Celtis ULMACE^ 37 



young shoots on which leaves are just appearing, and which 

 spring from branches without leaves ; fertile flowers solitary, 

 stigmas linear, entire ; pedicel of drupe more than twice as 

 long as petiole ; Griseh. Fl. Br. W. Ind. 149 (excl. syn. C. Swartzii 

 Planch.). C. jamaicensis Planch, in Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. 3, x. 290 

 (1848) & in DC. Prodr. xvii. 176. (Fig. 8, A, B.) 



Fig. 8.— Celtis. 



A, C. Mnervia Lam., ahoot with fruit. F, C. australi)i L., fruit cut lengthwise 



B, C. iguanxa Sarg., female flower. (after Baillon) ; ex, exocarp ; en, enclo- 



C, Male inflorescence of same. carp ; e, embryo. 

 D and E, Male flower of same. 



Swartz I (by error Shakspear Planch, loc. cit.) Macfadyen 1 Moneague, 

 Prior ! Cold Spring near Newcastle ; Old England, Blue Mts., 3500 ft. ; 

 near Westphalia, Bine Mts., 3800 ft. ; Tom's Cave Wood, Upper Clarendon, 

 2500 ft. ; Harris 1 Fl. Jam. 5127, 5495, 7358, 10,857 ; Grierfield, near 

 Moneague, Britton 2649 1 — Hispaniola. 



Small slender tree 20-30 ft., without spines. Twigs pubescent, at 

 length glabrate. Leaves 6-13 cm. 1., 4-6-5 cm. br. Drupe globose- ovoid, 

 attenuated at apex, 1 cm. 1. 



2. C. Swartzii Planch, in Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. 3, x. 304 (1848) ; 

 leaves ovate-lanceolate to ovate, acuminate, serrate except at 



