Identifier: northamericansyl_a05mich (find matches)
Title: The North American sylva; or, A description of the forest trees of the United States, Canada and Nova Scotia. Considered particularly with respect to their use in the arts and their introduction into commerce. To which is added a description of the most useful of the European forest trees ..
Year: 1865 (1860s)
Authors: Michaux, François André, 1770-1855. cn Nuttall, Thomas, 1786-1859. 1n Smith, J. Jay (John Jay), 1798-1881
Subjects: Trees
Publisher: Philadelphia, Rice, Rutter & co.
Contributing Library: University of Pittsburgh Library System
Digitizing Sponsor: Lyrasis Members and Sloan Foundation

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whollywanting. Corolla none. Stamens two to four. Pistillate flowersequally imperfect. Ovary superior, ovate, compressed, 2-celled, thecells each with two ovules. Capsule (or Samara) compressed,2-celled, by abortion 1-sceded, terminating in a membranous lan-ceolate wing. The Ashes are trees of the northern hemisphere, and almostcnth-ely confined to Europe and North America. The leaves areopposite and pinnate; the flowers dioecious and paniculate, rarelyracemose. The leaves of some of the species in warm climates exudethe saccharine substance called manna. The wood of several speciesof this genus is liiuch esteemed for its strength and elasticity. OREGON BLACK ASH. FiiAXTNUS Orkoona. Folidlis stibscptolis scssilibiis, ovato-lanccolatis acutis siihscrralis in/ct/rlsre ciini radiibas p)ctiolisque piibesccntibus concoloribus, jhirilnts cahi-iiliilis^ siiiiiaris brcribi/s ciinfalis (Diarqinatis basl angusiatis. ,i i;iiAi;iA fiilus iiKK/is sirralis^ samara laxceolata iitiegra.1J4 PI.X.»IX.
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Fraxums Oreyoiia Omjon J liar/,- J.y/t,- trcJW (U-2VrcM(ii. OREGON BLACK A S Tl. 125 This is the only species of Ash we met with in the OregonTerritory. It becomes a large and useful tree, seventy or eightyfeet in height, and ahvays aflects wet or low alluvial lands, man\^of which are subject annually to temporary inundations. Wenever saw it above the first falls of the Oregon, which wouldappear to be its limit, or nearly so, in this direction, and webelieve it is not known in Upper California. The leaves arc eight to ten inches in length; the lateralleaflets, about three pair, are two and a half to three inches long,the terminal leaf about four inches, the breadth al)oiit one and ahalf inches; they are ovate-lanceolate, acute, Ijut scarcely acumi-nate, sessile, entire, or now and then slightly serrate, on Ijothsurfaces pubescent, but particularly beneath as well as the mid-rib, and nearly of the same color on both sides. The male flowers are thickly clustered, the flowers with twoor

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