. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions, from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. SIMARUBACEAE. Vol. II. I. Ailanthus glandulosa Desf. Tree- of-Heaven. Ailanthus. Fig. 2694. Ailanthus glandulosa Desf. Mem. Acad. Paris 1786 ; 265. 1789. A tree, 40°-9O° high. Leaves i°-3° long, petioled, glabrous, odd-pinnate; leaflets 13- 41, opposite or nearly so, stalked, ovate or ovate-lanceolate, cordate or truncate and often oblique at the base, acute or
. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions, from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. SIMARUBACEAE. Vol. II. I. Ailanthus glandulosa Desf. Tree- of-Heaven. Ailanthus. Fig. 2694. Ailanthus glandulosa Desf. Mem. Acad. Paris 1786 ; 265. 1789. A tree, 40°-9O° high. Leaves i°-3° long, petioled, glabrous, odd-pinnate; leaflets 13- 41, opposite or nearly so, stalked, ovate or ovate-lanceolate, cordate or truncate and often oblique at the base, acute or acumi- nate at the apex, entire, or with 1-4 blunt teeth near the base; flowers greenish, about 3" broad, pedicelled, the staminate ones ill- scented ; samaras twisted, nearly 2' long, very conspicuous on the pistillate tree in autumn. Escaped from cultivation, along roadsides and in fields, spreading extensively by suckers, and seeding freely in some localities, southern Ontario to Massachusetts, Virginia and Kan- sas, Chinese sumac. Heavenward-tree. False varnish-tree. Devil's-walking-stick. Natural- ized from China. June-July. Family 69. POLYGALACEAE Reichenb. Consp. 120. 1828. Milkwort Family. Herbs, rarely shrubs or small trees in tropical regions, with alternate, or some- ^ times opposite or verticillate leaves; stipules none. Flowers racemose, spicate, or solitary and axillary. Pedicels generally 2-bracted at the base. Flowers perfect, irregular. Sepals 5, the two lateral ones (wings) large, colored, the others smaller. Petals 3 (or 5), h3'pogynous, more or less united into a tube, the lower one often crested. Stamens generally 8, united in i or 2 sets. Ovary 2-celled; style simple ; stigma curved, dilated or lobed ; ovules i in each cavity, anatropous. Fruit mainly capsular. Seeds generally caruncled, often hairy; embryo straight. About 10 genera and perhaps looo species, widely distributed in temperate and tropical regions. I. POLYGALA [Tourn.] L. Sp. PI. 701
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