. 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 CEX : 0 RNUS. 651 Very easily known from all the other American ashes, by the leaves dying off, in the autumn, of a fine purple. Lod. and Hort. Soc. Other alleged Ame- lican Species. — J'' (a.) expansa Willd., i F. (a.) mixta Bosl, F. (a.) pulverulenta Bosc, F. (a.) rubi- •
. 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 CEX : 0 RNUS. 651 Very easily known from all the other American ashes, by the leaves dying off, in the autumn, of a fine purple. Lod. and Hort. Soc. Other alleged Ame- lican Species. — J'' (a.) expansa Willd., i F. (a.) mixta Bosl, F. (a.) pulverulenta Bosc, F. (a.) rubi- • cunda Sosc, F. (a.) lOngifolia Bosc, F. (a.) viridis Bosc, F. (a.) cinerea Bosc, F. (a.) alba Bosc, F. (a.) Richardi Bosc, F. (a.) ovata Bosc, F. (a.) nigra Bosc, F. (a.) elKptica Bosc, F. (a.) fusca Bosc, F. (a.) rufa Bosc, F. (a.) pannosa Vent, et Bosc, F. B6sc!! G. Don, F. (a.') /7olemoniif61ia Pair., F. (a.) triptera A^utt., F. chinensis Roxb., F. Schiedearea Schlecht. are described in our first edition, and plants of most of them may be had at Messrs. Loddiges's, and in other London nurseries. Except the last two they are only varieties, and in our opinion not worth keeping 126-1. F. (i.)pl?t)t;aipa. Genus VII. O'RNTJS Pers. The Flowering Ash. Lin. Syst. Diandria Monogj'nia, or Polygamia Dios'cia. IdentrficatUm. Pers. Ench., 1. p. 8.; Pursh Sept., 1. p. 6.; Don's Mill., 4. p. 56. Symmymes. .PVdxinus sp. of the older authors; le Frene Ji Fleurs, Ft. ; die bliihende Esche, Ger.; Orno, Ital.; Oren, Hebrew; Oreine melia, Greek. Derivation. From oros, the Greek word for a mountain. Gen. Char., ^c. Flowers hermaphrodite, or of distinct sexes. Cali/x 4-parted or 4-toothed. Corolla 4-parted; segments long, ligulate. Stamens with long filaments. Stigma emarginate. Samara 1-celled, 1-seeded, winged. (Don's Mill.) Leaves compound, opposite, exstipulate, deciduous ; impari-pinnate. Flowers in terminal or axillary panicles. Trees, deciduous ; natives of Europe, Korth Ame
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