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yellowish-green flowers appearing before the leaves. Bark, leaves, and pods 

 very pungent and aronuitic. 



2. X. Clava-Herculis, L. (Southern T.) Glabrous; leaflets 3-8 

 pairs and an odd one, ovate or ovate-lanceolate, oblique, sliining above ; flow- 

 ers in an ample terminal cyme, appearing after tlie leaves ; 8e[»als and petals 

 5; pistils 2-3, with short styles; pods sessile. (X. Carolinianum, Lmn.) — 

 Sandy coast of Virginia, and southward. June. — A small tree with very 

 sharj) prickles. 



2. P TELE A, L. Siikubby Trefoil. Hop-tree. 



Flowers polygamous. Sepals 3-5. Petals 3-5, imbricated in the bud. 

 Stamens as many. Ovary 2-celled ; style short ; stigmas 2. Fruit a 2-celled 

 and 2-8eeded samara, winged all round, nearly orbicular. — Shrubs, with 3-foli- 

 olate leaves, and greenish-white small flowers in compound terminal cymes. 

 (The Greek name of the Elm, here applied to a genus with similar fruit.) 



1. P. trifoliita, L. Leaflets ovate, pointed, downy when young. — 

 Kocky places, Long Island to Minn., and southward. June. — A tall slirub. 

 Fruit bitter, used as a substitute for hops. Odor of the flowers disagreeable. 



AilAnthus olandul6sus, Desf., called Tree of Heaven, — but whoso 

 blossoms, especially the staminate ones, are redolent of anything but " aira 

 from heaven," — is much planted as a shade-tree, especially in towns, and is 

 inclined to spread from seed. It belongs to the order Simarubace.e, whii-h 

 differs from Rutacese in the absence of dots in the leaves. The tree is known 

 by its very long pinnate leaves of many leaflets, and small polygamous greenish 

 flowers in panicles, the female producing 2-5 thin, linear-oblong, veiny sama- 

 ras. (Adv. from China.) 



Order 2.5. ILICIENE^. (Holly Family.) 



Trees or shrubs, with small axillary 4 -^-vierous Jloicers, a minute calyx 

 free from the 4 - ^-celled ovary and the 4 - ^-seeded herry-like drupe : the 

 stamens as many as the divisions of the almost or quite 4-8-petallcd corolla 

 and alternate icith them, nl/ached to their very base. — Corolla imbricated 

 in the bud. Anthers opening lengthwise. Stigmas 4-8, or united into 

 one, nearly sessile. Seeds suspended and solitary in each cell, anatro- 

 pous, with a minute embryo in fleshy albumen. Leaves sinij^le, mostly 

 alternate. Flowers white or greenisli. — A small family, nearly related 

 to the Gamopctalous order Ehenacecc. 



1. Ilex. Petals or corolla-lobes oval or ohovate. rcilircls mostly clustered. 



2. Nemopanthes. Petals linear. Pedicels solitary. 



1. ILEX, I>. Holly. 



Flowers more or less dioeciously polygamous. Calyx 4-6-toothed. Petals 

 4-6, separate, or united only at the base, oval or obovate, obtuse, spreading. 

 Stamens 4 -6. The berry -like drupe containing 4 -G little nutlets. — Leaves 

 alternate. Fertile flowers inclined to be solitary, and the sterile or partly 



