Tf<ff.s ok tiif Xokihkux l'\iTKi> Statks -u 



puberulenl or nearly glal)roiis leaves. Wood hard, strong, 

 briijin red in color, and rather brittle; used for cabinet-mak- 

 ing, and interior liiiisb. Along streams and the Imrder of 

 s\vam])s. Del. to bla.. Ark., and Tex. 



Ki. Sassafras Xees and Kherm. Sassafras. 



Trees with entire or ."^-lobed. alternate leaves with 1 

 l)rominent lateral \eins, with spicy aromatic bark and une(|ual 

 internodes. 



Flowers diecious : perianth (i-parted; fruit a l)lue druijc. 



1. Sassafras sassafras (L.) Karst. Sassafras. A large 

 rough-barked tree, the sap of the bark and leaves mucilagin- 

 ous. Autumn leaxes red. \ellow. and green. Wood reddish, 

 light and rather soft, of coarse texture, durable; used in 

 cooperage, for small boats, and fencing. The bark of the 

 roots yields a powerful, aromatic stimulant Fruit pungent, 

 poisonous. Excessive doses of sassafras tea produce narcotic 

 poisoning. In dry or sandy soil. Me. to Out.. Mich.. Iowa. 

 Fla., and Tex. 



Order, Ger.ani.alks. 

 Rutaccac. Rue I'amily. 



17. Zanthoxylum L. Frickly-ash. 



Trees or shrubs with alternate, pinnately compound. i)unc- 

 tate lea\cs and with stipular spines. 



Bark acrid aninatic : llowers imjierfectly diecious: fruit 

 a capsule with 1-2 seeds. 



I. Zanthoxylum americanum .Mill. Prickly-a>h. .V 

 prickly shrub or small tree wit!i small dowers in sessile 

 axillary cymes; stamens 3-o ; carpels 'l-■^, distinct, seed ol)long. 

 black and shining. Wood soft and light brown. In woods 

 ^nd thickets. Quebec to Va.. Ontario. S. Dak. and Kan. 



is. Ptelea L. Iloptrer. 



Shrubs or small trees with alternate, trifoliate, punctate 

 leaves and superposed buds covered by the petiole base. 



Hark liitter ; Howers imperfectly monosporangiate ; 

 stamens \-'\\ fruit a snniara with a membranous wing: ovulary 

 2-locular. 



