THE WITCH BAZEL, SORREL TREE, ETC. ;;, 



with large, corky ridges, and the twigs are some- 

 what downy. The leaves also have simpler and 

 straighter veins. The tree is 

 generally found on river 

 banks, and is distributed 

 through northwestern Kew 

 Hampshire, southern Ver- 

 mont, and northern New 

 York to southeastern 

 Missouri, and the 

 southwest as far 

 as central Ten- 

 nessee. Anoth- 

 er elm Closely Wahoo or Winged Elm. 



resembling the last 



is a small tree (40 to 50 feet high) called Wahoo, 

 or winged elm ( Ulmiis (data). This variety is dis- 

 tinguished by corky ridges on either side of the 

 branchlets, which are smooth, not downy. The leaf 

 is very small (perhaps not over two inches long), 

 downy beneath, thickish, and almost stemless. This 

 species extends from southern Virginia southward 

 to western Florida, and southwestward to Indian 

 Territory and Texas. 



Planer Tree or The water elm, or Planer tree, named 

 Water Elm. f or J # J. Planer, a German botanist, 



Planera aquatica. m ^ ^ be confllsed wit]l fcne greater 



