Plate 259-3. 



ZANTHOXYLUM MULTIFOLIOLATUM, Ilemsl. 



RUTACEiE. Tribe ZaNTIIOXYLEJE. 



Z. multifoliolatum, Ilemsl. (sp. nov.) ; inter species chinenses foliolis 

 circiter pollicaribus 10-25-jugis insignis. 



Frutex vagans vel scandens, aculeis reflexis armatus, undique glaber, 

 ramulis ultimis graciliusculis. Folia breviter petiolata usque ad H 

 ped. longa, rhachi gracili aculeata. Foliola usque ad 51, sa»pius circiter 

 41, brevissime petiolulata, conferta, coriacea, lanceolata vel oblonga, |-1 !> 

 poll, longa, marginata, supra medium obscurissime crenata, subtus 

 nigro-punctata, venis immersis inconspicuis. Flares minuti, in pani- 

 culas parvas axillares et terminates dispositi. Calycis lobi ovati. 

 Fetala ovato-lanceolata, obtusa. Carpella sph&roidea, 2 lin. diametro, 

 seminibus nigris nitidis. — W. Botting Hemsley. 



China : Mengtze, Yunnan, at 4500 to 6000 ft., Hancock, 449 ; A. 

 Henry 



Fig. 1, portion of a leaflet; 2, a male flower; 3, a female flower; 4, pistil ; 5, a 

 fmit ; 6, a seed. All except 4 enlarged. 



