IRON-LEAVED YELLOW-WOOD. 
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single, ovate ; style 1 ; conical ; mature fruit the size of a 
grain of black pepper, 1 -celled, 2-valved, 1 -seeded. The 
seed smooth, shining, and of a dark brown colour. 
Plate LXXXIV. 
A branch of the natural size, a . A cluster of female flowers, b. The 
ripe capsule, c . The female flower enlarged, d. The male also mag- 
nified. 
WALNUT-LEAVED YELLOW-WOOD. 
ZANTHOXYLUM juglandifolium, aculeatum ; foliis pinnatis , foliolis 
oblongis acuminatis obsolete serratis basi incequalibus , petiole communi 
subaculeato , paniculis terminalibus, Willd. Sp. pi. 1. c. No. 9. Per- 
soont Synops. vol. 2, p. 615. Decand. Prod. vol. 1, p. 727. 
Zanthoxylum Clava Herculis ? Macfadyen, Flora Jamaic. p. 194. 
(non. Willd.) (2. Lam. Diet. vol. 2, p. 39. 
Z. americanum sive Herculis arbor aculeata major , juglandis foliis 
alternis parum sinuosis . Pluk. Almag. p. 396, t. 239, fig. 6 ? 
Evonyma affinis arbor spinosa , folio alato , fructu sicco pentagono et pen - 
tacocco , ligno jlavo santali odore. Sloane, catal. Jamaic. vol. 1, p. 
138. Hist. vol. 2. p. 28. t. 172? 
Specimens of this species of Yellow Wood have been 
collected in Louisiana by Mr. Teinturier. It has also been 
found in the island of Nevis, and in St. Domingo, by 
Poiteau. In Jamaica, according to Dr. Macfadyen, it 
becomes a tree of about 20 feet in height, producing a 
valuable timber, for house-building. The wood is yellow, 
close-grained, and according to Sloane, has the aromatic 
odour of Sandal Wood, and might probably be equally use- 
ful in driving away moths from chests made of it. He 
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