Planera ulmifo' 
THE ELM-LEAVED PLANERA. 
Planera gwulini, 
Planera a feuiBes d'orme, 
Clmenblittriare Planera. 
Planera a fogiie di olmo, 
ah's Planera, Planer-tree. 
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Specific Characters. Flowers in heads, opening befiite tte leaves, and borne on 
developed in some year previous. Leaves with obvious petioles, disk 
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Si^TpHE P.?.neratLmifolia is a ". rub 
5^ - H i^ or low tree, growing to a heisht of 
! J H twentv to fortv feet, with a r 
*?? x r.-J : ." : m twelve to fifteen inches in diam- 
eter. The leaves are about an inch and a half Ions, oval- 
acuminare. denticulated, of a lively sreen on the upper sur- 
face, and gray beneath, much resemblinz those of the Ulmus 
campes::.? except in being serrated with equal teeth. The 
flowers, which appear early, and before the leaves, occur at the 
ends of the branches, in globose heads, and upon very short 
foot-stalks. They are small, of a greenish-brown colour, and are not all const 
uous. The fruit, which is ...ill. oval, inflated, and rough, becomes brown before 
the fall of the leaves, and contains minute seeds. 
Geography. , $ m c. This species is a native :>:::'. A.:.-- '.ere it is found 
in Kentucky, Tennessee, the country bordering on the M and through- 
out most ::" the s "iihem states, particularly in the large swamps on the bore 
of the river Savannah, in Georgia. It was introduced into Britain in 1S16. but 
is rare in collections: thoush it might readily be multiplied b _ .ng on the 
elm. 
Properties and Uses. The wood of the Planera ulmifolia. according to Mkhaux. 
is hard, strong, and seeminsly proper for various uses : but. as it is somew 
rare, and rather limited in its growth it is not appropriated to any particular 
in the arts. 
