768 DioECiA PENTANDRiA. Zanthoxijlum, 



three-celled, willi two oviila in each, attached (roiii their 

 apex to the lop of the axis. .S7j//t'.s three, short. Stir/mas 

 large, crescent-shaped. Drupe obovate, or oval, of the size 

 of a large gooseberry, smooth, white, one-celled. JSTut oval, 

 more or less pointed at both ends, somewhat triangular, very 

 hard, rugose, one-celled. Seed solitary, conform to the nut. 

 Intff/iiments two; {he exterior one which adheres to the nut, 

 harder and lighter coloured; the imier 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. 

 Male. Crt/?/.i' five or more parted. Corol none. Stamina 

 from five to eight. Female. Ca/?/x 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 eight stamina. 



Hind. Dnrmiir. 



Zanthoxylum. Asiat. Res. vi. 376. 



A nativeof Nepal, antl other mountainous countries north 

 oi Bengal, Rohilcund, and Oude. In the Botanic garden 

 they blossom during the hot an<l rainy seasons. 



Trunk short. Branches several, straight, expanding, co- 

 vered M'ith dark brown bark, spotted with small, scabrous, 

 white dots ; our plants now ten years old, are from ten to 

 twelve feet high. Prickles btipulary, straight, dark-colour- 



