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LONG-LEAVED PRICKLY-ASH. 
Esq., collected, in East Florida, a specimen of the. female 
plant, which scarcely presents a thorn either on the leaves or 
branches. Upon the whole, we are inclined to believe that 
the young and vigorous infertile shoots and branches, are 
those which mostly present the greatest number of thorns, 
for all the flowering specimens we have seen are possessed 
of very little armature. 
According to Catesby, this tree rarely rises higher than 
16 feet, with a diameter of one foot, the bark is wdiitish 
and rough, the trunk, in particular, which is almost wholly 
covered with pyramidal protuberances terminated by sharp 
points. The leaves have nearly the same odor as those of 
the Orange, which in warm weather is perceptible at the 
distance even of 40 or 50 feet, and as well as the bark and 
seeds are aromatic, astringent and very pungent. It has 
long been employed as a remedy for appeasing the tooth- 
ache. 
Plate LXXXIII. 
A twig and leaf of the natural size. a. The panicle of flowers, b. The 
male flower. 
LONG-LEAVED PRICKLY-ASH. 
ZANTHOXYLUM macrophyllum, ramis petiolisque aculeatis , aculeis 
spar sis, foliis pinnatis 6-8 -jugis, junioribus petiolisque puberulis , 
foliolis lanceolatis acuminatis viz incequalibus , petiolulatis crenato-serru- 
latis , fioribus paniculatis terminalibus , capsulis subsolitariis brevi-stipi- 
tatis. 
This elegant and curious tree is of frequent occurrence 
