LXVil. JUGLANDA CK/E. 



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fiynonymcs. Sjirengel has sug.szcsted. in the Index to his Si/st. J'e/;., 

 "that glabrat.i is the epithet titter for this species than laevigata: 



glabraia signifies rendered, or become, bald ; Ictvigala, rendered 



perfectly even in surface. 

 Engraving. Our Jig. 1413. from a specimen in the INIuseum of the 



Jardin des Plantes. 



Spec. Char., ,$-c. Leaves ovate-lanceolate, subcor- 

 date at the base, nearly entire ; glabrous on tlie 

 upper surface ; roughish upon the veins on the 

 under one. {Willd.) Louisiana. A very doubtful 

 species. Not yet introduced. 



9. C. PUMILA Fh. 



The dwarf Celtis, or NctHc 

 Tree. 



Jdeniification. Pursh FI. Amev. 



Sept., 1. p. 200.; Koem. et Schult. 



Syst. Veg., 6. p. 307. ? C. aspera. 

 Engraving. Our fig. 1414. from a 



specimen in Sir \V. J. Hooker's 



herbarium. 



14i3. C. laETig-ita. 



Spec. Char., Sfc. Leaves 



ovate, acuminate, serrate with equal teeth ; un- 

 equal at the base ; downy while young, afterwards 

 nearly glabrous 

 on both surfaces. 



Flowers 3 upon 

 a peduncle. Fruit 

 solitary, ovate. 

 (Pursh.) A sma 

 straggling decidu- 

 ous bush. ]Mary- 

 land and Virginia, on the banks of rivers. 

 Height?. Introd. in 1812. Flowers green- 

 ish ; May. Fruit black ; ripe in October. 



1414. C. pumlla. 



C. orienfMs Lin. (R. Mai., 4. t. 40. ; and 

 our fig. 1415.) is a native of the Himalayas ; 

 introduced in 1820. In foliage it resembles 

 C. occidentalis ; but we have only seen a 

 very small plant of it, against a wall, in the 

 Horticultural Society's Garden. 



1415. C. orientiiiU. 



Order LXVII. JUGLANDA^CEvE. 



Ord. Char. Floivers unisexual. Malejiowers disposed in aments, each with a 

 scale-hke oblique, or 2- or 6-lobed, perianth. Stamens hypogynous, inde- 

 finite. Anthers innate. Female fioivers having a double or single perianth, 

 which adheres to the ovarium ; the outer one 4-cleft, and the inner of 

 4 separate parts, when present. Ovarinm 1-celled, ovule erect. Styles 

 1 2, or wanting. Drnpc fleshy, containing a 1-celled, 2 4-valved, 

 ragged nut. Embryo with cerebriform convolutions, more or less 4-lobed, 

 covered by a membranous testa. {G. Don.) 



Leaves compound, alternate, exstipulate, deciduous ; with many leaflets. 

 Floivers axillary, the males in catkins, and the females sessile, or on short 

 stalks. Trees, deciduous ; natives of Asia and North America ; propagated 

 by seeds. The cenera are three, which are thus contradistinguished : 



Ju'glans L, Flowers monoecious. Stamens numerous. Covering of the nut 

 in 1 piece. 



