768 DIOECIA PENTANDRIA,  Zanthoxylum. 
three-celled, with two ovula in each, attached from their 
apex to the top of the axis. Styles three, short. Stigmas 
large, crescent-shaped. Drupe obovate, or oval, of the size 
of a large gooseberry, smooth, white, one-celled. Nut oval, 
more or less pointed at both ends, somewhat triangular, very 
hard, rugose, one-celled. Seed solitary, conform to the nut. 
Integuments two; the exterior oné which adheres to the nut,” 
harder and lighter coloured; the inner one free, darker 
coloured, and spongy. Perisperm conform to the seed. Em- 
bryo inverse, nearly as long as the perisperm. Cotyledons 
oval, three-nerved, Radicle sub-cylindric, superior. 
DIOECIA PENTANDRIA, 
ZANTHOXYLUM. 
Mare. Calyx five or more parted. Corol none. Stamina 
from five to eight, Frmaxe. Calyx five-parted. Corol none. 
Germs as many as five, one-seeded ; attachment superior. 
Capsules as many as five, one-seeded. Embryo inverse, and 
furnished with a perisperm. 
Z. alatum. Roxb. 
Shrubby, ramifications straight. Thorns stipulary ; leaflets 
from two to five pair, opposite, lanceolate, serrulate, com- 
mon petioles winged, Panicles axillary, male flowers with 
from six to a stamina, : 
Hind, Durmur,. 
‘Zanthoxylum, ‘Asiat, Res, vi, 376. 
A native of Nepal, and other mountainous countries north 
of Bengal, Rohilcund, and Oude. In the Botanic garden 
they blossom during the hot and rainy seasons. 
Trunk short. Branches several, straight, expanding, co- 
vered with dark brown bark, spotted with small, scabrous, 
white dots; our plants now ten years old, are from ten to 
twelve oy high. Prickles stipulary, straight, dark-colour- 
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