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in Arkanzas Louisiana and Texas, stem pedal 

 base suffruticose, leaves one inch long narrow, 

 flowers small, calix cinereous pubescent. 



551. Antiielis (Horanthes) arenaria Raf. 

 many procumbent stems nearly smooth, leaves 

 linear acute sometimes ciliate, pedicels axillary 

 uniflore equal to leaves, 3 sepals membranace- 

 ous rufous smooth trinerve ovate acute, 2 linear 

 subciliate — in sands of Pine barrens in South 

 New Jersey and Florida, first discovered by 

 Kin in 1801. Root large deep, many short 

 diffuse stems, leaves small, flowers rather large. 



Monograph of CELTIS. 

 I mean to give a complete account of the 

 N. American sp. of this Genus, increased to 15 

 kinds whereof 9 are trees and 6 are only shrubs. 

 Linneus had only one, Lamark and others in- 

 creased it to 3 or 4, our latest compilers have 

 only 4 sp. although I had added 3 others as 

 early as 1817 ; but this Genus was little attend- 

 ed to, the species being very similar in habit 

 have usualy been blended, even when seen, and 

 often reduced by the leaves rather than flow- 

 ers. They are known indiscriminetly by the 

 vulgar names of Nettle tree, Beaver wood, 

 Hackberry, Dogcherry, Cherry elm, Hoopash, 

 Slc ; they bear vernal blossoms, and edible ber- 

 ries, leaves distichal alternate, the wood is hard 

 and valuable ; but they are rather uncommon 

 in our forests except two kinds. 



552. Celtis canina Raf Am. M. M. 1817 

 Decads 6. Tree with smooth bark, branch- 

 lets smooth angular dotted, leaves ovate acu- 

 minate, unequaly uncinate serrate trinervate, 

 base acute entire obliqual unequal, smooth on 

 both sides but wrinkled above, and axils of 

 nerves pubescent beneath, fruit red globular 



