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XIX. RUTACE2E 
Zanthoxylum alatum, Roxb. ; FI. Br. Ind. i. 493. A shrub or 
small tree, nearly glabrous ; stem and branches armed with long, 
sharp prickles, those on young stems conical, thick, rising from a 
corky base. Leaves odd-pinnate, 2-6 in., stalk winged, 2 stipular 
spines at the base ; leaflets 5-9, opposite, sessile, lanceolate, 2-4 
in., gland-dotted, entire or with a few small teeth ; midrib often 
prickly. Flowers small, yellow, 1- or 2-sexual, crowded in pubes- 
cent, short, lateral panicles. Calyx 6-8-lobed. Petals none. 
Stamens 6-8 (in the female flowers none), much longer than the 
calyx. Carpels 1-3, rarely 4 or 5 (rudimentary in the male 
flowers), distinct ; styles lateral, free, stigma capitate ; ovules 2 
in each carpel. Fruit of 1-3 small, pale red, globose drupes 
ultimately splitting in 2 valves. Seed solitary, black, shining. 
Simla; April-June. — Himalaya, below 5000 ft. 
Walking sticks and clubs are made from the stems ; the fragrant twigs are 
used as tooth brushes. 
4. SKIMMIA. An adaptation of the Japanese name. — Tem- 
perate Himalaya, 6000-10,000 ft., Afghanistan, China, Japan. 
Skimmia Laureola, Sieb. & Zucc . ; FI. Br. Ind. i. 499. A glab- 
rous shrub, 3-8 ft. Leaves gland-dotted, oblong-lanceolate, 3-6 in., 
entire, crowded near the end of branches. Flowers about in. 
diam., yellow or white, 1- or 2-sexual, in compact, er^ct, terminal 
panicles l|-2 in. long. Calyx 5-lobed, persistent. Petals oblong, 
