LXVII. 



JUGLANDA 



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Synonymes. Sprengel has suggested, in the Index to his Syst. Veg., 



that glabrata is the epithet fitter for this species than Izevigata : 



glabrdta signifies rendered, or become, bald ; lavig&ta, rendered 



perfectly even in surface. 

 Engraving. Our fig. 1413. from a specimen in the Museum of the 



Jardin des Plantes. 



Spec. Char., fyc. Leaves ovate-lanceolate, subcor- 

 date at the base, nearly entire ; glabrous on the 

 upper surface ; roughish upon the veins on the 

 under one. (Willd.) Louisiana. A very doubtful 

 species. Not yet introduced. 



afc 9. C. PtfaiiLA Ph. The dwarf Celtis, or Nettle 

 Tree. 



Identification. Pursh FL Amer. 



Sept., 1. p. 200.; Rcem. et Schult. 



Syst. Veg., 6. p. 307. ? C. aspera. 

 Engraving. Our fig. 1414. from a 



specimen in Sir W. J. Hooker's 



herbarium. 



Spec. Char., tyc. Leaves 



ovate, acuminate, serrate with equal teeth ; un- 



equal at the base ; downy while young, afterwards 



nearly glabrous 



on both surfaces. 



Flowers 3 upon 



a peduncle. Fruit 



solitary, ovate. 



(Pursh.) A small 



straggling decidu- 



ous bush. Mary- 



land and Virginia, on the banks of rivers. 

 Height?. Introd. in 1812. Flowers green- 

 ish ; May. Fruit black ; ripe in October. 



C. orientdlis Lin. (R. Mai., 4. t. 40. ; and 

 our Jig. 1415.) is a native of the Himalayas ; 

 introduced in 1820. In foliage it resembles 

 C. occidentals; but we have only seen a 

 very small plant of it, against a wall, in the 

 Horticultural Society's Garden. 



1415. C. oriental*. 



U14. c.pumiia. 



ORDER LXVII. JTJGLANDA N CEjE. 



ORD. CHAR. Flowers unisexual. Mate flowers disposed in aments, each with a 

 scale-like oblique, or 2- or 6-lobed, perianth. Stamens hypogynous, inde- 

 finite. Anthers innate. Female flowers having a double or single perianth, 

 which adheres to the ovarium ; the outer one 4-cleft, and the inner of 

 4 separate parts, when present. Ovarium 1-celled, ovule erect. Styles 

 1 2, or wanting. Drupe fleshy, containing a 1-celled, 2 4-valved, 

 ragged nut. Embryo with cerebriform convolutions, more or less 4-lobed, 

 covered by a membranous testa. (G. Don.) 



Leaves compound, alternate, exstipulate, deciduous ; with many leaflets. 

 Flowers axillary, the males in catkins, and the females sessile, or on short 

 stalks. Trees, deciduous; natives of Asia and North America; propagated 

 by seeds. The genera are three, which are thus contradistinguished : 



/U V GLANS L. Flowers mono3cious. Stamens numerous. Covering of the nut 

 in 1 piece. 



