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midrib, those on older branches often on a conical corky base. Leaflets opposite, 

 2-4 pair, sessile, lanceolate, sec. u. indistinct. Fl. yellow, dioecious, in lax 

 sparingly branched axillary panicles. Ripe carpels rugose, red. -solitary, rarely 

 2-3. 

 Outer Himalaya, from the Indus eastward, ascending to 7,000 ft., Khasi and Nfaga 



Fiu. 56. Zanthoxylum Ethetsa, [»'. A 



hills, hills of Vi am. Fl.Oot., Nov. Bark used for intoxicating fish. 



2. z. Acanthopodium, DC. Outer Himalaya, Kumaon to sikkim, BLhasi hills, differs 



i>\ distincl n. Sometimes pubescent, PI. in round, c pact clusters, ripe 



carpels 2- I. 15. >t li species have a strong pungent smell. 



B. Common petiole not winged, sepals I-."', i^-tals as many. Panicles or 

 clusters of Bowers mostly axillary, ramifications alternate. 



