rCNTANDRlA DICYNIA, 



833 



ULMUS. Gen. vu 



Calyx 5-fidus. CoroU 



Cahjx 5 cleft. Corolla 



la 0. 



Samara compres- 0. Samara compressed, 



s6-mem))ranacea. (Sta- I incmbianaccous. 



mina 4 



8. 



inens 4 



8.) 



(^ta^ 



1. Americana. 



U. vamis Isevibus, re- 



Brandies smooth, ixv 

 curvis; folioriim senatu- I curved; serratures of the 

 ris uncinato-acuininatis; leaves hooked, acumin* 



floribu 



3 



pediccllatis 



5 



flowers pedicellate j 



friictibus fimhriatis. 

 Mich. I. p. 173. 



Mich. Arbrcs furest 3. p, 2G9. 



ate 



fruit Unibriute. 



^■ 



Sp. pi. 



1. p. 1325. 



Walt. p. 111. Pursh, 1. p. 199i 



A tree which in favorable soils attains a verj great size. In the 

 low country of Georgia and Carolina, which is noarlj iti southcra 

 limit, it rarely exceeds 40 or 50 feet in height, and 1 or 2 in diameter. 

 Its branches, when-young and vigorous, are gracefully recurved like 

 the feather of the ostrich, and distinguish the tree even at a di.stance. 

 iearcs alternate, lanceolate, oblique, doubly serrate, acuminate, un- 

 equal at base. Flowers in small fascicles, 5 — 10, generally appearing 

 before the loaves. Stamens varyiii;:: from 4 — 8. Germ superior- 



Styles 2, short, reflected. Fruit a '* dry berry," Linn, surrounded 

 by alirge membranous wing, and containing one seed. Gzertncr calls- 

 this fruit a Samara. 



he younger, in his spkndid work on the "Forest Trees of 

 ica,considers this tree,when in favorable situations, as the 

 most magnificent in the temperate climes of the two continents. In 

 the plains of Geuessee, and the vallies of the Ohio, it sometimes- at- 

 tains the height of 100 feet, with a diameter of 4 — 5, and is more re- 



Ifs wood, however. 



Michaux tl 

 North Ameri 



ze. 



inarkable for its grace and beauty than its _._ ^ ^.^. 



he considers inferior to the Elm of Europe (U. canipestris), and re- 

 commends the introduction into this country of the curled variety of 

 tlie European Elm. 



Grows in rich, close soils, ami along the margins of swamps. 

 Flowers February — March. £lm. 





FULV^. 



U. foliis ovari-oblongis, 

 longissime acuminatis, u* 

 ^rinciiie pubescentibiis 



J 



Leaves oval 



oblongs 

 a very long acu mi- 

 nation, pubesceat on both 



with 



!^g^f- 



