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CAROLINA PRICKLY-ASH. 
ZANTHOXYLUM Carolinianum ; ramis petiolisque plerisque aculeatis , 
aculeis stipularibus oppositis , foliis pinnatis 4- G-jugis , glaberrimis , 
foliolis ovato-lanceolatis incequilateralis subfalcatis petiolulatis crenato- 
serrulatis lucidis , floribus paniculatis ; terminalibus sepalis minutis , 
capsulis terms sessilibus . 
Zanthoxylum Carolinianum . Lamarck’s Diet. vol. 2, pp. 39, 40. 
Catesby’s Carol, vol. 1, tab. 26. Torrey and Gray, Flor. Amer. 1, 
p. 214. 
Z. tricarpum. Mrcii. Flor. Bor. Am. 2, p. 235. Pursli. vol. 1, p. 210. 
Decand. Prod. vol. 1, p. 726. 
Z.fraxinifolium, Walt. Flora. Carolin. p. 243. 
This remarkable tree appears to be first met with in 
the state of South Carolina, on Sullivan’s Island,* and in 
Georgia.f It becomes still more abundant in the forests 
of East Florida, particularly on the luxuriant banks of the 
great river St. John’s, where my ancient friend Wm. Bar- 
tram, met with it in every direction in those umbrageous 
solitudes. In Carolina it appears to be confined entirely 
to the sea-board, as neither Mr. Elliott nor myself had 
ever seen it in the interior of that state. It attains the 
height of about 30 to 40 feet with a proportionate 
diameter. 
In 1774, William Bartram thus describes it as it ap- 
peared on the banks of the St. John’s, “The Zanthoxylum 
Clava Herculis also grows here. It is a beautiful spread- 
ing tree, and much like a well-grown apple tree.”§ It is, 
however, powerfully armed with prickles and spines, with 
# Mr. James Reed. 
§ Travels in Florida, &c., p. 88. 
f Doctor Baldvvyn. 
