FRAXINUS 



FRAXINUS 



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raaiit until the second year. The varieties and rarer 

 kinds are budded in late summer or grafted in sprinfc 

 on the seedliiitcs of any of the common species. About 

 40 .species in the temperate region of tlie northern henii- 

 s[.|jere south to Cuba; about 35 of the species grow in 

 N. Amer. and nearly as many in E. Asia. Trees or 

 shrubs, with odd-pinnate, rarely simple, opposite Ivs. 

 without stipules : fls. in panicles, dioecious or polyga- 

 mous, with or without calyx or with calyx and a 2-(l- 

 parted corolla with generally linear segments; stamens 

 ovary 2-celled : fr. a 1-seeded, winged 



generally 

 samara. 



acumiTiHtH. 7. 

 Americana, 7. 

 alha, 1. 

 Bosci, 0. 

 Buugeaiia, 2. 

 (.'aroliiiiaiiu, VI. 

 epiptera, 7. 

 excelsior, 10. 

 flonhii.nda, 1 ai 



suppl. 

 juglaudifolia, 7. 

 lanceolata, 8. 



INDEX, 



leiiiificUolia, 17. 

 longicuspis, '■\. 

 Maiidschurica, iri 

 njoiiophyllii, 1(1. 

 iiii,^ra, U-. 

 N<>r(f-A miVnr, 7. 

 (.)ret^ona, 11. 

 Ornus, 1. 

 panncsa, 0. 

 parvifolia, 2, 17. 

 Pennsylvanica, 9 

 platycarpa, 12. 



potamoplitla, !«. 

 pu.bescens , U. 

 pTibiiier'\"is, .'?. 

 qiiadrangulat;!,, ].1. 

 ri'tnndifoUa, 1 in^il 



KUl)pl. 



rvfa, 1(1. 



sanihiiriff.Iln. U. 

 srrratifc/itf., .'.. 

 .Si'.'linldiana. 4. 

 simplicifnfia, l(i. 

 riridis, 8. 





FIs 



866. Fraxinus excelsior (X y'3). 

 rifh 



uijifx (uid corolla lyerfect or polygfunons. 

 (Subgenus Ornus.) 

 B. Wiiifer-buds grai/. 



1. 6mu8, Linn. {F. floribi'mda, Hort., not Wall.). 

 Small tree, becoming 25 ft.: Ifts. generally 7, stalked, 

 oblong-ovate or ovate, irregularly serrate, rufously pu- 

 bescent on the midrib beneath, 2-3^2 in, long: tls. 

 whitish, fragrant, in dense, terminal panicles 3-5 in. 

 long : fr. erect, narrow-oblong, truncate or emarginate 

 at the apex, about 1 in. long. May, June. S. Eu., W. 

 Asia. On. 48, p. 28n. — Var. latifdlia, Ait.(i'\ rotundi folia, 

 Hort., not Lam.). Lfts. roundish ovate or broadly 

 ovate-oblong. 



2. Bunge^na, DC. Small tree, to 15 ft., or shrub: 

 Ifts. generally 5, stalked, ovate, obovate or roundish, 

 obtuse to short-acuminate, serrate, glabrous, l-l^^g i^- 

 long : panicles to 2,^^ in. long, many-fld. fr. narrow-ob- 

 long, obtuse or emarginate. May. China. G.F. 7:.5.— 

 Var. parvifdlia, Dipp. Lfts. about 1 in. long, broadly 

 rhombic or roundish. 



BH. ]]'i ufer-hud.s hrowv or vcarh/ hl'fk. 



C. Corolla d/ridcd to fin' l)a.s<' : .staiiifus wlfh ratlipr 



Unig filaments. 



3. longlcuapis, Sieb. & Zucc. Slender tree, to 30 ft,, 

 with rufously pubescent winter-buds : lfts. 5-7, stalked, 

 oblong-lanceolate, long-acuminate, obtusely serrate, al- 

 most glabrous, 2-4 in. long : tls. in rattier slender, nar- 

 row panicles, to 4 in. long ; petals linear, aciite : fr. ob- 

 lanceolate. May. Japan. 



