Hab. N.W. Coast. Mr. Menzies. On high woody grounds at the base of Mount Hood, near the great
Falls of the Columbia ; not common.—Nearly allied to the preceding, but the leaves are much shorter.
The peduncle has large concave bracteas, and I have never seen more than two flowers on any specimen.
Tab. CXXXVIII.—Fig. 1, Flower; fig. 2, Flower with the petals spread open; fig. 3, Stamens; fig.
4, Pistil:—magnified.
[Obs. When I published my Tolmiea, in the preceding part of this work, I was not aware that it was
already described and figured by M. Bongard, in his Vegetation de Sitcha, under the name of Cladotham-
nus pyrolifolius, p. 37. t. 1,—a name which, of course, must be preferred to mine.]
Ord. LVI. JASMINEÆ. Juss.
1. LIGUSTRUM. L.
Cal. minutus, 4-dentatus. Cor. tubo brevi limbo 4-fido. Siam. 2. Filamenta brevia.
Stylus brevissimus. Stigma bifidum. Bacca globosa, unilocularis, 2-4-sperma.—Frutices.
Folia interdum perennia.
1. L . vulgare; foliis elliptico-lanceolatis glabris, panicula coarctata.—L .—Engl. Bot. t.
764. Mich. Am. v. 1. p. 3. Pursh, FI. Am. v. 1. p. 7. Torrey, Fl. v. 1. p. 7.
Hab. Canada, (not indigenous.)
2. FRAXINUS. L.
Flores sæpe polygami. Cal. 4-partitus v. nullus. Cor. 4-partita v. tetrapetala v. nulla.
Stam. 2. Fructus: Samara pendula basi monosperma.-—Arbores regiones temperatas habitantes.
Folia opposita pinnata. Flores apetali et polygami (Fraxinus), vel hermaphrodite
subtetrapetali (Ornus, Scop.)
1. F. sambucifolia; foliolis sessilibus ovato-lanceolatis serratis rugoso-nitidis basi rotundatis
inæqualibus axillis venarum subtus villosis, floribus nudis (Ph.), samaris ellipticis basi
obtusis apice emarginatis (Mx.)—Willd.—Mich. N. Am. Sylv. (ed. Philad. 1819) v. 3.
p. 122. Pursh, FI. Am. v. 1. p. 8.
Hab. New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. Michaux. Canada. Willd.
2. F.epiptera; foliolis ad summum 4-jugis oblongo-ovalibus acuminatis subintegris, cap-
•sulis obverse lanceolatis apice obtuse emarginatis ima parte teretibus apteris. Mich. Am.
v. 2. p. 5 6 . Pursh, FI. Am. v. 1. p. 8.
Hab. Canada. Pursh.—I give this as a native of the British possessions on the authority of Pursh,
who, however, makes no reference io Michaux, Flora Bor. Am., where the species first appears, and where
it is said to be a native of Virginia and Carolina. What I have called F. epiptera, in the Companion to the
Bot. Mag., from Drummond’s N. Orl. Coll., (n. 210,) has the leaves quite entire; the ripe samaræ are 2£
inches long, terete at the base ; wing very long, (as described by Elliott, and figured by Gærtner,) and of
nearly the same width to the very apex. Pursh quotes “ F. discolor, Mich. Arb. Forest. ; ” but in my
ed. of the Sylva there is no such plant, either under that name, or under F.epiptera; there, however, is an
F. discolor of Muhl. referred to F. Americana, L. (F. acuminata, Lam.)
3. F. Americana; foliolis petiolatis oblongo-ovatis acuminatis integerrimis vel grosse serratis
subtus pallidioribus, floribus calyculatis, capsulis basi teretibus ala lineari-lanceolata
obtusa lasviter emarginata. L.— Willd. Sp. PI. p. 1102.—F. acuminata. Lam.—Pursh,
FI. Am. v. 1. p. 9. Elliott, Carol, v. 2. p. 672. Mich. N. Am. Sylv. v. 3. p. 118. Bigel. FI.
Bost. (ed. 2.) p. 380.
Hab. Canada (Ph.) to the Saskatchawan. Drummond.—This is the only Ash noticed in the Boston
Flora of Dr. Bigelow: but I have seen no specimens from Canada exactly according with Pursh’s description,
that is, having the leaflets entire, shining, and glaucous beneath. Some of the leaves are deeply serrated.
4. F. pubescens; fo\\o\\s petiolatis elliptico-ovatis serratis subtus petiolis ramulisque to-
mentosis, floribus calyeulatis (Ph.), samaris oblongis obtusissimis emarginatis sensim in basin
brevem teretem attenuates.— Walt.—Ph. FI. Am. v. 1, p. 9.—F. tomentosa. Mich. N. Am.
Sylv. t. 119.—13. foliolis subintegerrimis.
Hab. Canada. Ph. Saskatchawan. Drummond.—/3. Banks of the Columbia. Douglas, Dr. Scouler.
Ord. LVII; A POCYN E® . Br.
1. APOCYNUM. Br. A p o c y n i sp. L.
Cor. campanulata. Tubus denticulis 5 acutis inclusis, laciniis limbi oppositis. Faux
nuda. Stam. inclusa. Antherce sagittatas, medio stigmati cohaerentes, lobis posticis polline
vacuis. Ovaria 2. Styli subnulli. Stigma dilatatum, apice conico. Squamce 5 hypo-
gynae. Folliculi graciles, distincti.—Herbae perennes, erectoe. Folia opposita, membranacea.
Flores cymosi. Br.
1. A. androsamifolium; foliis ovatis supra glabris, cymis terminalibus lateralibusque,
tubo corollas calycem bis superante.—Linn.—Mich. Am. v. 1, p. 121. Rich. App. p. 9.
Hab. Canada and throughout the woody country; Hudson’s Bay. Dr. Wright.—Leaves pubescent beneath
in all my specimens which are from various parts of N. America.
2. A. cannabinum; foliis oblongis utrinque acutis glabris, cymis paniculatis, calyce tubum
corollas sequante. Linn. (Tab.C X X X IX .)—Br__Torrey, FI. v .l.p . 276. Ell.—fi. foliis
subtus pubescentibus. A. cannabinum. Mich. Am. v. 1. p. 122? Ph. FI. Am. v. 1. p. 179?
—A. pubescens. Torrey, FI. v. 1. p. 276. (vix Br.)
Hab. Canada. Lake Huron. Dr. Todd.—Michaux seems to have misled some of the American Botanists
by describing the underside of the leaves as “ candicanti-tomentosa,”—a circumstance common
enough in A. androsamifoliurn, but of rare occurrence in A . cannabinum, of which I have only seen one
specimen, and that from Lexington, Kentucky, with its leaves downy beneath. The two species are
truly distinct in the shape of their leaves, and the relative length of the calyx and corolla.