120 URTICACEZ. [ HoLoprEe za. 
‘H. integrifoiia, Planch. in Ann. Sc. Nat. Ser. 3, 259; F. B.- 
I. V., 481; Watt E. D.; Kanjilal For. Fl. (ed. 2) 360 ; Camble 
Man. 628 ; Prain Beng. Pl. 958 ; Cooke Fl. Bomb. ii, 629; Brandis 
Ind. Trees 595. Ulmus integrifolia, Willd. ; Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii, 68 ; 
Royle Ill. 341; Brandis For. “Fl. 431.—Vern. Papri, banchilla 
(Saharanpur), Kunj and dkamna (Oudh), chilla (Bundelkhand). 
Indian Elm. 
A large spreading almost glabrous deciduous tree. Bark grey ; branch- 
lets lenticellate ; young shoots often pubescent. Leaves more or 
less coriaceous, or sometimes almost membranous, 3-5 in. long, 
elliptic, acuminate, entire (those of the seedlings and shoots often 
serrate), glabrous and shining or sometimes pubescent beneath ; 
base unequally rounded or subcordate; main lateral nerves 5-7 
pairs ; petioles about 3 in. long. Flowers } in. across. Perianth 
pubescent ; segments 4-5- partite. Stamens usually 6 or 7; filaments 
glabrous, anthers pubescent. Ovary stalked, compressed, the jointed 
stalk lengthening as the fruit ripens ; styles stigmatose on the inner 
side. Samara obliquely elliptic or suborbicular, about 1 in. in diam. ; 
wing reticulately veined, notched at the apex. 
Forests of Dehra Dun and Saharanpur and eastwards along the Sub- 
Himalayan tracts of Rohilkhand and N. Oudh ; also in Bundelkhand 
and in the forest tracts of Merwara. It is frequently met with near 
villages and in many gardens, within the area of this flora. The 
new leaves appear in March and April soon after the tree has flowered, 
and the fruit, which ripens during the hot season, remains for a 
long time on the tree. DisTris.: Outer Himalayan ranges from 
Jamu eastwards up to 2,000 ft., extending to Assam and Burma, 
and southwards from Bengal through Central, Western and South 
India to the dry region of Ceylon. The wood is used chiefly for fuel 
and charcoal. It emits a very unpleasant odour when freshly cut. 
2. CELTIS, Linn. ; Fl. Brit. Ind. V, 481. 
Trees or shrubs, sometimes evergreen. Leaves alternate, 
bifarious, ovate, entire or serrate, base 3-nerved ; stipules lateral, 
free. Flowers small, polygamous, solitary or cymose, male and 
androgynous cymes usually at the base of the shoots, the females 
in the upper axils. Sepals 4 or 5, imbricate. Petals none. Sta- 
mens 4 or 5, short, erect in bud, inserted round a woolly torus. 
Ovary sessile ; style central, arms simple or lobed, plumose, ovule 
pendulous. Fruit a small ovoid or globose drupe; endocarp 