4. Sieboldi^na, Blume. Small tree : winter-buds 

 mostly glabrous and often almost black : lfts. 5-7, al- 

 most sessile, elliptic or oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, 

 serrate, usually pubescent along the miilrib beneath, 

 2-4 in. long : panicles like tlie former ; petals Hnear- 

 spatulate, obtuse : fr. oblanceolate. May. Jap., Corea. 



5. pubin6rvis, Blume. Small tree : lfts. 7-11, ovate or 

 ovate-oblong, acute or acuminate, serrate, pubescent on 

 the veins beneath, l^o-4 in. long : panicles less narrow 

 than in the former : petals small and caducous. Jap. 

 — Probably F. serrafifoJia, Hort., belongs here. 



CC. Corolla u-ifh short fiihr : a uthers at luosf sessile . 

 tl. cuspidata, Turr. Shruli or small tree, to 20 ft., 

 with dark, reddish brown buds : lfts. usually 7, slender 

 stalked, lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, 

 coarsely serrate, almost glabrous, l'.j-2 in. long ; fls. 

 fragrant, in 3-4-in. long panicles : fr. spatulate-oblong. 

 April. Texas to Arizona and N. Mex. S.S. 6:260. — 

 Handsome flowering tree for temperate regions. 



Fls. without rnrolla, appearing before the Ics. 



I-:. Fls. dill riiins, with 1h>! calys pier- 

 sisteut o}) tlic. fr.: milhi'rs lin- 

 ear or liiicar-iiblovi/ : lfts. r/rj;- 

 erallij f>-7: buds broioi. {Sub- 

 genus Lepta lix. ) 

 *;. Fr. oblanceolate or lanceolate. 

 i>. Braticlies and petioles glabrous . 

 7. Americana, Linn. {F. Nbra- 

 A)igll,i, i^lill. /'. iilba, Marsh.). 

 White Ash. Fig. 867. Tall tree, t<^ 

 120 ft.: lfts. generally 7, stalked, 

 ovate to ovate-lanceolate, entire or 

 denticulate, dark green above, glau- 

 cous beneath, 3-5 in. long : fr. 

 linear-oldong, with terete body, 

 '^^^ the wing not decurreut, 1% in. 

 long. Froni Canada to Fla. , 

 west to ]\Iinnesota and Texas. 

 S.S. 6:268. Em. 377. — Very varialjle. Var. acuminata, 

 Wesm. {F. acui)iin<ila , Lam. F. epiptera, Michx. F. 

 Americana, vnr. glaura, Hort.). Lfts. dark green and 

 shining above, very glaucous and almost glabrous be- 

 neath, entire. Var. juglandifdlia, Relid. ( F. 

 higlandifolia, Lam.). Lfts. less shining r<\ 



above, usually broader, more or less pubes- ^ '". \ 

 cent beneath, serrate at least above the 

 middle. This is the northern form, while 

 the former is more common in tiie southern 

 states. Var. Albo-margin^ta, Hort. Lfts. 

 edged white. 



8. lanceolata, Borkh. {F. viridis, Michx. 

 in part. F. Pcn}isiflrd)iica, Y&r. lanceolata. iyO 

 Sarg.). Green Ash. Tree, to 60 ft.: Ifts. 

 5-9, short-stalked, ovate to ohlongdanceo- 

 late, irregularly serrate, green on both 

 sides, almost glabrous, 2-5 in. long : fr. 

 oblanceolate, with decurrent wing, hence 

 body margined, about T^w in- long. Canada *-'■ 

 to Fla., west to Rocky Mts. S.S. 6:272. 



DD. Branches, petioles (Did Ivs. beneath . 



pubescent, at least when young. , ^""^^^ 



9. Pennsylvanica, Marsh. {F. pubescens, Fraxinus 

 Lam.). Red Ash. Tree, to 60 ft.: ifts. 5-9, Americana. 

 stalked, ovate to oblong-lanceolate, acumi- Xat. size, 

 nate, crenately serrate or entire, pubescent 

 beneath, .3-6 in. long: fr. linear-spatulate, about 2 in. 

 long, with somewhat decurrent wing. Canada to Fla., 

 west to Dakota and Mo. S.S. 6:271. — Var. aucubaeJolia, 

 Hort. Lvs. blotched yellow, less pubescent. Var. Bosci, 



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