ULMACEAE. 



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CELTIS. Hackberry. 



(Family Ulmaceae). 



Trees, or a few shrubs: decidu- 

 ous. Twigs rounded, slender, zig- 

 zag. Pith rather small, white, 

 rounded, closely chambered, or ex- 

 ceptionally continuous except at 

 some or all of the nodes. Buds 

 sessile, solitary, ovoid or deltoid, 

 closely appressed, with about 4 

 2-ranked scales, the end-bud lack- 

 ing. Leaf-scars alternate, crescent 

 shaped or half elliptical, somewhat 

 raised: bundle-traces 3, or the mid- 

 dle one divided, or confluent in a 

 C-shaped group: stipule-scars nar- 

 row. References under Zelkova. 



1. Buds long (3-4 mm.) : bark 



ridged. (1). C. occidentalis. 

 Buds short (1-2 mm.). 2. 



2. Shrub. C. pumila. 

 Tree, smooth except for corky 



warts. (2).C.mississippiensis. 



PLANERA. 

 (Family Ulmaceae). 



Winter characters of Ulmus, from which the warty ovary 

 and unwinged fruit distinguish it in early spring. Our na- 

 tive species, P. aquatica, in bud and twig somewhat resem- 

 bles U. pumila, but its red-brown puberulent buds are some- 

 times somewhat elongated so as to resemble those of U. alata, 

 from which it differs in the absence of corky wings on the 

 second year's growth. 



References to Planera in winter are given under the next 

 genus, Zelkova. 



