. 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. 1256. F. (a-) pub^scens^ Spec. C!iar., Sfc. Leaflets 3—4 pairs, petio- late, elliptic-ovate, serrated, downy or tomentose beneath, as well as the petioles and branches. Flowers calyculate. Ra- cemes rather compound. Calyx campanu- late. Samara narrow, lanceolate, obtuse, with a short muc
. 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. 1256. F. (a-) pub^scens^ Spec. C!iar., Sfc. Leaflets 3—4 pairs, petio- late, elliptic-ovate, serrated, downy or tomentose beneath, as well as the petioles and branches. Flowers calyculate. Ra- cemes rather compound. Calyx campanu- late. Samara narrow, lanceolate, obtuse, with a short mucro at the apex, 3 in. long. Stamens 2—3—i. {Don's Mill.) A deciduous tree. North America. Height soft. Introduced in 1811. Flowers green- ish yellow; May. Though Michaux has described the leaflets as denticulated, yet in his figure, of which J^. 1256. is a reduced copy, they are per- fectly entire, as they are for the most part in the living plants at iMessrs. Loddiges. Varieties. t F. (a.) p. 2 longifdlia Willd. Sp. iv. p. 1103., Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept. i. p. 9., Lodd. Cat. ed. 1836; F. pennsylvanica Marsh. ; has the leaflets ovate-lanceolate, attenu- ated, somewhat serrated. 2 F. {a.) p. 3 latifblia Willd., Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept. i. p. 9., has t! e ' leaflets ovate, broad. 2 F. (a.) p. 4 subpubesceiu Pers. Ench. ii. p. 605. Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept. i. p. 9.; ? F. subvillosa Bosc; has the leaflets petiolate, elliptic- oblong, acuminated, sharply serrated, downy beneath; common petioles glabrous. The length of the annual shoots, and the spaces between the buds, are one half those of F. americana; and the tree is of smaller size, and slower growth. The leaves are from 12 in. to 15 in. long, downy on the under sur- face ; and, on insulated trees, this down becomes red on the approach of autumn, both on the leaves and shoots of that year; whence, probably, the name of red ash. The bark of the trunk is of a deep brown, and the heart- wood of a brighter red than that of the white as
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