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compact growth than the two preceding varieties ; and often growing 

 into an oval, or, rather, cone-sliaped head. Young shoots pubes- 

 cent. Foliage thickly set. Bark much wrinkled, and becoming 

 -*'hite with age. 



** V'. {c.) s. 4 erecta Lodd. Cat. ed. 1836. Has a tall narrow head, 

 resembling that of the Cornish elm ; but differs from that tree in 

 having much broader leaves, and a corky bark. 



i U. (c.) s. bvar. The broad-leaved Hertfordshire Elm, Wood, nursery- 

 man at Huntingdon. The shdots show some tendency to become 

 corkj', which, in our opinion, determines this variety to belong to U. 

 (c.) suberosa, rather than to U. montana or U. (m.) glabra. 



i L,(c.)s. Q var. The narrow-leaved Hertfordshire Ehn, Wood. 

 Leaves and shoots differing very little from those of U. campestris. 



S 3. U. (c.) MA^JOR Smith. The greater, or Dutch Cork-barked, Elm. 



Identificntion. Sm. Engl. Bot., t. 2542. ; Sm. Engl. Fl., 2. p. 21. 



Synonymes. U. \\oW3.nd.\c& Mill. Diet. ed. 8. No. 5. ; f7. major hoUandlca, &c., Pluk. Alm.Z'iZ.; 



U. major, ampliore ftilio, &c., Du Ham. Arb. 2. p. 368. ; Tilia mas Matth. Valgr. 1. 158. f. ; U. 



latifolia Micltx. N. Amer. Syl. 3. t. 129. f. 2. 

 Engravings. Engl. Bot., t. 2642. ; N. Amer. Sy!., 3. t. 129. f. 2. ; the plate of this tree in Arb. 



Brit., 1st edit,, vol. vii. ; and out Jig. 1596. 



Spec. Char., ^c. Leaves rough, unequally and rather bluntly serrated. 

 Flowers nearly sessile, 4-cleft. Samara obovate, slightly cloven, glabrous. 

 Branches drooping, the bark corky. ( Smith.) 

 A deciduous tree, with widely spreading 

 branches. England. Height 50 ft. to 70 ft. 

 Flowers and samara as in the preceding kinds 



The branches spread widely, in a drooping 

 manner, and their bark is rugged, and much 

 more corkv than even the fore^oinc;. Leaves on 

 short thick stalks, larger and more bluntly ser- 

 rated than the last ; rough on both sides, espe- 

 cially beneath ; but the hairy tufts at the origin 

 of each transverse rib are very small. Segments 

 of the calyx short and rounded. Stamens 4. 

 Samara obovate, with a very small rounded 

 sinus, not reaching half so far as the seed. This 

 appears to be the kind brought over by Wil- 

 liam HL from Holland ; which, from its quick 

 growth, was, at first, much usedi for hedges and 

 formal rows of clipped trees ; but, when the 

 Dutch taste in gardening declined, the tree was 

 no longer cultivated ; as its wood was found 

 very inferior to that of most other kinds of elm. jjgg, ^j (c.)iijor, 



3? 4. U. EFFu'sA Willd. The &^re3.dmg-hi-anched Elm. 



Identification. Willd. Arb., 393. ; Sp. PI., 1. p. 1325. ; Duby et Dec. Bot. Gall., 1. p. 422. 

 Synonymes. U. ciliata Elirh. Arb. 72. ; U. pedunculiita Lam. Diet. No. 2. ; V. octandra Schk. Bot 



Hanrtb. 178. t. 67. ; U. folic latissimo, &c., Buxb. Hal. 340. ; U. la;Vis Pal. Ross. vol. 1. p. 75. ; 



1 Orme pedoncule, Fr. 

 Engravings. Hayne, t. 29. ; the plates of this tree in Arb. Brit., 1st edit., vol vii. ; and our fig. 1397. 



Spec. Char., Sfc. Leaves mostly resembling those of the U. montana, but 

 quite smooth on the upper side ; unequal at the base, doubly serrated, 

 Flowers on drooping stalks. Stamens in a flower 6 8. Samara elliptic, 

 deeply cloven, strongly fringed with coarse dense hairs, (Smith.) A 

 deciduous tree with ascending shoots, which spread at the extremities. 

 Europe, chiefly in the South of France, and in the Caucasus. Height 50 ft. 

 to 60 ft. Introd. ? 1800. Flowers and samara as in the preceding kinds. 



This species is very distinct, even when the tree is bare of leaves, as will 

 be seen by comparing the winter tree of it in Arb. Brit., 1st edit., vol. vii. 



