XLVIIL OLEA CEH: FRA'XINUS. 647 
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Spec. Char., Se. Leaflets 3—4 pairs, petio- 
late, elliptic-ovate, serrated, downy or 
tomentose beneath, as well as the petioles 
and branches. Flowers calyculate. Ra- 
cemes rather compound. Calyx campanu- 
late. Samara narrow, lanceolate, obtuse, 
with a short mucro at the apex, 2in. 
long. Stamens 2—3—4. (Don’s fill.) 
A deciduous tree. North America. Height 
30 ft. Introduced in 1811. Flowers green- 
ish yellow; May. 
Though Michaux has described the leaflets 
as denticulated, yet in his figure, of which 
Jig. 1256. is a reduced copy, they are per- 
fectly entire, as they are for the most part in 
the living plants at Messrs. Loddiges. 
Varieties. 
* F. (a.) p. 2 longifolia Willd. Sp. iv. 
p.- 1103., Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept. i. 
p- 9., Lodd. Cat. ed. 1836; F. 
pennsylvanica Marsh. ; has the 
leaflets ovate-lanceolate, attenu- 1256. F. (a-) pubéscens. 
ated, somewhat serrated. 
¥ F. (a.) p. 3 /atifolia Willd., Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept. i. p. 9., has the 
‘leaflets ovate, broad. 
* F. (@.) p. 4 subpubéscens Pers. Ench. ii. p. 605. Pursh Fl. Amer. 
Sept. i. p.9.;? #. subvilldsa Bose ; has the leaflets petiolate, elliptic- 
oblong, acuminated, sharply serrated, downy beneath; common 
petioles glabrous. 
The length of the annual shoots, and the spaces between the buds, are one 
half those of F. americana; and the tree is of smaller size, and slower 
growth. The leaves are from 12in. to 15in. long, downy on the under sur- 
face ; and, on insulated trees, this down becomes red on the approach of 
autumn, both on the leaves and shoots of that year; whence, probably, the 
name of red ash. The bark of the trunk is of a deep brown, and the heart- 
wood of a brighter red than that of the white ash. 
¥ 11. F(a.) samBuciro‘nia Vahl, The 
Eicer-leaved Ash. 
Identification. Vahl Enum., 1. p.51.; Pursh Sept., 
1. p. 8.; Don’s Mill., 4. p. 54. 
Sy F. nigra Mench; F. crispa Hort. ; the 
black Ash, Water Ash, Amer. 
Lngravings. Michx. N. Amer. Syl. 3, t. 122.5 and 
our figs. 1257. and 1258. 
Spec. Char., §c. Leaflets 3 pairs, 3in. to 
4 in.long, acute at both ends, sessile, 
ovate-lanceolate, serrated, having the 
axils of the veins villous beneath. Young 
branches green, beset with black dots. 
Buds brown or blue. Flowers like 
those of the common ash. (Don’s Mill.) 
A deciduous tree. Canada to Carolina. 
Height 60 ft. to 70 ft. in America; in 
England 30 ft. Introduced in 1800. 
Flowers greenish yellow; May. 
Variety. 
|  F, (a.) s. 2 erispa Lodd. Cat. ed. 
1836 has the leaves curled. Lod. 
TT 4 
1257, F..(a-)sambueifolia, 
