G.61] 



CLASSIFICATION AND DESCRIPTION 



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vated varieties reduced to 1 to 5), almost 



sessile, lanceolate-oblong, acuminate, 



serrate, wedge-shaped at base. Flowers 



naked, somewhat dicecious, and so the 

 fruit does not 

 form on all the 

 trees. Keys 

 linear-oblong, 

 obtuse, ob- 

 liquely notch- 

 ed at apex. 

 This species 

 in its very nu- 

 Var. monophf lla. merous vari- F. excelsior. 



eties is common in cultivation. One of the most interesting is 



the Weeping Ash (var. pendula). The most remarkable is the one 



with simple, from pinnatifid to entire 



leaves (var. monophylla). 



8. Fr&xinus ornus. (FLOWERING 

 ASH.) Leaflets 7 to 9, lanceolate or ellip- 

 tical, attenuated, serrated, entire at the 

 stalked bases, villous or downy beneath. 

 Flowers fringe-like, white, in large ter- 

 minal drooping clusters, of 4 or 2 petals. 

 May to June. Fruit small, lance-linear, 

 obtuse, attenuate at each end. A small 

 tree, 15 to 30 ft. high, planted in parks. 

 Not hardy north of New York City with- 

 out some protection. 



GENUS 61. OSMANTHUS. 



Shrub or small tree with opposite, 

 thick, evergreen, nearly entire leaves. 

 Flowers small, white, in panicles or 

 corymbs in late spring. Fruit a spher- 

 ical drupe, y^ in. long, with a 2-seeded 

 stone ; hanging on during the winter. 



Osmanthus Americanus, L. (DEVIL- 

 WOOD. ) Leaves thick, evergreen, oblon<r-lanceo- 

 late,entire,acute,narro\ved to a petiole,4 Io5 in. 



O- American us. 



