. 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. 2. Zanthoxylum Clava-Herculis L. Southern Prickly Ash. Sea Ash. Pepper-wood. Fig. 2692. Z. Clava-Herculis L. Sp. PI. 270. 1753. Z. carolinianitni Lam. Encycl. 2: 39. 1786. A small, very prickly tree, with a maxi- mum, height of 45° and trunk diameter of 9', the prickles supported on cushions of cork sometimes 8' broad. Leaves alternate, odd-pinnate, glabrous, s
. 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. 2. Zanthoxylum Clava-Herculis L. Southern Prickly Ash. Sea Ash. Pepper-wood. Fig. 2692. Z. Clava-Herculis L. Sp. PI. 270. 1753. Z. carolinianitni Lam. Encycl. 2: 39. 1786. A small, very prickly tree, with a maxi- mum, height of 45° and trunk diameter of 9', the prickles supported on cushions of cork sometimes 8' broad. Leaves alternate, odd-pinnate, glabrous, shining above, dull beneath; leaflets S-19, obliquely ovate, nearly sessile, i2'-3' long, acute, crenulate; flowers greenish-white, in large terminal cymes, appearing before the leaves; sepals 4 or 5; petals 4 or 5; pistils 2 or 3; fol- licles about 2" long, sessile. Along streams, coast of southern Virginia to Florida, west to Texas and Arkansas. Wood light brown ; weight per cubic foot 31 lbs. Hercules'-club. Prickly-yellowwood. Yellow prickly ash. Wild orange. 2. PTELEA L. Sp. PI. 118. 1753. Shrubs or small trees, without prickles, the bark bitter. Leaves 3-5-foliolate, with entire or serrulate leaflets. Flowers greenish white, polygamous, corymbose-paniculate. Calyx 4-S-parted, the lobes imbricated. Petals 4 or 5, much longer than the calyx, also imbricated. Stamens 4 or 5, ajternate with the petals; filaments hairy on the inner side, present in the pistillate flowers but the anthers abortive or wanting. Ovary flattened, 2-celled (rarely 3-celled). Fruit a nearly orbicular samara, 2-winged (rarely 3-winged), indehiscent. Cells l-seeded. Seed oblong-ovoid. [Greek, Elm, from the similarity of the fruits.] Three .species, natives ot the United States and Mexico, the following 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
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