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and diftinguiflied charadler, Dr* Benjamin Franklin. 

 The trivial name is added from the river, where 

 alone it has been obferved to grow naturally. It 

 delights in a loofe, fandy and moift foil. 



F R A X I N U S. 



The A S H - T R E E. 

 Glafs 23. Order 2. Polygamia Dioecia. 



nPHE Flowers ^re Hermaphrodite and Female on different trees. 



*The Hermaphrodite: 

 The Calyx none; or an Empalement of one leaf, four-parted, 



ere6l, acute, and fmall. 

 The Corolla none,* or of four petals, linear, long, acute, and 



ered:. 



The Filaments are two, ere6l and fliorter than the corolla. The 

 Antherce are ere6t, oblong, and four furrowed. 



The Germen is ovate and comprelfed. The Style cylindrical 

 and ereft. The Stigma thickifli and two cleft. 



The Seed-vejjel none befides the cruft of the feed. 



The Seed is lanced, comprelTed-membranaceous and of one 

 cell. 



* The Female are the fame in every part except wanting the 

 ftamina. 



The Species are^ 



I. Fraxinus americana. Carolinian or Red 

 AJh. 



This grows to the height of twenty or thirty feet, 

 dividing into feveral branches, the fmall ones of 

 which are generally oppofite; the leaves are com- 

 pofed of three or four pair of lobes, terminated by 

 an odd one, which are egg-fliaped and pointed, their 

 upper furface of a light green colour, their under 

 covered with fhort white downy hairs. The feeds 

 are broad and of a light colour. 



2. Fraxinus 



