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1. 0. America'na, (L ) A small tree. Leaves opposite, lanceolate, 

 elliptic, coriaceous, shining, perennial. Flowers in paniculate racemes, 

 with persistent bracts. — White, fragrant. ^ . April — May. Near the 

 sea-coast. 10 — 20 feet. 



Genus II.— CHIONAN'THUS. L. 2—1. 

 (From chion, snow, and anthos, flower.) 



Calyx minute, 4-cleft, persistent. Corolla 4-cleft, with long, 

 linear, pendulous segments. Stamens 2. Fruit a striated drupe. 



1. C. Virgin'ica, (L.) A beautiful shrub. Leaves opposite, lanceolate, 

 entire, shining when mature. Flowers in panicles, composed of oppo 

 site branches. — White. ^ . April — May. Common. 6 — 10 feet. 



Fringe-tree, or Old Man's Beard 



Genus III— FRAX'INUS. Tourn. 20—2. 

 (From the Latin fraxinus, the Ash.) 



Flowers dioecious. Calyx small, 3 — 4-cleft, or none. Co- 

 rolla none, or 4-petaled. Stamens 2. In the fertile florets, sta- 

 mens none. Pistil 1. Fruit a 1-seeded samara, foliaceous at 

 the extremity. 



1. F. acumina'ta, (Lam.) A large tree. Leaves unequally pinnate; 

 leaflets 7 — 9, elliptic, oval-lanceolate, acuminate, lucid on the upper 

 surface, usually entire. Samara with a long lanceolate wing. — White. 

 ^ . March — April. Swamp9. 50 — 70 feet. F. Americana, L. 



2. F. platycar'pa, (L.) A small tree. Leaves opposite; leaflets pe- 

 tiolate, oval-lanceolate, serrate, pubescent when young. Samara with 

 a broad-lanceolate wing. — White. ^. March — April. Swamps. 



3. F. trip'tera, (Nutt.) A small tree. Leaflets obovate, tomentose 

 beneath, oblique at the base. Fruit unlike that of the other species of 

 this genus, 3-winged, tapering at the base. Seed 3-sided. 



4. F. epip'teba, (Mich.) A middle-sized tree. Leaves unequally pin- 

 nate ; leaflets 7 — 9, elliptic, lanceolate, acuminate, glabrous, slightly 

 serrate. Flowers in axillary panicles. Samara cuneate, emarginate.— 

 White. ^ . March — April. River swamps. 40 — 60 feet. 



5. F. pubes'cens, (L.) A large tree. Leaflets*! — 9, ovate lanceolate, 

 serrate, on short petioles, acuminate, pubescent beneath. Samara with 

 an oblong-lanceolate wing. — ^. March — April. Swamps. 50 — 60 ft. 



Red Ash. 



6. F. Carolinia'na, (L.) A small tree. Leaflets generally 7, lanceo- 

 late, slightly serrulate toward the apex, entire and attenuate at the 

 base, glabrous, lucid on the upper surface. Flowers having a calyx. — 

 White. ^ . April — May. In high lands. F. pubescent. 



Genus IV.— SYRIN'GA. L. 2—1. 

 (From surtax, a pipe, because pipes were made of its branches.) 



Calyx short, 4-toothed, persistent. Corolla salver-form, 4- 

 parted. Stamens 2, included. Ovary 2-celled. Style inclu- 

 ded, bifid. 



