inute, persistent ; leaflets stal 
1, F. America’na, Z. Leaflets 7-9, pe lie eit — if lance-o 
long, acuminate, ceuiiee or Sbaolesly dentate, gis = pes 
and young branches terete, smooth; buds with ihe 9 velvety pt 
icles i terete 
cence ; panicles compound, loose, axillary ; vittintis 
se A Sta ca ats ae a Ee 
