LXVI. ULMA^CEIE : CE^LTIS. 



729 



Spec. Char., $c. Leaves, when adult, ovate, acute, unequal at the base, crenately 



serrate, roughish on the upper surface ; when young, subcordate at the base. 



Fruit yellow, becoming brown. A low tree, or large shrub. Armenia. 



Height 10ft. to 12ft. Introd. in 1739. Leaves bluntish, rough on both sur- 



faces, glossy. Flowering and fruiting at the same time as C. australis. 



This species is readily known from all others, in winter, by its forming a 



compact upright-branched bush, or low tree ; and, in summer, by the deep 



green and dense mass of its rigid-looking foliage. It is rather more tender 



than C. australis and C. occidentalis. When propagated by seeds, they should 



be sown in autumn, as soon as they are ripe ; as, if not sown till spring, they 



generally remain a year or more in the ground. They prefer a moist soil, and 



a sheltered situation. 



& 4. C. (T.) SINE'NSIS Pers. The China Celtis, or 

 Nettle Tree. 



Identification. Pers. Syn., 1. p. 292.; Rcem. et Schult. Syst. Veg., 6. 



p. 306. 

 Engraving. Our fig. 1409. from a specimen in Sir W. J. Hooker's her- 



barium. 



Spec. Char., fyc. Leaves broad-ovate, obtuse, crenate, 

 largish, glabrous ; veins prominent. (Pers.) A low de- 

 ciduous tree. China. Height 12ft. to 15ft. 



The plant of this kind, in the 

 Horticultural Society's Garden, 

 seems to differ very little, if at all, 



f m C > 



1409. C. (T.) sinensis. 



t 5. C. WILLDENOV/^/I Schultes. Willdenow's 

 Celtis, or Nettle Tree. 



Identification. Roem. et Schult. Syst. Veg., 6. p. 306. 



Synonyme. C. sinensis Willd. Enum. Suppl. p. 68., Willd. Baumz. 



Engraving. Our fig. 1410. from a specimen in Sir W. J. Hooker's 

 herbarium. 



Spec. Char., $c. Leaves ovate, oblong, acuminate, 

 narrowed to the base, serrate from the middle to the 

 tip ; above, glabrous; beneath, roughish. (Schultes.) 

 A deciduous tree. China. Height 10 ft. to 15 ft. 

 Introduced ?. 



UIO. C. IT.) Willdenov&na. 



6. C. OCCIDENT A V LIS L. The western Celtis, or North American Nettle Tree. 



Identification. Lin. Sp. PI., 1478. ; North Amer. Sylra, 3. p. 45. t. 114. 



Synonymes. C. fructu obscuro purpurascente Tourn. Inst. 612. ; C. obliqua Mcench ; Nettle Tree, 



Sugar Berry, Amer. ; Bois inconnu, Illinois ; Micocoulier de Virginie, Fr. 

 Engravings. N. Du Ham., 2. t. 9. ; Dendr. Brit., t. 147- ; the plates of this species in Arb. Brit., 



1st edit., vol. vii. ; and our fig. 1411. 



Spec. Char., fyc. Leaves ovate-acuminate, unequal at the base, serrate, rough 

 on the upper surface, hairy on the under one. Flowers solitary. Leaves 

 serrate, with equal teeth. Flowers, in the lower part of the branch, 3 in an 

 axil ; in the upper part, 1 only in an axil. Fruit obscurely purplish. (Rcem. 

 et Schult.) A deciduous tree, very closely akin to C. australis. Canada to 

 Carolina, in woods and near rivers. Height 30 ft. to 50 ft. Introduced 

 in 1656. Flowers small, greenish; May. Fruit purplish; ripe in October. 



Varieties. 



Z C. o. 2 corddta Willd., Willd. Baumz. p. 82. Leaves subcordate at 



the base, very acuminate ; above, less rough ; beneath, more veiny ; 



disk 3 in. to 4 in. long. 

 C. o. 3 scabriuscula Willd. Sp. PI. iv. p. 995. C. australis Willd. Arb. 



56. ; C. ? o. j3 tenuifolia Pers. Syn. 1. p. 292.; C. aspera Lodd. Cat. 



ed. 1836 ; C. orientalis Hart. Leaves shorter, more slender, less 



