XLVIII. OLEA‘CEH: FRA/XINUS. 645 
Mill.) A deciduous tree. Caucasus. Height 30 ft. to 40 ft. Introduced 
in 1815. Flowers greenish yellow-; May. 
Of all the varieties of the smatl-leaved ash, this appears to us to be the 
most beautiful. The leaves are of a dark glossy green, and are produced in 
tufts at the ends of the branches. 
¥ 7. F. pa’tuipa Bosc. The pale-barked Ash. 
Identification. Bosc ex Spreng. Syst., 1. p. 96. ; Don’s Mill., 4. p. 56, 
Engraving. Our fig. 2099. in p. 1109. 
Spec. Char., §&c. Leaves with 3 pairs of glabrous, almost sessile, ovate-lan- 
ceolate, toothed leaflets. Branches yellow. (Don’s Afdl.) In Don’s Miller 
this kind is stated to be a native of North America; but in the Horticul- 
tural Society’s Garden, and in the arboretum of Messrs. Loddiges, the 
plants to which this name is affixed obviously belong to F. excélsior. 
* 8. F. renriscrro‘ui1a Desf. The Lentiscus-leaved Ash. 
Identification. Desf. Cat. Hort. Pars p. 52.; Willd. Sp., p. 1101. 
Sy F, tamariscifolia Vahl Enum. 1. p.52., Don’s Mill. 4, p.54.; F. parvifolia Lam 
Dict. 2. p. 540.; F. aleppénsis Pluk. Phyt. 182. f. 4. 
Engravings. Pluk. Phyt., 182. f. 4.3; the plate of this species in Arb. Brit., Ist edit., vol. vi.; and 
our fig, 1253. 
Spec. Charac., §e. 
Leaflets _ petio- 
late, oblong and 
lanceolate, sharp- 
ly serrated, the 
serratures mu- 
cronate ; 4—5 
pairs according 
to Vahl; 6—7 
pairs according 
to Willd. ; 3 in. 
long, terminal 
one smaller than 
the lateral ones. 
Branches dark 
purple. Buds 
brown. Flowers 
naked. Samara 
narrow, gradually 
widening to the 
apex, and retuse 
there. (Don's 
Mill.) A decidu- 
ous tree. Aleppo. 1253. F, lentiscifdlia. 
Height 30 ft. to 
50 ft. Introduced in 1710. Flowers greenish yellow ; May and June. 
Variety. 
* F.1. 2 méndula has slender pendulous branches, and forms a very 
elegant tree. Introduced in 1833. Hort. Soc. Garden, and Lod. 
C. Leaves and Leaflets large, glaucous, and downy beneath. Natives exclusively 
of North America ; and, in Britain, chiefly to be considered as ornamental 
trees. 
From carefully observing all the kinds of American ash in the Horticul- 
tural Society’s Garden, and in the arboretum of Messrs. Loddiges, we are 
convinced they are all variations of one and the same species. The most dis- 
tinct of these, as far as i eae the leaves, appear to be F. a. pubéscens 
and F. a, juglandifolia; and, as far as respects the shoots, F’. a, quadrangu- 
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