94 Trees of North Carolina 



form), trees by Morgan's Creek, near Scott's Hole 

 (smooth form). 



156. Fraxinus profunda Bush. Pumpkin Ash. 



The Pumpkin Ash is a tall tree of our coastal 

 swamps as at Wilmington (Biltmore Herbarium), 

 on Smith's Island and at Elmwood, Iredell County, 

 (U. N. C. Herbarium). It is most like the Red 

 Ash, but differs in the longer fruits, 2-3 inches long, 

 and the stouter, shorter, and somewhat flattened seed 

 part-. The wing is broadly lanceolate and narrowed 

 gradually to near the base of the seed. The twigs 

 and leaf-stalks are pubescent and the leaves sparingly 

 tomentose beneath, their margins entire or obscurely 

 toothed. The trunk is tall and usually much swollen 

 at the base. 



157. Fraxinus Darlingtoniana Britton. Darlington's 



Ash. 



This is also considered by some a form of the 

 Eed Ash which it closely resembles in most respects. 

 The distinguishing point is the fruit, which is very 

 narrow, the wing only about 2-2y 2 sixteenths inch 

 wide, notched or pointed at the end, and extending 

 about half way down the long and very narrow seed. 

 The leaves and twigs are usually smooth, but occa- 

 sionally velvety. The distribution of this form is so 

 far imperfectly known. It occurs at Chapel Hill 

 along smaller creeks and at Yadkin College, David- 

 son County, on the Yadkin River. Examples : tree on 



