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JOHN GOODYER 



boughes are grosser and bigger, and do spread themselves broader 

 and hang more downevvards than those of the first ; the flowers are 

 nothing but chives, very like those of the first kind : the seed is 

 also like, but something bigger : the leaves are much broader and 

 longer than any of the kindes of Elme, usually three or foure 

 inches broad, and five or six inches long, also rough or harsh in 

 handling on both sides, snipt or indented about the edges, neere 



^mifr-, 



The Smooth-leaved Elm.' 



resembling the leaves of the Hasell : the one side of the leaves are 

 also most commonly longer than the other, also on the leaves of 

 this Elme are sometimes blisters or bladders like those on the first 

 kindc. This prospereth and naturally groweth in any soile moist 

 or dry, on high hills, and in low vallies in good plenty in most 

 places in Hampshire, wher it is commonly called Witch Hasell. 



* Gerard, 1297. 2; copied in Ger. einac. 148 1. 4 ; recopied in Parkinson, 

 1403. 3. Stokes considered this figure as ' rather a variety of U. campestris '. 



