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ULMACEAE 



smooth, gray bark and twigs that are hairy at first but become 

 smooth or nearly so by autumn. The leaves are broadly to nar- 

 rowly ovate, 11/2 to 4 inches long, rounded or somewhat cordate 

 and oblique at the base, and taper pointed to acuminate at the 

 apex. The leaf margins are entire or, rarely, bear a few teeth 



FIG. 1 1 

 Celtis pumila 



near the middle, and the blade is thick, smooth above at ma- 

 turity, and generally more or less pubescent along the veins 

 beneath. The globose to elliptical fruit, which matures in late 

 autumn, is usually orange or light cherry color at first, later 

 dark cherry red. 



Distribution. — The Shrubby Hackberry ranges from Penn- 

 sylvania to Illinois and south to Florida and Arkansas, where 

 it usually grows on dry sandy soils and rocky slopes. In Illinois, 

 it is apparently widely distributed but is rare and local in occur- 

 rence. It has been recorded in the northeastern corner of the 

 state, apparently as an extension from the dunes of northern 

 Indiana, but there are no intervening records between this and 

 southern Illinois, where it has been reported in White. Johnson 

 and Williamson, Union and Jersey counties. There is also a soli- 

 tary record from the vicinity of Oquawka in Henderson County. 



