ZANTHOXYLUM 



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Fig. 58. — Northern Prickly 'Ash. 

 Zanth6xylum. The Prickly 



Chinese 'Pepper.' 



Ashes ' or Toothache-trees, with 

 prickly pinnate leaves and pepper-like pods, are wild and frequently culti- 

 vated for the foliage and the small 

 peppery fruit. The flowers are in- 

 significant. The northern species 

 has small clusters of flowers and 

 fruit in the axils of the leaves, 

 wliile the southern and the Chi- 

 nese species have large terminal 

 clusters. 



Northern Prickly 'Ash ' (58) 

 — Zanthoxylum americcinum, — 

 hardy North and often cultivated, 

 has prickly leaves with 5 to 11 oi> 

 posite nearly entire-edged sessile 

 blades IJ to 2 inches long ; stems j. '^ 

 also prickly. 



Chinese 'Pepper' (59) — Zan- 

 thoxylum piperitum — has 11 to 13 

 somewhat notched blades f to 1^ 

 inches long and is probably, hardy 

 in the middle states. 



Toothache-tree (60) or South- 

 ern Prickly ' Ash ' — Zanthoxy- 



FiG. 00. — Tootliache-tree. 



