ZANTHOXYLACEiE. 147 



Plate 156. 



ZANTHOXYLUM, Golden, L. 



Flores abortu dioici aut monoici. Stamina petalis numero 

 asqualia et alterna. Pistilla totidem vel pauciora, gynophoro 

 subgloboso sen cylindrico insidentia. Folliculi carnosi 1-2- 

 spermi. Semina nitida. — Rami aculeati. Folia pinnata. 



Zanthoxylcm, Colden, PI. Coldenh. p. 68. Linn. Gen. 150. H. B. K. 



Nov. Gen. & Sp. 6. p. 1. DC. Prodr. 1. p. 725. Adr. Juss. 1. c. 



Torn & Gray, Fl. N. Am. 1. p. 214, 680. Endl. Gen. 5972. 

 Fagara, Linn. Adans. Fam. 2. p. 364. Lam. III. t. 84. 

 Pterota, p. Browne, Jam. p. 189. 

 OcHROXYLUM, Sclireb. Gen. 508. 



Kampmannia, Raf. in N. Y. Med. Repos. (hex. 2.) 5. p. 350. 

 Prickly Ash. Toothaclie-trec. 



Flowers by abortion dioBcious or monoecious. Calyx of 

 four or five, rarely three, herbaceous or petaloid sepals, much 

 smaller than the corolla, distinct or united at the base, imbri- 

 cated in aestivation, deciduous, in one species obsolete. Pe- 

 tals as many as the sepals, usually five or four, hypogynous, 

 imbricated in aestivation, deciduous. Ster. Fl. Stamens 

 as many as the petals and alternate with them, inserted just 

 within them at the base of an ovoid gynophore, which bears 

 the rudiments of from one to five abortive pistils on its sum- 

 mit : filaments filiform or subulate : anthers introrse, two- 

 celled, the cells opening longitudinally. Fert. Fl. Stamens 

 none or rudimentary. Pistils as many as the petals and 

 opposite them, or fewer, sometimes reduced to one, borne on 

 the summit of the fleshy globular or cylindrical gynophore, 

 connivent, sometimes a little united below : ovaries two- 

 ovuled : styles short or slender, connivent or somewhat 

 connate towards the summit : stigmas introrsely capitate or 

 clavate. Ovules 2, collateral, pendulous from the middle of 

 the inner angle of the cell, anatropous, the raphe ventral. 



Fruit of as many fleshy cartilaginous or drupaceous folli- 



