ELM 



103 



often crossing over in two curved hooks; the wing is 

 netted. The green samaras frequently hang on the trees 

 in tufts so dense as to give the trees an appearance of 

 green before the foliage is out. 



## Seed above the centre of the obovate 

 samara. 



Fig. 99. Elm, Ulmus campestris. 1, flowering shoot ; 2, twig of the 

 preceding year, with tuft of fruits and a dwarf shoot bearing foliage ; 

 3, a flower; 4, ovary; 5, fruit; 68, seeds; 9, buds (Wi). 



U. campestris, Sm. Elm (Fig. 99). Samara about 

 15 20 mm. long. 



Fruit not a samara, and not itself winged. 

 Common peduncle of the infructescence fused 

 to a long membranous bract. 



