i38 ENGLISH BOTANY'. 



stalked. Perianth funnelsliapecl ; segments 4 or 5, ciliated. Fruit 

 obovate or ablong, notched at the apex, with the seed placed beyond 

 the middle and near the apex of the wing. 



Yar. a, genuina. 

 Plate MCCLXXXV. 



Reich. Ic. Fl. Germ, et Helv. Vol. XH. Tabs. DCLX. Fig. 1330, DCLXI. Fig. 1331, 



DCLXIII. Fig. 1333. 

 Hmot, Fl. Gall, et Germ. Exslcc. l^o. 3203. 

 U. campestris and U. suberosa, Sm. Engl. Bot. Nos. 188G and 21G1 ; and I/'ind. 



Syn. Brit. Fl. p. 226. 

 U. minor (^Mill.), U. campestris, Linn, and U. suberosa. Belch. Ic. 1. c. p. 1213. 



Leaves scabrous above, minutely pubescent beneath. 



Var. 3, glabra. 



Plate MCCLXXXVI. 



Beich. Ic. Fl. Germ, et Helv. Vol. XII. Tab. DCLXIV. Fig. 1334. 

 U. glabra, Sm. Engl. Bot. No. 2248. 



U. carpinifolia, U. glabra, and U. stricta, vars. a and /3, Lind. Syn. Brit. Fl. pp. 220, 

 227. 



Leaves at length smooth and shining above, glabrous beneath, 

 except in the axils of the veins. 



Borders of woods and hedgerows. Doubtfully wild, but generally 

 distributed in England. Frequent in the south of Scotland, where, 

 however, it appears to have no claim to be considered native. Common, 

 but doubtfully native in Ireland. 



England, [Scotland, Ireland.] Tree. Early Spring. 



A tree, attaining a great size, sometimes 80 feet or more, sending 

 up numerous suckers, with rough brown cracked bark, the branches 

 often with very thick corky excrescences upon them, the shoots of the 

 year pubescent; buds rather small, purplish. Leaves shortly stalked, 

 oval or obovate or elliptical, unequal at the base, 1^ to 3 inches long. 

 Flowers appearing before the leaves, very shortly stalked, in fascicles 

 from buds formed in the axils of the leaves of the previous year's 

 growth. Perianth yL inch across, dull purple. Stamens generally 4, 

 reddish, much exserted ; anthers dark purple. Samara | to | inch 

 long, the greater part composed of a membranous wing, with 

 transverse branched veins extending from the small seed-cavity, which 

 lies mainly beyond the middle of the wing, the seed-cavity brown, the 

 wings much paler and green until it is nearly rii)e. In var. a the 

 leaves are scabrous above and pubescent beneath, though more so in 

 the axils of the veins. 



