Ptelea trifoliata var. mollis Torr. & Gray

Ptelea tomentosa Raf. Fl. Ludov. 108. 1817
? Ptelea podocarpa DC. Prodr. 2 : 83. 1825.
Ptelea ti ifoliata mollis T. & G. Fl. N. Am. 1 : 680. 1840.
Ptelea mollis M. A. Curt. Am. Jour. Sci. II. 7: 406. 1849.
Ptelea rhombifolia Heller, Bull. Torrev Club 26 : 313. 1899.
Ptelea prominula, /'. Wrightiana Greene, Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 10: 58. 1906.
Ptelea anlonina Greene, Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 10 : 59. 1906.
Ptelea villosula, P. lortuosa Greene, Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 10: 60. 1906.
Ptelea subintegra Greene, Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 10 : 61. 1906.
Ptelea sancta Greene, Contr. TJ. S. Nat. Herb. 10 : 63. 1906.
Ptelea parvula, P. monticola Greene, Contr. V. S. Nat. Herb. 10: 64. 1906.
Ptelea polyadenia Greene, Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 10: 65. 1906.
Ptelea subveslita, P. padifolia Greene, Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 10: 67. 1906.
Ptelea verrucosa Greene, Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 10 : 69. 1906.
A shrub or small tree with the petioles and under surface of the leaflets usually clothed with a dense, persistent tornentum ; leaflets elliptic to nearly oval or sometimes obovate, 2.5-8 cm. long, 1-5 cm. broad, obtuse, acute, or short-acuminate at the apex, inequilaterally cuneate or rounded at the base, the terminal one lanceolate to broadly ovate or obovate; staininate flowers 0.7-1.2 cm. broad, the petals oblong to elliptic or somewhat obovate, 4-5 mm. long, 2-3 mm. broad, the filaments hirsutulous to the middle or a little above; samaras 1.3-2.4 cm. long, broadly elliptic to oval, cordate or truncate at the base, notched or subulate-tipped by the prolongation of the wing along the style ; the body elliptic to oval or somewhat obovate, more or less strongly reticulate.
Type locality : Louisiana.
Distribution : North Carolina to Georgia, Arizona, and Durango.