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long; flowers not seen ; acorns usually 2 at the end of a pedun- 

 cle, which varies from I-4 cm. in length ; cups turbinate, i cm. 

 broad, tomentose, the bracts appressed, slightly thickened near 

 the base of the cup, fringed at the edge ; nuts ovoid or narrowly 

 oval, 1-1.7 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 Qiiercus 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 JTim. 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 pwnila, from which it may be 

 distinguished by its smaller merely acute leaves, the very short 

 pedicels and the smaller tan-colored drupes. 



Celtis Helleki n. sp. 



A much branched, wide spreading tree, sometimes 10 meters 

 tall with a maximum trunk diameter of 1.5 meters. Bark of the 



