Ulmus. ULMACE^. 167 



described by Mr. Thomas. Mr. Oakes has found it in Vermont, and I have specimens of 

 what appears to be the same species from the Western States and Louisiana. The wood is 

 tough, and is employed for axe-helves and whip-stocks. 



2. CELTIS. Linn.; Endlgen. 1851. NETTLE-TREE. 



[An ancient name of the Lotus, applied to this tree.] 



Flowers polygamous. Stam. fl. Calyx 5 - 6-parted. Stamens 5-6. Ovary abortive. 

 Perfect fl. Calyx 5-parted. Stamens 5. Ovary ovoid, 1-celled, with a single suspended 

 ovule : stigmas 2, elongated. Drupe fleshy, smooth. — Trees, with ovate or oval serrate 

 niostly rough leaves, small greenish flowers, and globose or ovoid berry-like drupes. 



1. Celtis occidentalis, Linn. Nettle-tree. Sugar-berry. Beaver-wood. 



Leaves obliquely ovate, acuminate, equally serrate ; flowers mostly solitary ; fruit red. — 

 Linn. sp. (ed. 2.) 2. p. 1478 ; Michx. fl.l. p. 249 ; Michx.f. sylv. 2. «. 114 ; Pursh,fl. 1. 

 p. 200 ; Ell. sk. 1. p. 335 ; Bigel. fl. Bost. p. 373 ; Torr. fl.l. p. 300 ; Wats, dendrol. 

 Brit. t. 147 ; Beck, hot. p. 334 ; Darlingt. fl. Cest. p. 180. 



A small tree from 15 to 30 feet high and 3-8 inches in diameter (much larger in the 

 Southern States), with numerous slender spreading branches. Leaves 2-3 inches long and 

 1-2 inches wide, dark green, somewhat cordate at the base ; the serratures uncinate and 

 acuminate. Flowers appearing before the leaves expand, sometimes in pairs ; the pedicels 

 about an inch long. Calyx dull greenish white ; the segments ovate and obtuse. Stamens 

 about as long as the corolla. Ovary with a woolly ring at the base : stigmas large, pubescent, 

 spreading or recurved. Drupe ovoid-globose, the size of a pea, purplish red ; the pulp thin 

 and sweet. 



Woods, particularly in rocky situations on the banks of rivers. Fl. May, Fr. September. 



