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ley and Babington, which I have only seen with us in the above 

 locality. 



In a. the clusters of fruit are as dense, and the samara nearly as 

 large, as in U. montana, of which they have the suborbicular form, 

 and are, as in that, cloven to the seed. This was pronounced by the 

 late Mr. E. Forster to belong to U. glabra, as he understood that 

 species. 



In &. the fruit is smaller and obovate, smooth and deeply cloven, 

 as laid down for U. glabra; but the leaves by their greater breadth, 

 and in configuration, approach nearer than in a. to U. montana, of 

 which I am convinced both these varieties are but forms, with smaller, 

 narrower and less scabrous leaves. 



Ulmus montana (U. campestris, Linn., non Sra. et auct. Brit.). In 

 woods, coppices and hedges throughout the county, but not very uni- 

 versally or abundantly, although truly indigenous. In several parts 

 of the Isle of Wight, but not general. In Qnarr Copse, Binstead, not 

 uncommon, and where there are some tolerably fine specimens. 

 With Tilia parvifolia in a small wood betwixt Yarmouth and Tapnel. 

 Common in Hatchet Close and Cowpit Cliff woods, near Shanklin. 

 Rocky woods at Eastend, Luccombe. In Westridge Copse, near 

 Shorwell, and in other parts of the island occasionally, mostly here 

 and on the main in upland situations, and from being usually cut 

 with the brush, not often to be seen of timber-like dimensions. 

 Common in the high woods about Petersfield, at Stoner Hill, Bordean, 

 Froxfield, &c. Woods at Selborne. About Hambledon, and be- 

 twixt Clanfield and EastMeon. Hedges along the Winchester road, 

 near Whitway or Whiteway, a hamlet just outside of Highclere Park, 

 and where, about a mile or less south of the village on the same road, 

 I find a handsome tree, in the hedges, answering in some degree to 

 the characters of U. glabra, except that the large, oblong, cuspidate 

 leaves are considerably rough on the upper side ; the branches are 

 quite smooth and drooping, but the fruit I have not seen. Whether 

 these trees are wild or planted I am unable to say, but I have no rea- 

 son to suppose them not indigenous in that locality where U. mon- 

 tana is frequent and certainly native. 



An inspection of the Linnean herbarium and careful comparison 

 of the descriptions and synonyms of Swedish authors, had long led 

 me to conclude, with Mr. Borrer, that our U. montana is the true U. 

 campestris of Linneus, and assuredly not U. suberosa or its variety, 

 with smaller leaves, to which the name campestris was given by 

 Smith, and. adopted by subsequent British authors. The very brief 



