COMMON ELM 



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to scale. Prevailing colour of 

 branches reddish-hrowii or deep 

 brovm. Crown more or less pyra- 

 midal, the loioer limbs tending to 

 arch over and spread. Buds large. 



Fig. y?. b'liiMS cainpestrii, Coaimon Elm. Bark (Iiv). 



blunt, few-scaled, glabrous. Leaves 

 cordate and long-stalked. Flower- 

 ing peduncle adherent to bract. 

 Fruit dry. 



