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ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM. 



PART III. 



apex, and terete at the bottom. Young branches green, covered with white 

 clots. Bark chinky. Flowers calyculate. Buds brown. (Don's Mill, iv. 

 p. 56.) A tree, 30 ft. high; a native of North America, from Canada to 

 Carolina. Introduced in 1823, and flowering in May. There are plants of 

 this sort in the Horticultural Society's Garden, and in the arboretum of 

 Messrs. Loddiges. A tree in the former collection was, in 1834, 15 ft. 

 high, after being 10 years planted. 



¥ 16. F. (a.) platyca'rpa Vahl. The broad-fruited Ash. 



Identification. Vahl Enum., 1. p. 49. ; Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept., 1. p. 9.; Don's Mill., 4. p. 55. : Lode!. 



Cat., ed. 1S36. 

 Si/nont/wcs. F. caroliniana Catcsb. Car., t. 80. ; the Carolina Ash, Amer. 

 Engravings. Michx. N. Amer. Syl., 3. fig. 124. j and our figs. 1063, 1064. 



Spec. Char., d}c. Leaflets almost sessile,very distinctly serrated, elliptic-lanceo- 

 late, 2 in. long and 1 in. broad ; having the larger veins villous beneath. 

 Samara elliptic-lanceolate, 

 2 in. long, acute at both 

 ends. (Don's Mill., iv. 

 p. 55.) A tree, from 30 ft. 

 to 50 ft. high ; a native of 



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Virginia and Carolina. In- 

 troduced in 1724, and flow- 

 ering in May. The tree of 

 this sort in the arboretum 

 of the Horticultural Society 

 was, in 1834, 11 ft. high, 

 after having been 6 years planted. It is very easily known from all the other 

 American ashes, by the leaves dying off, in the autumn, of a fine purple. 



It 17. F. (a.) expa'nsa Willd. The expanded Ash. 



Identification. Willd. Berl. Baumz., p. 150. ; Don's Mill., 4. p. 55. ; Lodd. Cat, edit. 1836. 

 Synonyme. F. caroliniana IJorl. Worlitx. 



Spec. Char., Sfc. Leaflets 5 pairs, 3 in. long, ovate-oblong, unequally serrated, 

 acuminated, glabrous, but not shining, petiolate. Branches glabrous. 

 Flowers calyculate. Young branches green, smooth. Buds brown. (Don's 

 Mill., iv. p. 55.) A tree 30 ft. to 50 ft. high ; a native of North America. 

 Introduced in 1821, and flowering in May. There are plants of this sort 

 in the arboretum of Messrs. Loddiges. 



¥ 18. F. (a.) mi'xta Bosc. The mixed Ash. 



Identification. BOM ox Sprcng. Syst, 1. p. <)C>. ; Don's Mill., 4. p. 55. 



Sj>cc. Char., la 1/ ■« with 5 pairs of leaflets, glabrous on both surfaces, oblong, almost sessile, 

 unequally toothed l> ■» '$ Mil/., Iv. p. 55.) A tree, a native of North America. Introduced in 

 MM flowering in May. We have not seen this sort. 



It 19. F. (a.) PULVEBULE'nta Bosc. The powdery Ash. 



>. Sj.reng. Syst., 1. p. 06, ; Don's Mill., 4. ]>. 55. 



'./-' Chat . v Leavea with flpairi of leaflet*, tomentoie beneath, on long petiole*, oblong, acute, 



Petiole* powdery {Don't Mill., w p. 55.) A tree, a native of North America. Intio- 

 'I'j'f.-ti |a ].-2t, and flowering in May. We have not seen the plant. 



