4-4-4. 



IjX.X.1. OLEi^CExE 



[Fraxiniis 



often in tlie same inflorescpnce, calyx usually 0. Samara 1-1^. in. long, without a 

 trace of cal^^x. Differs fiom the European Ash by fe^\er slightly serrate leaHets and 

 by longer more blender racemes. Described as F, IIoohcrL "Wenzig in Engler Jabrb. 

 iv. 179. 4. F. oxypliylla, M. Bieb. Baluchistan, Afghanistan. Similar to 3, leaflets 

 1-i pair, coaiseh" serrate, samara narrowed to both ends. 



5. F. xanthoxyloides, Wall.— S5'n. F. 2Ioorcroftiana, Brandis, E. El. 

 304. Yein. Sanjal, 'Fiinj.: Ilanuz^H^z.; T/ifn^, Kunawar. 



A shrub or small tree. L. approximate at the ends of branchletSj very vari- 

 able in size, leaflets 3-5 pair, 1-2 in. lone;, sessile or nearl}" so, common petiole 

 marginate. EL in compact sessile lateral niany-flcl. fascicles, supported by 

 a number of undeveloped woolly 1., calyx cup-shaped, 4-G-dentate. Samara 

 linear-spatliulate, 1-1 1 in. lon^, seed part thick, ribbed and farrowed, sup- 

 ported by the persistent but not enlarg-ed cai^'x. 



Afghanistan, Baluchistan, Trans Indus teriitoiy. N. W. Himalaya, B-9,000 It, 

 chiefly m the inner dr}^ vallej^s. Often gregarious. Fl. March, April. 



3. SCHREBERA, Eoxb. ; El. Brit. Ind. iii. 604. 

 Species 4, of wbich 3 in Africa. 



S. swietenioides, Eoxb. Cor. PL t. 101 ; Wight 111. t. 162 ; Bedd. EL 

 Sylv. t. 248. Vern. Ifokhcij ijliaut^ Hind,; ^lokkalapa^ Tel. ; Kalgante^ Kan. ; 

 Mogalinga^ Tarn.; Thitsicelwe, Burm. 



Fig. 169. Schrebera s"vvietenioides, Boxb. J. 



A middle-feized deciduous treej branches grey, L. imparipinnate, leaflets 

 opposite 3-4 pair entire, ovate, base often unequal-sided, blade 3-5, pet, ^-^ in., 

 branchlets thickened at nodes and common petioles thickened at the insertion 



