. 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. XLVIII. OLEA CEJE : i^RA'XINUS. 6S9 a » S I 1 F. rtiiLLYREoi'DES LaUll. The Phillyrea- like Fontanesia. Identification. Labill. Syr.» dec. 1, p. 9. t. 1.; Don's Mill., 4. p. 51. Engravings. Bot. Cab., ; and ourj^. 1245. Spec. Char., S[c. See Gen. Char. A sub-evergreen shrub or low
. 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. XLVIII. OLEA CEJE : i^RA'XINUS. 6S9 a » S I 1 F. rtiiLLYREoi'DES LaUll. The Phillyrea- like Fontanesia. Identification. Labill. Syr.» dec. 1, p. 9. t. 1.; Don's Mill., 4. p. 51. Engravings. Bot. Cab., ; and ourj^. 1245. Spec. Char., S[c. See Gen. Char. A sub-evergreen shrub or low tree. Syria between Laodicea and Mount Cas- suis, and Sicily. Height 10 ft. to 14 ft. Introduced in 1787. Flowers greenish white, turning to brownish yellow ; June, and remaining on the ti-ee two or three months. Keadily propagated by layers, by cuttings, or by grafting on the common privet. Grafted standard high on the ash, it would form a very handsome drooping-branched tree. Sect. III. jPRAXINIE^. 1246. F. phillyreoldes. Genus VI. mnE FRA'XINUS Tourn. The Ash. Lin. Syst. Polygamia DiceVia. Identification. Tourn. Inst., 343.; Lin. Gen., No. 1160. ; Don's Mill., 4. p. 63. Synonymes. Frdne, Fr.; Esche, Ger.; Frassino, Ital. Derivation. The derivation of Frixinus given in Don's Miller is, from phrasso, to enclose ; the ash having been formerly used for making hedges. Linnaeus derives it from phraxis, a separation, because the wood splits easily. Others derive it from frangitur, because the young branches are easily broken ; or which may have been applied ironically, in allusion to the extreme toughness of the old wood. None of these derivations, however, appears very satisfactory. The English name of Ash may be derived either from the Saxon word t£se, a pike ; or from the colour of the bark of the trunk and branches, which resembles that of wood ashes. Gen. Char., Sfc. Flowers polygamous. Calyx none, or 4-parted, or 4-toothed. Corolla none. Stamens 2, in the male flower
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