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long; flowers not seen; acorns usually 2 at the end of a pedun- 
cle, which varies from 1-4 cm. in length; cups turbinate, 1 cm. 
broad, tomentose, the bracts appressed, slightly thickened near 
the base of the cup, fringed at the edge; nuts ovoid or narrowly 
oval, I-1.7 cm. long, twice or thrice as long as the cups. 
Sandy soil, chiefly in the scrub, Florida. Flowers in spring 
and matures its fruit in the fall. 
Mr. Nash, who collected and observed this plant during the 
Seasons of 1894 and 1895, assures me that it is perfectly distinct 
from its relatives. This is doubtless a fact, and both the foliage 
and fruit furnish excellent characters. The very prominently ru- 
gose lower leaf-surfaces and the strongly revolute leaf-margins have 
no parallel in Quercus Virginiana. The acorns are always borne in 
Pairs at the ends of short stout peduncles; the turbinate cups 
with their constricted bases are diagnostic. : 
“ CELTIS GEORGIANA N. Sp. 
_A diffuse shrub with slender often 2-ranked branches, the leafy 
twigs more or less pubescent. Leaves ovate, 2-5 cm. long, aver- 
aging 2.5 cm. in length, or those on vigorous shoots sometimes 
6 cm. long, acute, entire or sharply serrate above the middle, in- 
equilateral, rounded or truncate at the oblique base, dark green, 
Scabrous and occasionally sparingly pubescent above, paler and 
glabrous beneath, except for a few hairs on the nerves; petioles 
1.5-4 mm. long, pubescent; pedicels usually slightly curved, 1.5— 
4 mm. long, pubescent; drupes subglobose, sometimes broader 
than long, 6-7 mm. in diameter, tan-color, smooth and glabrous, 
Or sometimes glaucous ; seeds obovoid-globose. 
Along or near streams, north-central Georgia. Flowers in the 
Spring; matures its fruit in September. 
Collected by the writer, first in the Yellow River Valley, near 
McGuire's Mill, Gwinnette County, in 1893, and in succeeding 
years at many points about Stone Mountain and the contiguous 
region. 
A low species related to Celtis pumila, from which it may be 
distinguished by its smaller merely acute leaves, the very short 
Pedicels and the smaller tan-colored drupes. 
v, 
Certtis HELLERI n. sp.. 
A much branched, wide spreading tree, sometimes 10 meters 
tall with a maximum trunk diameter of 1.5 meters. Bark of the 
