. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions, from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. Genus 2. OLIVE FAMILY 7. Fraxinus caroliniana Mill. Water or Carolina Ash. Fig. 3320. F, caroliniana Mill. Diet. Ed. 8, no. 6. 1768. F, platycarpa Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2 ; 256. 1803. A small tree, rarely over 40° high, the trunk reaching about 1° in diameter, with terete twigs and glabrous or slightly pubescent foliage. Leaflets 5-7 (rarely 9), ovate, ovate- lan
. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions, from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. Genus 2. OLIVE FAMILY 7. Fraxinus caroliniana Mill. Water or Carolina Ash. Fig. 3320. F, caroliniana Mill. Diet. Ed. 8, no. 6. 1768. F, platycarpa Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2 ; 256. 1803. A small tree, rarely over 40° high, the trunk reaching about 1° in diameter, with terete twigs and glabrous or slightly pubescent foliage. Leaflets 5-7 (rarely 9), ovate, ovate- lanceolate or oblong, acuminate or acute at the apex, narrowed, or the lower ones rounded at the base, long-stalked (4"-8"), sharply ser- rate, serrulate or sometimes entire, 2-5' long, i'-ii' wide; flowers dioecious, the calyx of the pistillate persistent; anthers linear-oblong; samara i'-2' long, 4"-9" wide, elliptic or spatulate, the body linear, flat, broadly winged all around, extending more than half way to the apex of the fruit, the wing pinnately veined; samaras sometimes 3-winged. In swamps and wet soil, southeastern Virginia to Florida, Missouri, Arkansas and Texas. Also in Cuba. Wood light, soft, weak, yellowish white ; weight per cubic foot 22 lbs. Pop- or poppy-ash. 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, Nathaniel Lord, 1859-1934; Brown, Addison, 1830-1913. New York, Scribner
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