. 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. 644 ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. Engravings. Willd. Berl. Baumz., p. 165. t. 2. f. 2. ; the plate in Arb. Brit., 1st. edit., vol. vi.; and our^, 1251. F. parvifolia. Spec. Char., Sfc. Leaflets 5—7 pairs, sessile, roundish ovate and oblong, at- tenuated at the base ; quite
. 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. 644 ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. Engravings. Willd. Berl. Baumz., p. 165. t. 2. f. 2. ; the plate in Arb. Brit., 1st. edit., vol. vi.; and our^, 1251. F. parvifolia. Spec. Char., Sfc. Leaflets 5—7 pairs, sessile, roundish ovate and oblong, at- tenuated at the base ; quite entire at the base, but sharply serrated at the apex, mucronate. Flowers naked. Branches purplish, trigonal at the top. {Don's mil.) A deciduous tree. Levant. Height 30 ft. to 40 ft. Introd. 1822. Flowers greenish yellow; April and May. Samara smaller than those of the common ash ; ripe in October. Hort. Soc. Garden, and Lod. S 5. F. (p.) arge'ntea Lois. The sihevy-leaved Ash. Identification. Lois. Fl. Gall., 697.; Don's Mill., 4. p. 64. Engraving. Our^g. 2098. in p. 1108. Spec. Char., Sfc. Leaves with usually 3 pairs of rather coriaceous, elliptic, ovate, shortly cuspidate, bluntly toothed leaflets, on short petiolules. Leaves silvery grey. (Don's Mill.) A deciduous tree. Corsica, in the fissures of rocks. Height 30 ft. to 40 ft. Introduced in 1833. Flowers greenish yellow ; April and May. This variety must not be confounded with F. *55 c. foliis argenteis, which is merely a variegation of the common ash (F. excelsior). If 6. F. (p.) oxyca'rpa Willd. The sharp-fruited Ash. Identification. 'Willd. Sp., 4. p. 1100.; Don's Mill., 4. p. .'iS. Synonpmes. F. oxyphylla Bieb. Fl. Taur. 2. p. 450.; F. O'rnus Pall. Itin. Taur. Engraving. Oar fig. 1252. from a living specimen. Spec. Char., SfC. Leaflets 2—3 pairs, almost sessile, lanceolate, acuminated, serrated, gla- brous. Flowers naked. Samara lanceolate, attenuated at both ends, mucronate. Branchlets green, with white dots. Buds
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