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FRINGE TREE. 
(Chionante, Fr.) 
Natural Order, Oleines, (Hoffmansegg and Link.) Lin- 
mean Classification, Diandria Monogynia. 
CHION ANTHUS * (Linn.) 
Calyx 4-toothed. Corolla monopetalous with a short tube, the border 4- 
cleft, the segments very long, pendulous, narrow and linear. Stamens 
2, sometimes 4, included and inserted into the tube. Ovarium bilocular ; 
ovules pendulous and collateral, 2 in each cell. Style short ; stigma 
partly bilobed. Drupe succulent, 1 -seeded, the seed provided with 
albumen. Embryo inserted. 
Small trees of India and the warmer and temperate parts of America, 
with opposite, simple and entire leaves ; the racemes or panicles of flowers 
terminal or axillary. 
COMMON FRINGE TREE. 
CHIONANTHUS virginica, panicula terminali trifida ; pedunculis 
trijloris ; foliis acutis. Willd. Sp. pi. 1, p. 46. 
Ciiionanthus, pedunculis trijidis trijloris . Linn. Hort. Cliff*, p. 17. 
* So called from its snow white flowers. ( Chion snow, and anthos a 
flower.) 
