G.61] CLASSIFICATION AND DESCRIPTION 125 
vated varieties reduced to 1 to 5), almost 
sessile, lanceolate-oblong, acuminate, 
serrate, wedge-shaped at base. Flowers 
naked, somewhat dicecious, and so the 
fruit does not 
form onall the 
trees. Keys 
linear-oblong, 
obtuse, ob- 
liquely notch- 
ed at apex. 
This species 
in its very nu- 
merous vari- F. excélsior. 
eties is common in cultivation. One of the most interesting is 
the Weeping Ash (var. pendula). The most remarkable is the one 
with simple, from pinnatifid to entire 
leaves (var. monophylla). 
Var. monoph#lla. 
8. Fraéxinus ornus. (FLOWERING 
Asx.) Leaflets 7 to 9, lanceolate or ellip- 
tical, attenuated, serrated, entire at the 
stalked bases, villous or downy beneath. 
Flowers fringe-like, white, in large ter- 
minal drooping clusters, of 4 or 2 petals. 
May to June. Fruit small, lance-linear, 
obtuse, attenuate at each end. <A small 
tree, 15 to 30 ft. high, planted in parks. 
Not hardy north of New York City with- 
out some protection. 
Genus 61. OSMANTHUS. 
Shrub or small tree with opposite, 
thick, evergreen, nearly entire leaves. 
Flowers small, white, in panicles or 
corymbs in late spring. Fruit aspher. 
ical drupe, 14 in. long, with a 2-seeded 
stone; hanging on during the winter. 
Osmanthus Americanus, lL. (DEVIL- 
woop.) Leaves thick, evergreen, oblong-lanceo- 
O. Americanus. late, entire, acute, narrowed to a petiole,4 to5 in. 
