A. glandulòsus.
Ailánthus glandulòsus, Desf. (Tree of Heaven.) Leaves very large, 2 to 5 ft. long on the younger growths; leaflets obliquely lanceolate, coarsely toothed at the base, with a gland on the lower side at the point of each tooth; point of leaflets entire. Young twigs thick, rusty brown; buds very small in the axils. Only some of the trees have fruit, as some have only staminate flowers. The staminate flowers are very ill-scented. A rapid-growing tree, with useful hard wood; cultivated and naturalized; hardy throughout. See [page 10].
Order XII. ILICÌNEÆ. (Holly Family.)
A small order of trees and shrubs, including for our purpose only one genus:
Genus 18. ÌLEX.
Trees or shrubs with simple, alternate, thick, mostly evergreen leaves. Flowers rather inconspicuous, mostly in clusters. Fruit berry-like, small (¼ to ½ in.), with 4 to 6 nutlets; hanging on the plants late in the autumn or through the winter.
| * Leaves evergreen. (A.) | ||
| A. Leaves with spiny teeth | 1. | |
| A. No spiny teeth | 2. | |
| * Leaves deciduous | 3. | |
I. opàca.