Curtis Botanical Magazine Plate 2558 - Zanthoxylum nitidum (Shining-leaved Zanthoxylum) | Original Hand-Colored Print

Original hand-colored antique botanical print from Curtis's Botanical Magazine - Plate 2558, Zanthoxylum nitidum (Shining-leaved Zanthoxylum).

• Plate: 2558
• Latin name: Zanthoxylum nitidum
• Common name: Shining-leaved Zanthoxylum
• Native region: China
• Linnaean class / order: Dioecia / Pentandria
• Medium: Original hand-colored engraving (physical print, not a reproduction)

Original Curtis text
Transcribed from the plate's accompanying description page:

[ 2558 ]

( 2558 )

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Class and Order.
DIOECIA PENTANDRIA (nunc Tetrandria).

Generic Character.
Flores hermaphroditi aut abortu dioici aut monoici. Cal. 3–9-lobus, sæpius 4–5-partitus. Petala tot quot calycis lobi, et iis alterna, raro nulla. Stam. tot quot calycis lobi, iis opposita. Capsulæ (carpella) tot quot calycis lobi, interdùm basi connatæ aut liberæ, abortù sæpe ad minorem numerum reductæ, imo interdùm solitariæ, maturæ bivalves 1–3-spermæ. Semen nitidum. DE CAND.

Specific Character and Synonyms.
ZanthoxyLUM nitidum; ramis petiolis costisque aculeatis, foliis impari-pinnatis 2–3-jugis: foliolис oblongis lucidis remotè glanduloso-crenatis apice elongatis emarginatis, racemis axillaribus fasciculatis. De Cand. Prodr. Syst. Nat. Veget. 1. p. 727. XanthoxyloN nitidum. Sprengel Syst. Veg. 1. p. 945. Fagara nitida. Roxb. Fl. Ind. 1. p. 440. Fagara piperita. Loureiro. Fl. Cochin. p. 80. As we had not the opportunity of seeing this plant growing, we are not certain whether our plant is really the species to which we have referred it on the authority of Mr. Lindley, Botanist to the Horticultural Society; but from Dr. Roxburgh's account of his Fagara nitida, which is referred by his editor, Dr. Wallich, to Zanthoxylum, we have very little doubt about it. According to Mr. John Reeves, who has been long a resident in China, and is well acquainted with the plants of the country, it is the Fagara piperita of Loureiro, with

ZANTHOXYLUM NITIDUM. SHINING-LEAVED ZANTHOXYLUM.

This print comes from our Curtis archive (via the Royal Horticultural Society and Wheldon & Wesley). Sold as an original historic plate - please review photos for condition.