PENTANDRIA-DIGYNIA. Ulmus. 19 



alternate, sessile, smooth, rather glaucous, fleshy, about half an. 

 inch long, evergreen. Fl. green, with yellow anthers. Bructeas 

 concave, membranous, small, 3 under each flower. 1 have never 

 observed the calyx of this species in fruit, nor the capsule. The 

 seed is black, rather kidney-shaped, with a less convoluted em- 

 bryo than the foregoing. 

 This plant is not unworthy of a place in gardens or shrubberies, 

 where it is evergreen and tolerably hardy, lasting without care 

 for many years. The leaves contain some alkaline salt, and have 

 an herbaceous, rather acrid, taste. 



132. ULMUS. Elm. 



Linn. Gen. \23. JussAOS. Fl. Br. 281. Tonrn. t.372. Lam.t.\85. 

 Gcertn. t.49. 



Nat. Ord. Scabridce. Linn. 53. Amentacecc. Juss. 99. 



Cal. inferior, of 1 leaf, turbinate, wrinkled, permanent; the 

 limb in 5, in some species but 4, in others 6, or more, 

 upright segments, coloured on the inner side. Cor. none. 

 Filam. as many as the segments of the calyx, and twice 

 as long, inserted into the tube opposite to each segment. 

 Aiith. erect, short, with 4 furrows, and 2 cells, bursting 

 lengthwise externally. Germen superior, elliptic-oblong, 

 compressed, cloven at the summit. Styles 2, terminal, 

 spreading, shorter than the calyx, finally inflexed. Stig- 

 mas along the inner edge, downy, permanent. Caps, mem- 

 branous, compressed, orbicular or somewhat oblong, with 

 a notch at the extremity, of 1 cell, not bursting. Seed 

 solitary, central, roundish, slightly compressed. 



Long-lived trees, with hard xi:ood, rugged barJc, and zigzag 

 slender branches, sometimes corky. Leaves alternate, 

 stalked, deciduous, in general serrated and harsh, un- 

 equal at the base. Stipulas oblong, pale, deciduous. Fl. 

 earlier than the leaves, tufted, copious, dark red. Caps. 

 veiny, pale, chaffy and light, serving as a wing to the 

 seed, which is very often imperfect. 



Linnaeus confounded all our Elms under his campestris. 

 They have since been investigated with some attention in 

 England, by taking specimens at different seasons from 

 the same individual tree, as has been done still more 

 extensively with our Willows. Both genera require the 

 same accurate study in Scodand. Of the species of Scot- 

 tish Elms we have no certain knowledge. See Hook. Scot. 



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