COMMON ELM 



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COMMON ELM (Ulmus campestris, L. = U. sati-va, Mill. 



Photo H Irving 



U. snrcttlosa, Stokes) 



Elm, not much longer than broad, rough above, stellately downy in 

 the axils of the veins below. The margin is coarsely toothed, and 

 the leaf ends in a long, blunt point. 



The veins form a fork at the margin, and are deeply impressed on 

 the upper surface, prominent below. The main branches ramify into 

 numerous smaller branches, and these into twigs turned up at the end, 



