. 396 FRAXINUS 4. F. A. SAMEUCIFOLIA. Elder-Icaved American Ash; Fraxiniis sambiicifolia^of Micliaux, Don, Loudon, and otiiers; Frene a feiiilles de sureai/, Frene noir,of the Frencli; Black Ash, Broivn Ash, Water Ash, of the tree, in favourable situations, frequentlyattains a height of seventy or eighty feet, witha trunk from two feet to two feet and a half indiameter. It is easily distinguished from thewhite ash by its bark, which is more inclined toa yellowish cast, is smoother, with the furrows,i
. 396 FRAXINUS 4. F. A. SAMEUCIFOLIA. Elder-Icaved American Ash; Fraxiniis sambiicifolia^of Micliaux, Don, Loudon, and otiiers; Frene a feiiilles de sureai/, Frene noir,of the Frencli; Black Ash, Broivn Ash, Water Ash, of the tree, in favourable situations, frequentlyattains a height of seventy or eighty feet, witha trunk from two feet to two feet and a half indiameter. It is easily distinguished from thewhite ash by its bark, which is more inclined toa yellowish cast, is smoother, with the furrows,in old trees, parallel and perpendicular, ofteninfested with bunches of moss, and may, insome degree, be peeled off in small thin plates,or laminae. It may also be distinguished by itsbuds, which are of a deep-blue, or nearly black,and by the colour of its heart-wood, which is ofa fine bistre-brown. The young shoots are of abrightgreen, beset with black dots, which dis-appear as the season advances. The leaves attheir unfolding are accompanied by stipulaewhich fall after two or three
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