PENTANDRIA— DIGYNIA. Ulmus. 19 



alternate, sessile, smooth, rather glaucous, fleshy, about hjJf an 

 inch long, evergreen. Fl. green, with yeWo^v anthers. Bracteas 

 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- 

 bnjo 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. 123. Juss. 408. Fl. Br. 281. Tourn. t. 372. Lam. t. 185. 

 Gicrtn. t. A\). 



Nat. Ord. Scahrid/jc. Linn. oS. Ameniacecc. 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. 

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

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

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

 lengthwise externally. Germen superior, elliptic-oblong, 

 compressed, cloven at die summit. Stijles 2, terminal, 

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

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

 branous, compressed, orbicular or somewhat oblong, widi 

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

 solitary, central, roundish, slightly compressed. 



Long-lived trees, with hard -j^ood, rugged baric, and zio-zao- 

 sleiuler branches, sometimes corky. Leaves alternate^ 

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

 equal at the base. Stipulas oblong, pale, deciduous. /'/. 

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

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

 seed, which is very often imperfect. 



Linnaeus confounded all our Kims under his campestris. 

 They have since been investigated with some attention in 

 England, by taking specimens at diiferent seasons from 

 the same individual tree, as has been done still more 

 extensively with our Willows. 15ot}j genera recjuirt' tiie 

 same accurate study in Scotland. Of ihc .s))ccies of Scottish 

 Khns wf h.ue no certain knowledge. See lluok. Scot, 



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