Xanthoxylum. lU lAt K.K 3^3 



broail, orbicular or rtjund-oval, rawly notched at either end — Sji*<-. I. ||H (Dill. KUh. 

 t. \22) ; Lam. 111. t. 84 ; Nouv. Diiliam. i t. 57 ; 'lorr. & (;mv, V\. i. iXb ; Umv. (.n i:! 

 ii. 150, t. 157. > P. pinlandru, &. /'. jHrtliH-ariHi, DC. In^lr. ii. M • /'. tittcjuut ^ . 

 I'rodr. 68. — W. Now York, Canadian Bhoro of Ijikc Krie, to Mtum-aota, •uutlt l» \ . ■ » 

 ami Ti xas. (.Mi-x.) 



Var. mollis, Touk. & (Jin v. l*ul»erulcnt, (tnialler loavwl : lealltu at matuntv Mrrimjo*- 

 t<>iii(iit...s.- iMiicath or rart-ly glalirato. 1»-.».h iHiintt-.l. ncldoni nwt i imhcji Xmig, : »ani*n half tu 

 three fourth.^ inch long, often retuj^e at l>!i>e and a|)e.\. — Fl. i. OhO. P. mulUi, (.'urtU, Am. Jour. 

 Sci. ser. 2, vii. 406.''' — Texaa to S. Colorado an<l Ariayma; ahwj (») WilmingtoD, X. C 

 P. Baldwinii, Touu. & (Juay, 1. c ai5. rkiwanlwfnl.d (l.indhtimtr), or ton.-- 

 mipl.asaiii (lii-.H-,,), glalirou.s or rarlv glabrate ; l.-all.-Li thartar.-., ii,inihr«n«ro«.mi, 

 iiblung-huReolalo or obovaii-.xpalulate, obtuse or .some aiute or ^ligll^lv acumiuat**, ai. 

 or two long, all contracted and terminal one attenuate at lia»e : Mimara orbit ular or > ..t. 

 more commonly emarginate at both entls. half to two thirdit inch in dianiet* r Kouni- •: •. 

 depauperate flowering siiecimen. — /'. am/i«///;>/«i, Iw-ntb I'l. Ilartw 'j (il.,w. riii;r "i-.i 

 mens); (Jray, I'l. Feudl. 28; Wat.x. Hot. King Kxp 50; Hr.w i Wat- H..t I'AA i .•: = — 

 K. Florida, Buldwin, liin/il, and Texas to Northern Calif.jrnia and »-.utbHard ; common lu 

 Ari/.nnu. (Mex.) Various forms, Home too near the preceding ; otlx-ni |mimi into 



Var. parvifolia, (iUAV. Leallet» lesw than inch long. HpalulaU- or oblong lain-»«<jlat«» . 

 Siimara barely half inch in liiameier. — (Jray in Patterson. Checklist, I^Oi', |8. P./Mirt,- 

 Jul i <!,(', my in llenisl. Hiol. Centr.-Am. Hot. i. 170, ju» to pi. (,'n>/f/, Hueria* i.-.ta, and fruit 

 de.scril)ed. — St. Cieor;;e, S. Utah, and Ari/.ciua, I'ttlmrr. (Mex.. ^i»«/./, I'ulmrr.) 



5. XANTHOXYLUM, L. a.s Zmahuxiilum. Pick Ki.v Asii, Tooth- 

 ACiiE-TKEE. (Nauie coiuposcd of ^u»6'os-, Vfllow, and ^I'Aoi, wocxl, np|tarfiitly 

 originated by Plukenet, whose first species was a Fu.stic, and thiK arcnuni* for 

 the name " Telloio-wood" a quality which seems not to be marke<l in any W. 

 Indian species, and does not occur in the X. American. Tlie ori<,'iual faulty 

 form of Zanthoxt/lum has been continued by most cla.ssical botaniiit« ; but, aJi 

 ]\Iiller very early wrote Xiintlwrylnm an<l nearly a dozen authors liave follow*-*! 

 him, including Smith, Sprengle, and Lindley, and as the correction of tlie initial 

 letter in this case will, happily, give little inconvenience in indexes, it is bebl to 

 adopt it.) — Bitter and. pungent aromatic trees or shrubs (largely tropical and 

 subtropical) ; with alternate mostly imparipinnate leaves, often prickly stems and 

 stalks, and small white or greenish Howers in cymes or fascicles, prtxluce*! in 

 spring. — Ilort. Cliff. 4H7, it Gen. ed. '», no..'].*}'); Gray, Gen. 111. ii. 147, t. I."ir.; 

 Benth. &, Hook. Gen. i. 21>7 ; Triana «& Planch. Ann. Sci. Nat. scr. ."i, xiv. utis, 



— Our few species represent almost as many sections, 



§ 1. Peri.uith simple, 5-merous : flowers in umbelliform scs.silc fa.scicK-.'* from 

 axils of deciduous and sometimes abruptly pinnate leaves; the rhaehih wingless. 



— ZimtJuu'iilnm, C'olden ex L. 



X. Americanum, Mii.r.. (Pick ki.v Ash.) Shrub or very dmall tn-e. with ^hort prirklr* 

 in i»airs occupying the p<>.'<itiun of ,«iti|>ulo.«<, and commonly i^>me ithndcr one* on the priiuir*. 

 flowering along the naked bninches just lH?fore the leavei* of the seaMm drvidop ; Icatr* 



» Add Sargent, Silv. i. 70. f. 3.1. .14. 



a Add syn. P.f lomentntn, Hnf. Kl. I.iidnv. 108. 



8 Add syn. r. crenulntii, (Iri-cne. I'ittonin, i. '2\C>, apparrritly a mere form <t-r.r..i..-l !i r<.nrt,.,n* 

 with the Tcxano-Mc-xican plant which olfio often hnn rrenulaie h«are». I'rot. •■ f 



the odors of the two forms \* quite at variance willi the accounts of ih** aliovr m. 

 have made notes upon the Rul)j«'ct. It is pn.li.nlile that the mlor varir* c-f>n>idi-raii< i.i .i.i.r,,,,i ,, 

 vidiials even in the same locality. /'. /ii/c«/i./fi, var. ituyiuti/iftia, Jooca, l»rx. (.'AJif. Acad S(i. 

 ser. 2, V. 629. 



