. North American trees : being descriptions and illustrations of the trees growing independently of cultivation in North America, north of Mexico and the West Indies . Trees. 802 The Ashes seed-bearing part. In this tree the ovary is often 3-celled, giving rise to a 3- winged fruit. Its wood is soft and weak, nearly white, and has no commercial value; its specific gravity is only 9. DARLINGTON'S ASH —Praxinus Darlingtonii Britton This tree resembles the Red ash {Fraxinus pennsylvanica Marshall) in form, size and foliage, and has been con- fused with it, but it differs in the form of the
. North American trees : being descriptions and illustrations of the trees growing independently of cultivation in North America, north of Mexico and the West Indies . Trees. 802 The Ashes seed-bearing part. In this tree the ovary is often 3-celled, giving rise to a 3- winged fruit. Its wood is soft and weak, nearly white, and has no commercial value; its specific gravity is only 9. DARLINGTON'S ASH —Praxinus Darlingtonii Britton This tree resembles the Red ash {Fraxinus pennsylvanica Marshall) in form, size and foliage, and has been con- fused with it, but it differs in the form of the fruit. It is known to occur on hill-sides, river-banks, and in valleys and swampy woods from Massachu- setts to central New York and south- ward to Alabama and Louisiana, reaching a maximum height of about 20 meters. Its geographic range is probably wider than is yet known. The young twigs and leaves are either velvety or quite smooth, and the former sometimes remain permanently velvety to the close of the growing sea- son, the latter being either hairy be- neath when old, or smooth. There are 5 or 7 lanceolate long-pointed stalked leaflets. The flowers are dioecious. The samaras are long-linear, not spatulate, 5 to cm. long, about 4 mm. Asdde, the narrow wing decurrent upon the terete seed-bearing part only to above the middle. The wood is brown, hard and strong, and is used for the same pur- poses as. that of the tree with which it has been confused. 10. BERLANDIER'S ASH Frazinas Berlandieri de Candolle Berlandier's ash inhabits south- western Texas and adjacent northern Mexico; it sometimes becomes 10 to 12 meters high, and then has a trunk di- ameter, of about 3 dm., but is not known to form a large tree. Fig. 730. — Darlington's Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Britton, Nat
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