XLVIIL OLEA‘CEE: O'RNUS. 651 
Very easily known 
from all the other 
American ashes, by 
the leaves dying off, 
in the autumn, of a 
fine purple. Lod. 
and Hort. Soc. 
Other alleged Ame- 
rican Species, — F 
(a.) expansa Willd., 
F(a.) mixta Bose, 
F(a.) pulverulénta § 
Bose, F. (a.) rubi- 
canda Bose, F. (a.) 
songifolia Bose, F. 
(a.) viridis Bose, F. (a.) cinérea 
Bosc, F. (a.) alba Bose, F, 
(a.) Richardt Bosc, F. (a.) 
ovata Bosc, F.(a.) nigra Bose, 
F. (a.) elliptica Bose, F. (a.) 
fasca Bosc, F. (a.) rifa Bose, 
1265. 
Wy F. (a.) panndsa Vent. et Bose, 
OY # 
a F. Béscii G. Don, F. (a. 
; polemoniifolia Poir., F. (a. 
1264. F. (1.) plotycarpa. triptera Nutt, F. chinénsis 
Roxb. F. Schiededna Schlecht. are described in our first edition, and plants 
of most of them may be had at Messrs. Loddiges’s, and in other London 
nurseries. Except the last two they are only varieties, and in our opinion 
not worth keeping distinct. ‘ 
Genus VII. 
rs 
Rie | 
O’RNUS Pers. Tue Frowrrine Asn. Lin. Syst. Didindria Monogynia, 
or Polygamia Dice'cia. 
Identification. Pers. Ench., 1. p. 8.; Pursh Sept., 1. p. 6.; Don’s Mill., 4. p. 56. 
ae deriy ‘Fraxinus sp. of the older authors ; 1oFrone a Fleurs, Fr. ; die bliihende Esche, Ger. ; 
Orno, Itai, ; Oren, Hebrew; Oreiné mélia, Greek. _ 
Derivation. From oros, the Greek word for a mountain. 
Gen. Char., §c. Flowers hermaphrodite, or of distinct sexes. Calyx 4-parted 
or 4-toothed. Corolla 4-parted; segments long, ligulate. Stamens with 
long filaments. Stigma emarginate. Samara 1-celled, 1-seeded, winged. 
(Don’s Mill.) . . . : ie 
Leaves compound, opposite, exstipulate, deciduous ; impari-pinnate. 
Flowers in terminal or axillary panicles. 
Trees, deciduous ; natives of Europe, North America, and Asia ; in British 
gardens, propagated by grafting on the common ash, and sometimes by seeds. 
“1, O. EURop&'s Pers. The European Flowering, or Munna, Ash. 
ification. . Ench., 1. p. 9.3 Don’s Mill. 4. p. 56. 
hier fe ‘were Ovrmus Lin. Sp. 1510.; #. O’rnus and F. paniculata Mill. Dict. No.3. and 
No. 4.; F. florifera Scop. Carn. No. 1250. F. botry0ides Mor. Prelud, 265.; F. vulgatior Segn. 
facies gon Gree., 1. t.4.; N: Du Ham., t. 15.; the plates of this species in Arb. Brit., lst 
edit., vol. vi.; and our fig. 1266. 
Spec. Char., §c. Leaves with 3—4 pairs of lanceolate or elliptic, attenuated, 
serrated, stalked leaflets, which are entire at the base, villous cr downy 
