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. 



