120 URTICACEJE. [ HOLOPTELEA. 



H. integrifolia, Planch, in Ann. Sc. Nat. Ser. 3, 259 ; F. B. 

 L V., 481 ; Watt E. D. ; Kanjilal For. Fl. (ed. 2) 360 ; ( amble 

 Man. 628 ; Prain Beng. PL 958 ; Cooke FL Bomb, ii, 629 ; Brandis 

 2nd. Trees 595. Ulmus integrifolia, Willd. ; Roxb. FL Ind. ii, 68 ; 

 Eoyle III. 341 ; Brandis For. FL 431. Vern. Pdpri, banchilla 

 (Saharanpur), Kunj and dhamna (Oudh), chilla (Bundelkhand). 

 Indian Elm. 



A large spreading almost glabrous deciduous tree. Bark grey ; branch- 

 lets lenticellate ; young shoots often pubescent. Leaves more or 

 less coriaceous, or sometimes almost membranous, 3-5 in. long, 

 elliptic, acuminate, entire (those of the seedlings and shoots often 

 serrate), glabrous and shining or sometimes pubescent beneath ; 

 base unequally rounded or subcordate ; main lateral nerves 5-7 

 pairs ; petioles about in. long. Flowers J in. across. Perianth 

 pubescent ; segments 4-5- partite. Stamens usually 6 or 7 ; filaments 

 glabrous, anthers pubescent. Ovary stalked, compressed, the jointed 

 stalk lengthening as the fruit ripens ; styles stigmatose on the inner 

 side. Samara obliquely elliptic or suborbicular, about 1 in. in diam. ; 

 wing reticulately veined, notched at the apex. 



Forests of Dehra Dun and Saharanpur and eastwards along the Sub- 

 Himalayan tracts of Rohilkhand and N. Oudh ; also in Bundelkhand 

 and in the forest tracts of Merwara. It is frequently met with near 

 villages and in many gardens, within the area of this flora. The 

 new leaves appear in March and April soon after the tree has flowered, 

 and the fruit, which ripens during the hot season, remains for a 

 long time on the tree. DISTRIB. : Outer Himalayan ranges from 

 Jamu eastwards up to 2,000 ft., extending to Assam and Burma, 

 and southwards from Bengal through Central, Western and South 

 India to the dry region of Ceylon. The wood is used chiefly for fuel 

 and charcoal. It emits a very unpleasant odour when freshly cut. 



2. CELTIS, Linn. ; Fl. Brit. Ind. V, 481. 



Trees or shrubs, sometimes evergreen. Leaves alternate, 

 bifarious, ovate, entire or serrate, base 3-nerved ; stipules lateral, 

 free. Flowers small, polygamous, solitary or cymose, male and 

 androgynous cymes usually at the base of the shoots, the females 

 in the upper axils. Se-pals 4 or 5, imbricate. Petals none. Sta- 

 mens 4 or 5, short, erect in bud, inserted round a woolly torus. 

 Ovary sessile; style central, arms simple or lobed, plumose, ovule 

 pendulous. Fruit a small ovoid or globose drupe ; endocarp 



