. 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. xLvni. olea'ce^ : jpra'xinus. 645 Milt.) A deciduous tree. Caucasus. Height 30 ft. to 40 ft. Introduced ill 1815. Flowers greenish yellow-; May. Of all the varieties of the small-leaved ash, this appears to us to be the most beautiful. The leaves are of a daik glossy green, and are produ
. 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. xLvni. olea'ce^ : jpra'xinus. 645 Milt.) A deciduous tree. Caucasus. Height 30 ft. to 40 ft. Introduced ill 1815. Flowers greenish yellow-; May. Of all the varieties of the small-leaved ash, this appears to us to be the most beautiful. The leaves are of a daik glossy green, and are produced in tufts at the ends of the branches. S 7. F. pa'llida Bosc. The pa\e-barked Ash. Identification. Bosc ex Spreng. Syst., 1. p. 96.; Don's Mill,, 4. p. 56. En(p-aving. Our^. 2099-in p. 1109. Spec. Char., S^c. Leaves with 3 pairs of glabrous, almost sessile, ovate-lan- ceolate, toothed leaflets. Branches yellow. (^Don's Mill.) In Don's Milter this kind is stated to be a native of North America; but in the Horticul- tural Society's Garden, and in the arboretum of Messrs. Loddiges, the plants to which this name is affixed obviously belong to F. excelsior. t 8. F. iENTisciFO^LiA Desf. The Lentiscus-leaved Ash. Desf. Cat Hort. Par., p. 52.; Willd. Sp., p. 1101 F. iamariscifblia Vahl Enum. 1 -- " p. 52., . 182. f. 4. Don's Mill. 4. p. 64. Identification. Synonymes. i Diet. 2. p. 540.; F. aleppensis Pluk. Pl_ Engravings. Pluk. Phyt., 182. f. 4. -, the plate of this species in Arb. Brit., ourfig. 1263. Spec. Charac, SfC. Leaflets petio- late, oblong and lanceolate, sharp- ly serrated, the serratures mu- cronate ; 4—5 pairs according to Vahl ; 6—7 pairs according to Willd. ; i in. long, terminal one smaller than the lateral ones. Branches dark purple. Buds brown. Flowers naked. Samara narrow, gradually widening to the apex, and retuse there. (Don's Mill.) A decidu- ous tree. Aleppo. Height 30 ft. to 50 ft. Litroduced in 1710, F. parvifblia Lam >t edit., vol. vi.; and. 1«
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