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* *- * Shaddock. Young cjrowlh pubescent. FUnrers wliilc ; fiuit very 

 large, often home in clusters, roundish, with a smooth rind and no 

 nipple; the flesh acid and very juicy. 



C. Decumdna, Lnur. Shaddock, Pomelo, Guape P'riit. Leaves very 

 larm- ami In-oad, ot'ten emariiiiiate, jjubescent beneath; petioles much 

 wingvil ; fruit i)ale with distinct bitterisli acid vesicles. Polynesia. 



8. .SiGLE. (Name of one of the Hesperides.) 



/€". sepiaria, DC. (or Citkus trifoliXta). A shrub with stronsj 

 thorns, o elliptic-crenulate leaflets, solitary flowers in the axils of the 

 thorns, and a light yellow, many-seeded, austere fruit, 1' in diameter. 

 Hardy in protected places as far N. as Washington. Grown for orna- 

 ment, hedges, and as a stock upon which to dwarf oranges. Japan. 



XXVII SIMARUBACEiE, QUASSIA FAMILY. 



May be regarded as Rutaceoe without transparent dots in 

 the leaves. (Phellodendron may be sought here. See the last 

 family.) Here represented by a single tree, the 



1. AILANTHUS, CHINESE SUMACH or TREE OF HEAVEX. 



(Ailanto, a native name.) Flowers polygamous, small, greenish, in 

 terminal branched panicles, with 5 short sepals and 5 petals, 10 stamens 

 in the sterile flowers, and few or none in the fertile flowers ; the latter 

 with 2-5 ovaries (their styles lateral, united, or soon separate), which 

 in fruit become linear-oblong, thin, and membranaceous, veiny samaras 

 or keys, 1 -seeded in the middle. 



A. glandulbsus, Desf., the only species known here, from China, is a 

 common shade tree, tall, of rapid growth, with hard wood, very long pin- 

 nate leaves, and many obliquely lanceolate, entire, or sparingly sinuate 

 leaflets ; flowers in early summer, the staminate ill-scented. 



XXVIII. MELIACEvE, MELIA FAMILY. 



Trees, chiefly with pinnately compound dotless leaves, sta- 

 mens twice as many as tlie petals and united up to or be3'ond 

 the anthers into a tube, and a several-celled ovary with a single 

 style ; almost all trojncal. 



1. MELIA. (Old (ireek name of the Ash, transferred to a widely dif- 

 ferent tree.) Calyx r)-0-parted ; petals 5 or (i, linear-spatulate ; fila- 

 ments united into a cylindrical tube with a l()-12-cleft mouth, inclosing 

 as many anthers ; fruit a globo.se berrv-likc drupe, with a bony Tj-cflled 

 stone, and a single seed in each cell. Flowers in large compound 

 panicles. 



M. Azedarach, Linn. Pride oi- India or China Tree. A favorite 

 shade tiH'e al the S., 80O-4()° high ; leaves twice pinnate, smooth ; leaflets 

 ovate and pointed-toothed, of a deep green color ; flowers numerous, fra- 

 grant, lilac-colored in spring, succeeded by ilu' yellowish fruit. 



