XLVI. OLEA‘CEE: O/RNUS. 65: 
¥3 O.(8.) america NA Pursh, The American Flowering Ash. 
Identification. Pursh Sept., 1. p. 9.; Don’s Mill., 4. p. 57. 
Synonymes. F. americana Linn. Sp. 1510, ?; F. O’rnus americdna Lodd, Cat. ed, 1836. 
Engraving. Our fig. 1269. 
Spec. Char, $c. Leaves 
with 2—5 pairs of oblong 
or ovate - acuminated, 
shining, serrated leaflets, 
each 3in. to 5 in. long, 
and 2in. broad, and hav- 
ing the larger veins rather 
villous, glaucous, and 
paler beneath, the odd 
one rather cordate. Flow- 
ers with petals, disposed 
in terminal panicles. 
Branches brownish grey. 
Buds brown. Samara 
narrow, obtuse, mucro- 
nate. (Don’s Mill.) A 
tree. North America. 
Height 30 ft. to 40 ft. 
Introd. in 1820. Flowers . 
white; April and May. ~ 
A more robust-growing 1269. 0. {e.) americhna, 
plant than O. europz’a. 
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¥ 4. O. FLoRIBU’NDA G. Don. The abundant-flowered Flowering Ash. 
Identification. G. Don in Loud. Hort. Brit., p. 12.; Don’s Mill., 4. p. 57. 
Synonyme. Fraxinus floribGnda D. Don Prod. Fi. Nep. p. 106. 
Engravings. Wall. Pl. Rar. Asiat., 2. t. 277.; and our fig. 1270. 
Spec. Char., Sc. Leaves with 2—3 pairs of elliptic-oblong, acuminated, 
serrated, glabrous, stalked leaflets, and an odd one, varying much in figure, 
the terminal, or odd, 
one the largest. Pa- 
nicles terminal, com- 
pound, _ thyrsoid. 
Samara linear, or 
narrow - spathulate, 
obtuse, and entire. 
Bark ash-coloured, 
dotted. Branchlets 
compressed. (Don’s 
Mill.) A deciduous 
tree. Nepal. Height 
30 ft. to 40 ft. In- 
trod, 1822. Flowers 
white; April. 
There was a plant 
of this species in the 
Horticultural Socie- 
ty’s Garden, against 
the conservative wall, 
which died in the 
spring of 1836. 1270, 0. floribinda, 
O. stridta Swt.; Fraxinus striata Bose, Don’s Mill. 4. p. 57.; is a native of 
North America, said to have been introduced in 1818, but we have not seen 
the plant nor a figure of it. 
