336 Eleventh Annual Repokt 



rounded by the persistent calyx, the end of the body gradually 

 tapering into a wing which is 1-5 times as long as the body and 

 which extends down along the body to the middle or below. 



Distribution. New Brunswick, Southern Ontario and Nebraska 

 south to Florida. In Indiana it is a medium sized tree, found more 

 or less frequently in all parts of the State along water courses and 

 on the borders of lakes and swamps. It is usually found in situ- 

 ations intermediate between those of Fraxinus americana and Frax- 

 inus nigra. The bark of the trunk is usually darker than that of 

 the preceding species and for this reason it is often called black 

 ash? Books and nurserymen call this species green or red ash, 

 but no millman or farmer was found who applied either of these 

 names to any of the ashes of the State. 



The pubhshed records of the distribution are as follows: Frank- 

 lin (Meyncke); Gibson (Schneck); Knox (Ridgway); Lake (Higley 

 and Radden); Posey (Schneck); Tippecanoe (Cunningham). 



Additional records are: Knox (Schneck); Putnam (Grimes); 

 Tippecanoe (Coulter); Bartholomew, Delaware, Gibson, Hancock, 

 Hendricks, Jackson, Jefferson, Marion, Montgomery, Parke, Por- 

 ter, Posey, Starke, Steuben, Vermillion, Warren and Wells (Deam). 



Economic uses. Wood heavy, hard, rather strong, sap wood 

 thick and of a light color, heart wood light brown. Commercially 

 not separated from Fraxinus americana, which however, is a super- 

 ior wood. 



Horticultural value. It is hardy in our area, transplants easily, 

 grows rapidly, and when grown in the open develops a wide spread- 

 ing crown. If a medium sized ash tree is desired, this is the spe- 

 cies that should be chosen. 



4. Fraxinus Michauxii Britton. Swell-butt Ash. Churn-butt 

 Ash. Plate 124. Bark rather deeply fissured, light or dark gray, 

 similar in appearance to that of Fraxinus pennsylvanica; season's 

 shoots densely velvety pubescent, remaining so during the season, 

 becoming gray or brown by the end of the season; leaves 2-4 dm. 

 (8-16 inches) long, main axis generally densely pubescent; stalks 

 on the lateral leaflets 0.2-1.5 cm. (1/16-^4 inch) long, the terminal 

 stalk 2-4 times as long as those of the upper pair of leaflets; leaf- 

 lets 5-9, generally 7, frequently 9, ovate-lanceolate or oval-oblong, 

 7-15 cm. (3-6 inches) long, round or acute at the base, usually long 

 taper-pointed at the apex, thick, margins entire or with a few small 

 teeth, dark green and smooth above at maturity, paler and usually 

 densely pubescent beneath; fruit ripens early in the fall a few weeks 



