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ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUxM BRITANNICUM. 



acuminate ; rougliish above, in some instances glabrous ; disk of 

 leaf liin. to 2 in. long. Louisiana. 



Very hardy and ornamental : and it possesses the property of keeping on 

 all its leaves very late, and then, like the other species, dropping them all 



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1111. C. occidentals. 



p. 4-lS. ; Hagberry or 



at once, so that they may be swept away at one time for litter. C. occiden- 

 talis is readily known from C. australis by its leaves being larger, and of a 

 lii:hter and more shining green, and its wood being of a lighter colour in win- 

 ter. The leaves also die off' sooner, and of a brighter yellow, than those of the 

 European species. It is more hardy, and is readily propagated by layers or by 

 seeds in any common soil. 



7. C. crassifo'lia Lam. The thick-leaved Celtis, or Hackbeiry. 



Idenlification. Lam. Encycl., 4. p- 132. ; Pursh Sept., 1. p. 200. 

 Si/nonymes. C. cordilolia L'Hcrii. Hort. Par. ; C. corddta Dcsfont. t. 



Hoop. ash, Ainer. ; Micocoulier k Feuilles en Coeur, Fr. 

 Kngraviiigs. Michx. North Amer. .Sylva, 3.'t. 115. ; N. Du Ham., 



2'. t. 9. ; and onrfig. 1412. 



Spec. Char., Sfc. Leaves with disks ovate-acumi- 

 nate, 6 in. long, Sin. to 4 in. broad ; heait-shaped, 

 aiiricled and unequal at the base ; serrated with 

 unequal teeth, rather leathery, rough on both 

 surfaces. Flowers 1 2 upon the peduncle. 

 Young branches downy. Bark red brown. 

 Leaves 5 in. long, or more. Petioles slightly 

 hairy, .3 G lines long. Flowers much like those 

 of C. australis, upon slender peduncles ; the pe- 

 duncles of the fruit longer than the petioles. 

 Fruit of the size of the bird-cherry. {Lamarck.) 

 A deciduous tree, nearly allied to C. occidentalis. 

 Virginia, Kentucky, and Tennessee, on the banks 

 of rivers, and in valleys in fertile soil. Height 

 20 ft. to 30 ft. Litroduced in 1812. Flowers 

 greenish ; May. Fruit black ; ripe in October. 



a^ 8. C. l.eviga'ta Willd. The glabrous-Zeawrf Celtis, or Nettle Tree. 

 Identijicatton. Willd. Enum. Suppl., p. G8. ; Willd. Bauraz., p. 81.; Roem. et SchulL Syst. Veg., 

 6. p. 30. 



1112. C. crassiMia. 



