134 THE FOREST TREE CULTURIST. 
long, covered with a dull, rusty pubescence when young, at 
length smooth ; flowers one to two inches broad, dark red 
or purple; fruit oblong, yellow and pulpy when ripe, edi- 
ble; seeds large oval, flattened. Fig. 43 
shows a seed of natural size. The tree grows 
from ten to twenty feet high, very ornamental ; 
the fruit is much esteemed by many persons. 
The inside bark of this tree is much used at 
the West for strings for tying up vines, etc., 
ie ao as it is very tough. Its seeds ripen in autumn; 
may be planted at that time, or kept in a cool cellar until 
spring. They should be separated from the pulp soon 
after the fruit is gathered. Common in Ohio, Indiana, 
and southward. 
ASIMINA PARVIFLORA (Smail-flowered Pawpaw.— A 
Southern species of low growth; both fruit and flowers 
much smaller than the first ; fruit somewhat pear-shaped ; 
probably not hardy at the North. The A. grandiflora and 
A. pygmea are also Southern species, found chiefly in Flor- 
ida and Southern Georgia; not hardy in the Northern 
States. 
Araria spinosa. (Hercules Club.) 
Leaves very large, bipinnately compound ; leaflets thick, 
ovate; flowers greenish, in a large loose panicle, suc- 
ceeded by a small round berry which ripens late in sum- 
mer; stem and branches covered with stout prickles ; 
young shoots large, not branching, more curious than 
beautiful; may be grown from seeds or from cuttings of 
the roots; cultivated in many gardens at the North, and 
plentiful in Virginia and to the Southwest. 
