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branchlets tomentose, smooth when older sub- 

 angular dotted, leaves broadly lanceolate entire 

 gradualy acute, base acute obliqual unequal 

 trinervate, quite smooth on both sides, glaucous 

 above, nerves reticulate beneath, fruits red 

 small globular solitary or ternate, axillary on 

 pedicels equal to petiols— a very distinct spe- 

 cies, well described and named by me as early 

 as 1817, neglected by our compilers ; I have 

 specimens collected in Arkanzas by Nuttal as 

 a N. sp. or mistaken for the C. hilegrifoUa of 

 Senegal, which is totaly unlike having round 

 and rough leaves &c. It grows in Missouri, 

 Arkanzas, Louisiana and Texas. Fine shady 

 tree 40 feet high, bark whitish and scaly, cool- 

 ing and anodyne. Leaves 1J or 3 inches long, 

 one wide, of a whitish color, being glaucous 

 above, while beneath less so, flowers small 

 green; anthers opening as in Laurus says 

 Robin, 2 hairy stigmas. Berries small red 

 sweet. Blossoms in March. 



555. Celtis fuscata. Raf. C. longifolia 

 Raf. fl. tex. 9. Tree, branchlets smooth suban- 

 gular verrucose, leaves smooth oblong lanceo- 

 late acuminate trinervate, fuscate base acute 

 obliqual unequal, margin equaly serrate, be- 

 neath reticulate, pedicels equal to petiols — a 

 small tree from Florida, Texas and also the 

 Island of Cuba, where collected by Jalambic : 

 quite distinct from the rough leaved sp. of the 

 Antilles with broad or cordate leaves. Some 

 of the leaves are broadly lanceolate,others quite 

 narrow, commonly 2 inches long, their color is 

 peculiar brownish, dark above, yellowish be- 

 neath. My specimens have no fruit. Found 

 anonymous in Collins Herbarium. Var, tex- 

 ensis was my C. longifolia of 1833 only differ- 



