POLYGAMIA DIOECIA. 641 



FEM. Pijl. I, lanceolatum. 



';xcelfior t. FRAXINUS foliolis ferratis, floribus spetalis. SJk 

 pi. 1509. (Ger.em. liji. Blackivell L 328.) 



The Afli-Tree. AngUs. 



Uinfionn. Gaulis. ' ~ ' 



In woods and h.edges frequent, h . IV. 



This, if not lopped, grows up to a lotty tree, and 

 is fpeedy of growth. The bark is Imooth and 

 whitifh. The wood is white, finooth, haid and 

 tough. The leaves are pinnated with about fix 

 pair of oval-lanceolate, ferrated pinn.-v, with aa 

 odd one at the end. They come out late in the 

 Spring, and fall off early in the Autumn. The 

 flowers are produced in branched cluliers from 

 lateral geiris, and have neither Calyx or petals, 

 the feed is elliptical, comprcfs'd, and pendu- 

 lous. 



The wood is much ufcd by the wheel- wright for 

 plough-boot and cart-boor, and by the cooper 

 for hoops. Horfes and flieep are fond of the 

 leaves. The bark and feeds are reckoned a 

 diuretic. 

 In warm climates a kind of fweet gum, call'd 

 manna, diftils from this tree, two ounces of 

 which is a gentle cathartic. 

 It is a hardy tree, that endures well the fea-winds, 

 ~i'j , and may therefore be planted upon the Ihores 



where few others will grow, 



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