PRICKLY ASH. TOOTH-ACHE TREE. 



Xaiithoxijhim Clava-IIcrcuVts L.^ 



Fig. 346. Branchlet with mature leaves and clusters of fruit, i ; scattered empty capsules and 

 seeds, 2 ; branchlet bearing prickles in winter, 3. They do not all bear prickles the first season. 



347. Trunk with leaves and small prostrate trunk at base. Red River Valley, Arkansas:. 



348. Wood structvire magnified 15 diameters. 



