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solitary axillary, pedicels longer than petiols--* 

 a small tree 15 to 25 feet high, discovered 1816 

 in the State of New York, near the Mattawan 

 Mts. it blossoms in April and May, the branch- 

 es are spreading, covered with glandular dots. 

 Torrey insisted that this was the C. occidenta- 

 lis of Linneus, and yet believes it perhaps, 

 therefore I will give the contrasted account of 

 that sp. from my specimens, confirmed by the 

 ample descriptions of Lamark, Smith and El- 

 liot. 



553. Celtis occidentalis L. and Authors. 

 C. uRTiciFOLiA Raf a better name — tree, bark 

 rimose, branchlets pubescent angular not dot- 

 ted, leaves ovate acuminate subequaly uncinate 

 serrate trinervate, base acute entire obliqual 

 unequal, young leaves villose,old leaves smooth 

 even above, beneath quite pubescent, petiols 

 pubescent, fruit purple globular solitary axilla- 

 ry, on pedicels subequal or shorter than petiols. 

 — A large tree 30 to 70 feet high, spread thin- 

 ly from New England to Carolina, flowering in 

 March and April. — Thus it differs from the 

 last by the bark branches, being larger, quite 

 pubescent, leaves also larger 3 to 5 inches long, 

 fruit sweeter dark purple, Elliot says the sterile 

 flowers are frequently ternate. The C. aus- 

 trails of Europe hardly differs except by 

 rougher leaves and black fruit. The C tenu- 

 ifolia, pumila, alba &.c had all been deemed 

 varieties of this by turns, and even Nuttal deems 

 the C.cordata as such! they might as well unite 

 all the sp. of Asia and the Antifles into one! 



554. Celtis alba Raf fl. lud. 68. Var. in- 

 tegrifolia of Amer. Authors, not the C. integrif. 

 of Lamark, african sp. — Tree with smooth bark 



