76 WEEDS AND USEFUL PLANTS. 
-Teaflets in 4—5 pairs and an odd one; calyx none; petals 5; pistils 
3-5; nod short stalked; flowers appearing with the leaves. 
AmericaN Zantuoxytum. Northern Prickly Ash. Toothache Tree. | 
Yellow Wood. | 
Shrub 4-8 feet high. Stems prickly, the stronger prickles mostly in pairs at the base of ; 
the leaves. fae ae ee inches long, downy when young, becoming smooth above when 
s polygamous. Pods about the size of a pepper-corn, with a 
brown or reas. tmp pitted, fragrant with a lemon-like odor when rubbed. Seed 
ry. 
_ River banks and rocky woods, north and west. April-May. 
Obs. In its wild state this shrub poe es thickets, but when cul- 
tivated and trimmed it pee a small t metimes 20 feet high. It 
has been proposed as a hedge plant, ee we are not aware that any 
causing ty) ee: 
whence one of its popular n An infusion is pe in domestic 
medicine, in the treatment of ested ven and in cholic, 
2. Z. Carolinian’um, Lam. Leaflets 3— 5 pairs and an so one, ovate 
lanceolate, i ree hag an shining above ; flowers in terminal cymes, ap- 
pearing after the leaves; sepals and petals 5; pistils 3; pods sessile ; 
ckles very sharp. q 
JAROLINA ZANTHOXYLUM. Southern Prickly Ash. 
Shrub or small tree 6-20 feet high and 6-10 inches in diameter. Grows in sandy soil along 
the sea coasts of the Southern States. Properties Similar to the preceding. 
3. AILAN ae _ Def: 
[From Ailanto, tt 
Calyx 5-toothed. Petals 5, inserted with the 10 stoners under 
gynous disk. pos 3-5, samaroid, tumid i ry eal 
l-seeded. Stigmas ca pitate, radiately S-lobed. pian 
ygamous. 
1. A. cuanputosa, Desf. Leaves  odd-pinnate ; leaflets oblong-lanceolate, 
ech th seo dentate at base, with a a gland on the under side of 
ea 
- Guan R AILANTHUS. Chinese Bamaih’ Tree of Heaven. Tillow 
or Tallow Tree 
60 feet or more high, much branched, young branches never multiplying during 
Pd Daa developed ont trom the buds of the year. on anes — A 
<epecnliy) consisting of many pairs (15-20) of errigty Soma oo ; 
=§ Posie» in Sane pati Sone except a pair or two of coarse teeth a Plover 
Pale re nish yellow, in terminal open thyrsoid 
vated as a shade tree. Native of China. Fl, June, Fr. Sept. - Oct. 
chek ethos no tree has been the subject of as much newspaper 
Aan tare smh be si for atl agit 
