. Trees and shrubs : an abridgment of the Arboretum et fruticetum britannicum : containing the hardy trees and schrubs of Britain, native and foreign, scientifically and popularly described : with their propagation, culture and uses and engravings of nearly all the species. Trees; Shrubs; Forests and forestry. XVII. XANTHOXYLA^CEiE. XVIU. COUIA^ClijE. 145 Genus III. AILA'NTUS Desf. The Ailanto. Ltn. St/st. Polygamia MoncK^cia. Hentificalion. Desf. Act. Acad. Par., 1786, p. 263 ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 88. ; Don's Will., 1. p. 807. Si/jwnt/Tnes. Mh-ixs Ehrh., Ellis, and Moench; Verne du Japon, Fi\;
. Trees and shrubs : an abridgment of the Arboretum et fruticetum britannicum : containing the hardy trees and schrubs of Britain, native and foreign, scientifically and popularly described : with their propagation, culture and uses and engravings of nearly all the species. Trees; Shrubs; Forests and forestry. XVII. XANTHOXYLA^CEiE. XVIU. COUIA^ClijE. 145 Genus III. AILA'NTUS Desf. The Ailanto. Ltn. St/st. Polygamia MoncK^cia. Hentificalion. Desf. Act. Acad. Par., 1786, p. 263 ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 88. ; Don's Will., 1. p. 807. Si/jwnt/Tnes. Mh-ixs Ehrh., Ellis, and Moench; Verne du Japon, Fi\; Gotterbaum, Gfr. Derivation. Ailanto is the name of Aildntus glanduldsa in the Moluccas. It was long con- sidered as a species of ilhils, whence the French name ; and the meaning of the aboriginal word being, it is said, tree of heaven, hence the German name, Gotterbaum, tree of the gods. Gen. Char. Maleflowers. Calyx 5 cleft. Petals 5, longer than the calyx. Stamens 10, the 5 opposite the petals shortest. Disk central.—Hermaphro- dite, or female, finwers. Calyx, petals, and disk as in the male, but with fewer stamens. Ovaries 3—3, distinct. Saviarce 3—5, oblong ; 1-celled, 1-seeded. {Don's Mill.) Leaves compound, alternate, exstipulate, deciduous; impari-pinnate. Flowers terminal, small, gi-eenish. — One species, a deciduous tree from China. 3? 1. A. GLANDULo'sA Desf. The glandulous-/ea««'rf Ailanto. Identiflcation. Desf. Act. Acad. Par. 1786, p. 263. ; Dec Prod., 1 p. 89. ; Don's Mill., 1. p. 807. Synottymes. J. proc&rSL Sal, Prod. p. 271. ; iJhds hypselodendron Jl/tErarA ; li, cacod^ndron Ehrk. ; R. sin&nse Ellis i Aylanthe glanduleux, Fr.; driisiger Gtltterbaum, Ger.; Albero di Paradiso,/^n/. Engravings, Wats. Dend. Brit, t. 108.; the plate of the tree in Arb. Brit., 1st edit., vol. v.; and OUT fig. 194. Spec. Char.,Sfc. Leaves impari-pinnate; the leaflets coarsely toothed at the base ; the teeth glandulous on tne under side. {Dec. Prod.) A large tr
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