. The trees of Northeastern America [microform] : illustrations from original sketches. Trees; Leaves; Arbres; Feuilles. Genus AILANTHUS,* Desf. From a Greek word meaning " tree of ; Fig- 95-—Ail^nthus. [4. glandulhsa, Des/.] Leaves, compound (odd-feathered, but with the odd leaflet often dwarfed or broken off; leaflets, twenty-one to forty-one) ; alternate ; edge of the leaflets ENTIRE, with one or two coarse, blunt teeth at each side of their base. Outline, of leaflet, long egg-shape or lance-shape. Apex, taper-pointed. Base, squared, or heart-shaped. Leaf-st^m, smooth, roun
. The trees of Northeastern America [microform] : illustrations from original sketches. Trees; Leaves; Arbres; Feuilles. Genus AILANTHUS,* Desf. From a Greek word meaning " tree of ; Fig- 95-—Ail^nthus. [4. glandulhsa, Des/.] Leaves, compound (odd-feathered, but with the odd leaflet often dwarfed or broken off; leaflets, twenty-one to forty-one) ; alternate ; edge of the leaflets ENTIRE, with one or two coarse, blunt teeth at each side of their base. Outline, of leaflet, long egg-shape or lance-shape. Apex, taper-pointed. Base, squared, or heart-shaped. Leaf-st^m, smooth, round, swollen at base. Leajlet-stems, smooth and short. Leaf, one and a half to six feet long. Leaflets vari- able, usually about six inches by two and a quarter, rather smooth and thin. Bark of the trunk, smooth and brown ; the new shoots marked with whitish dots. Flowers, in long Lunches at the ends of the branches; greenish, and of very disagreeable odor. June, July. Seeds, flat, at the centre of greenish and sometimes pink- tinged wings, in large, loose clusters. October. Found, common in cultivation, and to some extent naturalized. * This spellinir of the name should nde because so given by its author, although, etymologically, Ailantus would be correct, the native Amboyna name being " Ay- ; 186. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Newhall, Charles S. (Charles Stedman), 1842-1935. New York; London : G. P. Putnam's Sons
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