76 TREES OF THE NORTHERN UNITED STATES 
Genus 16. CEDRELA. 
Leaves large, alternate, deciduous, odd-pinnate. Flow. 
ers with separate petals, fragrant, white, in large clusters. 
Fruit 5-celled dehiscent pods,with 
many pendulous, winged seeds. 
Cedréla Sinénsis. (CHINESE CEDRE- 
LA.) Leaves large, odd-pinnate, alter- 
nate, appearing much like those of the 
Ailanthus, but with slight serrations near 
the tips of the leaflets, and noglandsnear 
the base. Bruised leaves with a strong - 
odor; footstalk and stout-tipped branches 
with glands. Large tree, seemingly hardy 
in New Jersey, but dies to the ground in 
winter in Massachusetts. Recently in- 
troduced from China. 
C. Sinénsis. 
ORDER XI. SIMARUBACEZE. (Quassia Famity.) 
Kastern trees and shrubs, here represented by a single 
tree: 
Genus 17. AILANTHUS. 
Large trees to shrubs, with alternate, odd-pinnate leaves. 
Flowers small, greenish, in large 
terminal panicles. Fruit broadly 
winged, like the Ash, but with the 
seed in the center. 
Ailénthus glandulosus, Desf. (TREE 
oF HEAVEN.) Leaves very large, 2 to 5 
ft. long on the younger growths; leaflets 
obliquely lanceolate, coarsely toothed at 
the base, with a gland on the lower side 
at the point of each tooth; point of leaf- 
lets entire. Young twigs thick, rusty 
brown; buds very small in the axils. > 
Only some of the trees have fruit, as A. glanduldsua, 
