COMMON ELM 203 



to scale. Prevailing colour of 

 branches reddish-brown or deep 

 brown. Crown more or less pyra- 

 midal, the lower limbs tending to 

 arch over and spread. Buds large. 



Fig/97. Ultnus campestris, Common Elm. Bark (Irv). 



blunt, few-scaled, glabrous. Leaves 

 cordate and long-stalked. Flower- 

 ing peduncle adherent to bract. 

 Fruit dry. 



