]4<lf) AUBOiir/ruM and fruticetum. part hi. 



little narrowed at the base, ami almost c<|ual tliore ; above, deep srcen ; beneath, pale, yellowUli j 

 anil the veins, wlien seen under a lens, a little hairy. Indigenous to Caueasus, on the statement 

 of Adams. (I\'ill<l. Sp. I'l.) Willdenow had seen a dried f)KTimen with fruit. In Hwm.rl Schult. 

 Si/sl., it is quoted from /'nirct Encjicl. Siipjil., that the teeth of the leavesare usually large, and are 

 unequal; ami that the fruit is solitary, axillary, globose, and reddish, and borne upon a i>ednncle 

 of the length of the petiole. It is noted that it is very remarkable that the author of the Flora 

 Taurico-Caucnsica (Hieberstein) has not mentioned this species in that work. (See under C. sim'nsis 

 Pcrs., No. 4.) 



5 3^ 3. C. Tournefo'rt// Lam. Touriiefort's Celtis, or Nettle Tree. 



lil,-nlification. Lam. Encycl.,4. p. 1.32. ; Willd, Sp. PI., 4. p. WI. ; Bieb. Fl. Taur. Cauc., 2. p. 449. 



U(pm. et SchulL Syst. V'eg., li. p. .;()(). ; N. I)u Hani. Arb., 2. p. .iH. 

 Synnni/tiics. C. orientalis minor, foliis minoribus et erassioribus, fructu flavo, Tiitnn. Cor., 42., 



llin., 2. p. 42.0. t. 41. ; C. orientalis Mill. Diet., No. 3., but, according to the Nouvcdii l)u Unnu-I, not 



of Lin., which is considered a half-hardy plant in Hritain; Micocoulicr du Levant, Micocoulier 



d'Orient, Fr. ; Morgenlamiischer Ziingelbaum, O'er. 

 Engravings. Tourn. Itin., t. 41. ; and the plate of this tree in our last Volume. 



Spec. Char., S)-c. Leaves, when ailiilt, ovate, acute, uneqiuil at the base, 

 crenateiy .serrate, roiighish on the upper .surface; when young, .subcordate 

 at the ba.se. Fruit yellow, becouiin<^ brown. {Willd. Sp. PL, imi\ lia-m. et 

 Schult. Si)st. Vcg.) A native of Armenia. {Tourncfort.) Leaves bluntish, 

 rough on both surfaces, glossy. (Spreng. Sj/xt. f'eg.) Introduced in 1739, 

 and flowering and fruiting at the same time as C. australis. 

 Description, Sfc. A shrub, or low tree, rarely exceeding 2.3 ft. in height, but 

 generally forming a bush of only 10 ft. or 12 ft. high, with round glabrous 

 liranches, covered with a brownish bark. The petiole of the leaf is very short ; 

 the disk is unequally dentated, somewhat heart-shaped, and glabrous ; it is of a 

 deep green above, and paler beneath, and is of a thicker texture than that of 

 6'eltis australis. The fruit, which is solitary, and borne on a long peduncle, is 

 oval, greenish at first, then becoming yellowish, and afterwards nearly black. 

 From the specimens in the London Horticultural Society's Garden, the fruit 

 does not appear to ripen so soon as that of C. occidentalis ; as, in October, 1836, 

 the fruit of C. Tournefort/i was quite firm and green, while that of C. occi- 

 dent;\lis was shriveled, blackish, and extremely sweet. C. Tournefort/i is a 

 native of the Levant ; from which country' Tournefort brought the seeds to 

 the Jardin des PlauLes, in Paris, about 1717, whence plants have been dis- 

 tributed all over Europe. It was introduced into England in 1739. It is 

 rather more tender than C. australis and C. occidentalis. The seeds should 

 be sown in autumn, as soon as the3are ripe; as, if not sown till spring, they 

 generally remain a year or more in the ground. They i)refer a moist soil, and a 

 sheltered situation. This species is readily known fi'om all others, in winter, 

 by its forming a compact upright-branched hush, or low tree ; and, in summer, 

 by the deep green and dense mass of its rigid-looking foliage. There are 

 plants of it from G ft. to 8 ft. high, in the London Horticultural Society's 

 (iarden, and at Messrs. Loddiges's. 



i * 4. C. (T.) sine'nsis Pers. The China Celtis, or Nettle Tree. 

 Identification. Pers. Syn., 1. p. 292. ; Rocm. et Schult. Syst. Veg., 6. p. 306. 

 Spec. Char., S^c. Leaves broad-ovate, obtuse, crenate, largish, glabrous ; 



veins prominent. Native in China. Cultivated in Cels's garden. {Peru. 



Si/n.) A low tree, growing to the height of from \2 ft. to 15 ft. The plant 



of this kind in the Horticultural Society's Garden seems to differ very little, 



if at all, from C. Tournefort/i. 



S 5. C. WiLLDENOv/^^i^^ Schultes. Willdcnow's Celtis, or Nettle Tree. 



Iilrntifitation. Roem. et Schult. Syst. Veg., 6. p. 306. 



Hynonyme. C. sinensis Willd. F.nnm. Siij)pl.,p. f>8., IVilld. Baumx,., p. 81. 



Spec. Char., S\C. Leaves ovate, oblong, acuminate, narrowed to the base, serrate from the middle 

 to the tip; above, glabrous; beneath, rouphisli. Schultes has quoted Willd. Ha/imz., \\ HI.,{ot 

 this specific character; and has added, that a young tree in the Berlin Royal Garden has the 

 disk of its leaf 1} in. long, and the upper surface, as inspected through a lens, doited ; ami that the 

 kind is a native of China. In a supplement (published in ISM) to Willdcnow's Fntimfnilion of the 

 Plnnts of the Drrlin lioynl Onrdcn, is the followiiit; short description of C. : inensis HUM., wjiich, 

 though not essentially different from the above, is not i|uilc Ihc same : — Ix;avcs obovate oblong, ser- 

 rated at the tip ; glossy on the upi>er surface, slightly hairy on the under one. Schultes has noted 

 that the specific character of C. sinensis I'crs. clearly shows that kind to be distinct from the C. 

 dincnsis IVilld. ; and that, as C. sinensis Pen. was tirst publishc<l, it is necessary to apply some 



