. Trees and shrubs : an abridgment of the Arboretum et fruticetum britannicum : containing the hardy trees and schrubs of Britain, native and foreign, scientifically and popularly described : with their propagation, culture and uses and engravings of nearly all the species. Trees; Shrubs; Forests and forestry. 122 arboretum et fruticetum britannicum. Genus IL NEGU'Nnom<zjich. The Negundo, or Box Elder. Dice Via Pent&n Jria. Lin. St/tl. Identificalion. Mcench Mcth., 334.; Dec. Prod., I. ; Don's Mill., 1. and 651. Synom/mes. jf'cer Lin.; Negundium Rafinesque. Derivation, This
. Trees and shrubs : an abridgment of the Arboretum et fruticetum britannicum : containing the hardy trees and schrubs of Britain, native and foreign, scientifically and popularly described : with their propagation, culture and uses and engravings of nearly all the species. Trees; Shrubs; Forests and forestry. 122 arboretum et fruticetum britannicum. Genus IL NEGU'Nnom<zjich. The Negundo, or Box Elder. Dice Via Pent&n Jria. Lin. St/tl. Identificalion. Mcench Mcth., 334.; Dec. Prod., I. ; Don's Mill., 1. and 651. Synom/mes. jf'cer Lin.; Negundium Rafinesque. Derivation, This genus was constituted from A\er NegAndo L.; but the meaning of the latter word is unknown. Probably, it may be merely the Illinois name of Gigueres (from gigieer, to romp, alluding to the tremulous and playful motion of the long pinnated leaves) Latinised. Gen. Char. Sexes dioecious. Flowers without a corolla. Calyx with 4—5 unequal teeth. Male flowers upon thread-shaped pedicels, and disposed in fascicles ; anthers 4—5, linear, sessile. Female flowers disposed in racemes. (^Dec. Prod.) — Deciduous trees, natives of North America. Leaves compound, opposite, exstipulate, deciduous; impari-pinnate.— There is only one species in British gardens. t 1. N. JUtxiNiFo^LiUM Nutt, The Ash-leaved Negundo. Identification. Nutt. Gen. Amer., 1. p. 253. ; Dec. Prod., 1. p. 696.; Dotf s Mill., 1. p. 651. St/nonymes. A^ceT Negundo L., Mich, Arb.; N. aceroldes Manch and Torr. * Gray; Negundium americSnum ttafin.; the Ash-leaved Maple, the Slack Ash; E'rable k FeuiUes de Frfene, E'rable & Giguigres, Hit' nois J Eschenblattriger Ahorn, Ger.; Acero americano, Ital. Engravings. Mich. Arb., 2. t. 16.; Schmidt Arb., 12.; Wats. Dend., ; the plate of this species in Arb. Brit., 1st edit., ; and our Jig. 164. from Schmidt. Spec. Char., Sfc. Leaves of from 3 to 5 leaflets, the opposite ones coarsely and sparingly toothed, the odd one oftener 3-lobed than simple. (Dec. P
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