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72. JESSAMINE FAMILY. Order JASMINACEJE. 
Shrubby, mostly climbing plants, with opposite and mostly compound (pinnate) leaves, 
and perfect flowers with a salver-shaped corolla of 5 or more lobes overlapping in the bud, 
but only 2 stamens. Ovary 2-celled, with 2 or 3 ovules erect from the base of each cell. 
No wild species; but in gardens and houses we have the common ( Jasminum ) ^Jessamine. 
73. OLIVE FAMILY. Order OLEACEiE. 
Shrubs or trees, with opposite leaves; the corolla, when there is any, 4-lobed, and the 
lobes valvate (edge to edge) in the bud, but the stamens only 2 and short: sometimes 
there are 4 distinct petals ; and all our species of Ash are without petals. Ovary 2-celled, 
with 2 ovules hanging from the top of each cell: the fruit often one-celled and one-seeded; 
either a stone-fruit, as in the Olive and Fringe-tree; a berry, as in Privet; apod, as in 
Lilac ; or a key, as in the Ash. 
Corolla salver-shaped or funnel-shaped, with a 4-lobed border: flowers perfect, in thick 
panicles. Leaves simple, entire. 
Corolla salver-shaped with a long tube: fruit a flat 4-seeded pod, ( Syringa) *Lilac. 
Corolla short, funnel-shaped; fruit a 1- or 2-seeded berry. Low shrub, ( Ligustrum) ^Privet. 
Corolla of 4 very long and narrow petals, barely united at the bottom. Drupe one-seeded. 
Low tree or shrub, with simple leaves, and slender drooping panicles of delicate 
snow-white blossoms, ( Chionanthus) Fringe-tree. 
Corolla none: even the calyx small or sometimes none: stamens 2, rarely 3 or 4, on the 
receptacle: fruit a key, winged at the top or all round, one-seeded. Trees, with 
opposite pinnate leaves, ( Fraxinus ) Ash. 
Lilac. Syringa. 
1. Common Lilac. Leaves more or less heart-shaped; flowers lilac or white, in spring. Cultivated: 
one of the commonest ornamental shrubs. S. vulgaris. 
2. Persian Lilac. Leaves oblong or lance-shaped; clusters more slender. Cultivated. S. Persica. 
Ash. Fraxinus. 
The flowers in all our species appear in early spring, in clusters, and are dioecious, or nearly so. 
* Key winged from the top only: leaflets stalked. 
1. White Ash. Shoots and stalks smooth; leaflets 7 to 9, pale (smooth or downy) beneath; body of 
the key marginless and blunt. F. Americana. 
2. Red Ash. Shoots and stalks velvety; leaflets 7 to 9, downy beneath; body of the key 2-edged, 
acute at the base, the wing long and narrow. F. pubescens. 
3. Green Ash. Smooth throughout; leaflets 5 to 9, green both sides; key as in No. 2. F. viridis. 
* * Key winged all round, oblong. 
4. Black Ash. Leaflets 7 to 11, sessile; oblong-lanceolate, tapering to a point, green both sides; no 
calyx to the fertile flowers. Swamps; common N. F. sambucifolia. 
5. Blue Asii. Branchlets square; leaflets 7 to 9, short-stalked, lance-ovate. W. F. quadrangulata. 
