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ULMACEAE. Elm Family. 



ULMUS I .. >].. I'l. 1 : L'J."-. !":.:{. Elm. 



Sixlion Hjioiio-, ot" t(>iii])(r,il<' n^rion ol'Nortli lloiiiiapbun; aixl in th<^ inoimtaiiiN ol" 

 tlu' Iropii's. l>ici<iii(>iiM tict'H. 



nimus americana L. Sp. Tl. 1 : 22Ci. 17."iS. Wiirri: Klm. 



r,ll..^k.l:;U:{. (Jrav, .Miin-nd. (i. 4fiL'. ('li:ip. I'l. I If., ('..iilt.r. ( Oiitr. Nat. I l<rl.. 2 : 

 IOC. Sal ;ieiit. Silv. .\.".\. 7 : i'.i. t. .1/1. 



Catiiulian /.mw to l.oiiiHiaiiian area. Ontario to SaHk.-itciiowan, r)S latitmle; 

 Ntnv Kn;;laiul west to KaiiHUs, Nebraska, Dakota, .\rkaiisas, and thr lieadwaterH 

 of MisHonri Kivor. Houth tiiroii;,'li tin- Oliio N'alley ami the South Atlantic and (hilf 

 St.Hto.sto I'iorida. Texa.s, and Aikansas. 



.\i.Aii.\M.v : .Ml oNirtlio .state. In rich woods. Nowhcn- ahnndant. TuscalooHa 

 and t'lillinan counties. .IcUer.son Connty. Hirinin;ihaai. Montj^onit-ry and Mobile 

 counties. l'Io\v««is in loin nary; I'ruit ripe in May. 



Economic nses: Tinibci and ornamental tree. l"rc(|ncntly planted for shade. 



'I"y)ii- liicalit V : " Mab. in \ irt^iuia. " 



Mcrl.. (;col..Siirv. Herb. Mohr. 



Ulmus alata Micbx. El. Am. Hor. 1:173. 1803. Wamoo. Wingki> Elm. 



Ell. Sk. 1:3:U. (Jray, Man. ed. (j, 4(52. Cliap. Kl. 117. Conlter, Oontr. Nat. Herb. 

 2:Hm;. Sar-cnt.Silv.N. a. 7:.">1. ^ ■?/.? 



Carolini.m and I.onisianian .ircas. .Sontliern Virginia, middle Tcnm'ssec, southern 

 Indiana. Missouri, Arkans.i.s. Indian Territory, scuith and west from North Carolina 

 to Florida. Alabama, ami the valley of the Trinity Hiver in Texas. 



Alah.vma : < )ver the State. Low woods, banks of streams. Lauderdale, (Pullman, 

 and .\utan;,'a counties. Baldwin County. Stockton. Of largest development in the 

 low forests of the Central prairies. Forty to (iO feet high, 12 to 18 inches in diameter. 



Economic uses: Timber tree. 



Tv]ie locality: " Hab. in v irginia ct Carolina inferiore." 



Herb. Ceol. Surv. Herb. Molir. 



Ulmus fiilva Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1: 172. 1803. Slippruy Elm. Rki> Elm. 



I'lmiiHpiihesccns Walt. Fl. Car. 112. 1788. 



Ell. Sk. 1:333. (Jray, Man. ed. 6, 462. Chap. Fl. 416. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 

 2: km;. Sargent. Silv. N. A. 7:.")3, I..U/.5. 



Canadian zone to Louisianian area. Quebec, Ontario; New England, west to 

 Minnesota. Neliraska, eastern Kansas, and Missouri; south to western Floriila and 

 the (Julf Stat<-8, to the valley of San Antonio Kiver, Texas. 



Alaha.ma: Rich bottoms. (Jullman County. .lacksou County, Steveus(m. t Mont- 

 gomery County. Autauga County, banks of Alabama Kiver. Flowers in February; 

 fruit ripe in April. Not frefjuent. Not ol).served south of Montgomery. 



Economic uses: ( )f little im))ortance for its timber. The bark is the "slippery elm 

 bark, " or " I'lmus," of the I '. .s. I'liarniacoixeia. 



'Vy\ie locality: " Hab. in (.'auada, Vermont. (.'onne<ticut, montibus AUeghanis, etc. 

 frigid. America- regiouiims." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Ulmus serotinn Sargent, liot. fiaz. 27: 92. 1899. 



f7»iH« rrjr^m<»«rt (h.ip. Fl. ed. 2, t;i!i. 1SN7. Same, ed. 3, 440. 1897. 



A stately tree, trunk :(() 1 o 40 feet high, and 2 to 3 feet in diameter. ' "Leaves oblong- 

 obovate, acnmin.itc. variously oblique at the base, coanselv and doublvcreiuite-.serrate 

 glabrous and lustrous above. ])ubcrulous belo.v on the jyrominent liiiiirib and veins; 

 flowers perfect, autumnal, racemose, long-i)e(licellate; calvx six-parted, its divisions 

 oblong-obovate, rounded at the apex; ovary sessile, narrowed at the base, hirsute; 

 8amara,s stipulate, oblong-elliptical, deeply two-parted at the apex, ciliate on the 

 margins; seed obovate, raphe consiiicnous." 



Carolinian area. North Carolina, French IJroad R'wbr (Rugel, 18i2). Tennessee, 

 limestone ridges near Na.shville (Ga«iH.7er). (Jeorgia, near Rnmo ( ISounton): also 

 planted in the streets (,s'(/>v/(«/). 



Ai.aka.ma: Mountain region. Limestone ridges, Madison County. 



There_can be n<. doubt that the large tr.-es with bark-winged branchlets met with 

 m the forests ot the Cretaceous plain of the Central Prairie belt when observed in 

 flower and triiit will lie found to belong to this late-blooming elm 



Type locality not speciUcally given. Specimens cited from points alreadv men- 

 tioned. "' 



