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ville, and in a swamp, one mile east of Campbellford, JSToi-thumberland 

 Co., Ont. ; also along Indian Eiver, near Owen Sound. (Macoun.) St. 

 Catharines, Ont. {Maclagan.) In the vicinity of Hamiltoh, Ont. 

 (B-unhan.) Neighborhood of London, Ont. (Burgess.') Vicinity of 

 Toronto. {Fowler.) Mount Edgecomb, North-west Coast. (Scouler.) 



LXI. OLBACB^. Olive Family. 



388. FRAXINUS, Linn. (ASH.) 



(1455.) F. Americana, Linn. (White Ash.) 



F. epiptera, Michx. Hook. Fl. I., 50. 

 F. acuminata, Lam. Pursh Fl. I., 9. 



Eich woods, becoming a fine tree both in the forest and along old 

 fences. Not very common in Nova Scotia, but rather more so in New 

 Brunswick, increasingly so in Quebec, and quite common in Ontario 

 where it is a valuable and important tree. Whycocomah, Cape Breton, 

 is its eastern limit asfai- as known, and its western one at Owen Sound, 

 but it is likely to be found much farther west. 



(1456.) F. pubescens, Lam. Eed Ash or Eiver Ash; 



On alluvium along rivers and margins of lakes, not in swamps. A 

 fine tree with light easily splitting wood often named "EimAsh" 

 on this account. Halifax, N.S. {Lawson ) Not noticed in New 

 Brunswick. Vicinity of Montreal ; also Beauharnois Co., Q., and at 

 Kemptville, Ont. {McG-ill Coll. Herb.) Gatineau Point and other 

 suitable localities in the vicinity of Ottawa. (Fletcher & Whyte.) 

 Not uncommon at Prescott, Ont. (Billinys.) Eiver banks and margins 

 of lakes throughout Ontario and westward to Eed Deer Eiver at the 

 head of Lake "Winnipegoosis, Lat. 53° and in the valleys of the Eed 

 and Assiniboine rivers. 



(1457.) F. viridis, Michx. Gi-een Ash. 



F. Americana, Hook. Fl. H., 51. 



F. Caroliniana, Pursh Fl. I., 9. 



F. juglandifolia, Willd. Pursh Fl. I., 9. 



Valley of Sydenham Eiver, near Owen Sound, Ont. ; valleys of the 

 Assiniboine and Eed rivers west to Shell Eiver above Fort Ellice. 

 Dirt Hills along the margin of the Souris Plain. (Macoun.) Vicinity 

 of "Winnipeg. (Bourgeau.) The distribution of this and the preceding 

 species is not very well understood, and collectors are earnestly 

 requested to pay more attention to trees in their collecting of specimens. 



