ULMACEAE. — CELTIS 271 
This species occurs in open country, in thickets and by the side of streams from 
river-level up to 1600 m. altitude throughout western Hupeh and eastern Szech'uan, 
but is nowhere common. It is a tree of medium size, growing from 10 to 15 m. 
tall, with a trunk from 1 to 2 m. in girth. The bark is smooth and light gray and 
the rather thick branches spread to form a broad flattened or rounded crown. 
A picture of this tree will be found under No. 625 of the collection of my photo- 
graphs and in my Vegetation of Western China, No. 160. E. H. W. 
Celtis cerasifera Schneider, n. sp. 
Arbor ad 10 m. alta; ramuli (novelli ignoti) hornotini angulati, 
glabri v. versus basim internodiorum supra gemmas plus minusve 
puberuli, flavo-brunnescentes, lenticellis numerosis subconcoloribus 
obtecti, annotini cinereo-rubiginosi, distinctius lenticellosi; gemmes 
acuto-ovatae, adpressae, perulis brunneis margine intensius coloratis 
et tenuissime ciliatis in dorso plus minusve pilosis cinctae. Folia satis 
magna, firma, late lanceolata, late ovata v. ovato-elliptica, basi in- 
aequali rotunda v. fere subcordata sed nervis basalibus paulo in peti- 
olum productis, apice pleraque subsensim breviter acuminata, supra 
intense viridia, in costa nervisque leviter impressis sparse pilosa, cete- 
rum glabra, levia, subtus cinereo-albescentia sub microscopio dense 
reticulato-papillosa, in costa nervisque elevatis sparse hirtella (nervis 
lateralibus a costa exeuntibus utrinsecus basalibus 2 inclusis plerisque 
3), in nervillis vix v. haud prominulis facieque glabra v. pilis paucis 
difficile recognoscendis instructa, margine satis grosse crenato-serrata, 
dentibus acutis 2-4 pro 1 em., minora ovato-lanceolata 6-8 em. 
longa et 3-4 cm. lata, majora latiora ad 9.5 em. longa et ad 6.2 cm. 
lata; petioli (8-)10-15 mm. longi, purpurascentes, glabri v. in suleo 
Superne pilosuli. Flores adhuc ignoti. Fructus maturi, nigri, glauco- 
pruinosi, globosi, circiter 1 cm. crassi, glabri, pedicellis glabris 2-2.5 
cm. longis suffulti; putamina flavo-brunnescentia, ovato-elliptica, 
hilo dentata, costa mediana distincta instructa, ceterum in facie satis 
regulariter leviter v. distinctius foveolata et tuberculata, circiter 
8 mm. longa et 6 mm. crassa. 
Western Hupeh: Fang Hsien, thickets, alt. 1100 m., October 
1907 (No. 593, type; tree 7-10 m. tall, girth 0.6-1.2 m., fruits black; 
With ripe fruits); Wushan Hsien, thickets, alt. 1100 m., September 
1907 (No. 442; 3 m. tall, fruits black; with almost ripe fruits. 
Young plants are growing in the Arnold Arboretum). 
This species seems to be well characterized by its papillose leaves and by its 
rather large bluish-black fruits, not unlike small cherries, and by its irregularly 
Pitted and gibbous stones. It may be most nearly related to C. jessoensis Koidzumi, 
which has thinner, more closely serrate, mostly narrower and longer-pointed leaves, 
