MOUNTAIN TREES 



identical tree, which people there say is 

 the only one in all the region. 



"There are about a dozen trunks, 2-6 

 inches in diameter, in a close clump, ap- 

 pearing as if they might come from a 

 single underground stump ; the tops are 

 interlocked, forming a clump 15 feet 

 high and 25-30 feet spread. The place 

 is Thing's Ranch, 15 miles from 

 Campo." 



The alternate leaves of Celtis are thick and leathery, 

 rough (sand-papery), "often covered with wart-like 

 galls'* and strongly netted-veined. They are dark 

 green on the upper sides and pale yellowish green be- 

 neath. The fruit is orange-red when mature and about 

 as large as a pea. The small flowers are greenish- 

 yellow and are borne on slender stems springing from 

 the leaf-axils. Some of the flowers have only male or- 

 gans while others are perfect, that is, they have both 

 male and female organs. 



This Celtis occurs in New Mexico, Nevada, South- 

 ern Utah, in California (western rim of the Colorado 

 Desert) and in Lower California (San Julian Canyon 

 and Cerros Island). 



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