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ORDER XLIV. ZANTHOXYLACEZ. 
Trees or shrubs: leaves exstipulate, alternate or opposite, 
simple or pinnate: flowers by abortion unisexual: sepals 3-5: 
petals equal in number to the sepals, generally imbricated in 
zestivation: stamens as many, or twice the number of the pe- 
tals, springing from the base of the disk: ovary of the same 
number of carpels as there are petals, combined or distinct: 
ovules 2, rarely 4 in each cell: styles more or less combined: 
stigma 2-5-lobed when the styles are combined, simple when 
distinct: fruit baccate or membranous, 2-5-celled, sometimes 
consisting of several drupes or 2-valved capsules: seed solitary 
or twin, pendulous: albumen fleshy. 
GENUS I. ZANTHOXYLON. 
Diecia Tetrandria. Sex: Syst: 
Deriv. From Zanthos, yellow, and Xylon, wood. 
Gen. Cuan. Calyx short: petals longer than the sepals. Marr: 
stamens as many as the petals: pistil rudimentary. FEMALE : sta- 
mens usually wanting, sometimes very short: ovaries as many as 
the petals, or less: ovules 2 in each cell, collateral: styles 1 from 
the apex of each ovary, distinct or united at the apex, or scarcely 
any: capsules 1-5, sessile or stalked, 2-valved, 1-2-seeded : seeds 
globose when solitary, when in pairs hemispherical, shining, black. 
(1) Z. Ruersa. ( Dec.) 
Ident. W.& A. prod. I. p. 148.—Dec. prod. I. p. 728. 
_ Syn. Fagara Rhetsa, Roab. ft. Ind. I. p. 417. 
Engrav. Rheede Mal. V. t. 34. 
Spec. Cuar. Tree with large prickles over every part : bark 
corky: leaves alternate, equally pinnated : leaflets 8-16 pair, lan- 
ceolate, unequal-sided, quite entire: panicles terminal: petals and 
stamens 4: ovary solitary : stigma acute: ‘capsule sessile, solitary, 
globose: seed single: flowers small, yellow. 
Mountains of Coromandel. Khandalla. Cochin. 
(2) Z. veTRaspermum. (W. &. A.) 
Ident. W.& A. prod. I. p..148. 
Srec. Cuan. Shrub: very prickly; young shoots pubescent: 
petioles glabrous, prickly: leaves alternate, pinnate : leaflets few, 
