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1. F. Americana, L. (WHITE ASH.) _Branchlets and petioles glabrous_; leaflets 7--9, ovate- or lance-oblong, pointed, pale and either smooth or p.u.b.escent underneath, entire or sparingly serrate or denticulate; _fruit_ (about 1' long) _marginless below, abruptly dilated into a lanceolate, oblanceolate, or wedge-linear wing_ 2 or 3 times as long as the terete cylindraceous body.--Rich or moist woods, common from the Atlantic to Minn., E. Neb. and Kan. April, May.--A large and very valuable forest tree, with gray furrowed bark, smooth gray branchlets and rusty-colored buds. Moncious flowers rarely occur.

[++][++] _Body of fruit more slender, tapering gradually from summit to base, more or less margined upward by the decurrent wing._

2. F. p.u.b.escens, Lam. (RED ASH.) _Branchlets and petioles velvety-p.u.b.escent_; leaflets 7--9, ovate or oblong-lanceolate, taper-pointed, almost entire, pale or more or less p.u.b.escent beneath; _fruit 1--2' long, the edges gradually dilated into the linear or spatulate wing_.--Low grounds, throughout our range; rare west of Ohio.--Tree of middle or large size; inner face of outer bark of the branches red or cinnamon-color when fresh.

3. F. viridis, Michx. f. (GREEN ASH.) _Glabrous throughout; leaflets 5--9_, ovate or oblong-lanceolate, often wedge-shaped at the base and serrate above, _bright green both sides; fruit_ much as in n. 2.--Along streams; common.--Intermediate forms occur with paler leaves somewhat p.u.b.escent beneath. A small or middle-sized tree.

[+][+] _Fruit with compressed and wing-margined body._

4. F. platycarpa, Michx. (WATER-ASH.) _Branchlets terete_, glabrous or p.u.b.escent; leaflets 5--7, ovate or oblong, acute at both ends, short-stalked; _fruit broadly winged_ (not rarely 3-winged), _oblong_ (9” wide), _with a tapering base_.--Deep river-swamps, Va. to La.

March. Tree of middle size.

5. F. quadrangulata, Michx. (BLUE ASH.) _Branchlets square_, at least on vigorous shoots, glabrous; leaflets 7--9, short-stalked, oblong-ovate or lanceolate, pointed, sharply serrate, green both sides; _fruit narrowly oblong, blunt, and of the same width at both ends_, or slightly narrowed at the base, often notched at the apex (1' long, 3--4” wide).--Dry or moist rich woods, Ohio to Mich. and Minn., south to Tenn.--Large timber tree, the inner bark yielding a blue color to water.

[*][*] _Lateral leaflets sessile; anthers short-oblong; flowers wholly naked_.

6. F. sambuciflia, Lam. (BLACK ASH.) Branchlets and petioles glabrous; leaflets 7--11, oblong-lanceolate, tapering to a point, serrate, obtuse or rounded at the base, green and smooth both sides, when young with some rusty hairs along the midrib; fruit linear-oblong or narrowly elliptical, blunt at both ends.--Swamps and wet banks, N. Scotia to Minn., south to Va. and Mo.--Small or middle-sized tree, with very tough and fissile wood. Bruised foliage exhales the odor of Elder.

2. FORESTIeRA, Poir.

Flowers dicious, crowded in catkin-like scaly buds from the axils of last year's leaves, imbricated with scales. Corolla none. Calyx of 4 minute sepals. Stamens 2--4; anthers oblong. Ovary ovate, 2-celled, with 2 pendulous ovules in each cell; style slender; stigma somewhat 2-lobed. Drupe small, ovoid, 1-celled, 1-seeded.--Shrubs, with opposite and often fascicled deciduous leaves and small flowers. Fertile peduncles short, 1--3-flowered. (Named for _M. Forestier_, a French physician.)

1. F. ac.u.minata, Poir. Glabrous, somewhat spinescent, 5--10 high; leaves thin, oblong-ovate or ovate-lanceolate, ac.u.minate at both ends, often serrulate; drupe elongated-oblong, usually pointed.--Wet river banks, S. W. Ind. to Mo., south to Tex. April.

3. CHIONaNTHUS, L. FRINGE-TREE.

Calyx 4-parted, very small, persistent. Corolla of 4 long and linear petals, which are barely united at base. Stamens 2 (rarely 3 or 4), on the very base of the corolla, very short. Stigma notched. Drupe fleshy, globular, becoming 1-celled, 1--3-seeded.--Low trees or shrubs, with deciduous and entire petioled leaves, and delicate flowers in loose and drooping graceful panicles, from lateral buds. (Name from ????, _snow_, and ?????, _blossom_, alluding to the light and snow-white cl.u.s.ters of flowers.)

1. C. Virginica, L. Leaves oval, oblong, or obovate-lanceolate; flowers on slender pedicels; petals 1' long, narrowly linear, acute, varying to 5 or 6 in number; drupe purple, with a bloom, ovoid (6--8”

long).--River banks, N. J. and S. Penn. to Fla., Tex., and Mo.; very ornamental in cultivation. June.

4. LIGuSTRUM, Tourn. PRIVET.

Calyx short-tubular, 4-toothed, deciduous. Stamens 2, on the tube of the corolla, included. Berry 2-celled, 1--2 seeded.--Shrubs, with entire leaves and small white flowers in terminal panicles. (The cla.s.sical name.)

L. VULGaRE, L. (PRIVET, or PRIM.) Leaves very smooth; berries black.--Used for low hedges, and naturalized eastward; from Europe.

ORDER 66. APOCYNaCEae. (DOGBANE FAMILY.)

_Plants almost all with milky acrid juice, entire (chiefly opposite) leaves without stipules, regular 5-merous and 5-androus flowers; the 5 lobes of the corolla convolute and twisted in the bud; the filaments distinct, inserted on the corolla, and the pollen granular_; calyx free from the two ovaries, which (in our genera) are distinct (forming follicles), though their styles or stigmas are united into one.--Seeds amphitropous or anatropous, with a large straight embryo in sparing alb.u.men, often bearing a tuft of down (comose).--Chiefly a tropical family (of acrid-poisonous plants), represented in gardens by the Oleander and Periwinkle.

1. Amsonia. Seeds naked. Corolla-tube bearded inside. Anthers longer than the filaments. Leaves alternate.

2. Trachelospermum. Seeds comose. Corolla funnel-form, not appendaged.

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