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DIOEC1A PENT ANDRIA. 
ZANTHOXYLUM. Gen. Pe. 1512. 
Masculi. Calyx 5- 
partitus. Corolla 0. 
Stamina 3, 5, 6, 8. 
Foeminei. Calyx 5 
partitas. Corolla 0, 
sea 5-petala. Sty li 2, 
3, 5. Capsulce 2, 3, 5, 
monospermae. 
Sterile florets. Ca- 
lyx 5-parted. Corol- 
la 0. Stamens 3, 5, 
6 , 8 . 
Fertile florets. Ca- 
lyx 5-parted. Corol- 
la 0, or 5-petaIled. 
Styles 2, 3, 5. Cap- 
sales 2, 3, 5, one-seed- 
ed. 
1. Clava Hercclis. 
Z. aculeatum; foliis 
pinnatis, foliolis ovatis, 
acurainatis, repandis, 
basi aequalibus; petio- 
lo communi aculeato; 
floribus terminalibus 
paniculatis. 
Prickly; leaves pin- 
nate, leaflets ovate, 
acuminate, repand, e- 
qual at base; common 
petiole prickly; flowers 
terminal paniculate. 
Sp. pi. 4. p. 754. Nutt. 2. p. 236. 
Z. Ramiflorum, Mich. 2. p. 235. 
Z. Fraxineum, Pursh, I. p. 209. 
With this species I am entirely unacquainted. Does it not really belong 
to the West Indies? The “Hercules Club” of our Negroes and Country- 
men is, as far as I have been able to ascertain, the Aralia Spinosa. 
Grows in the woods of the West Indies and Carolina. Lin. 
Flowers — 
2. Tricarpum. Mich. 
Z. foliis glaberrimis, 
pinnatis; foliolis petio- 
latis, falcato-Ianceola- 
Leaves very gla- 
brous, pinnate; leaflets 
on petioles; falcate lan- 
