Ulmus.'] TENTANDRIA — DIGYNIA. 127 



below, chiefly hairy in the axils, branches spreading bright 

 brown, winged with corky excrescences, when young very hairy, 

 frnit nearly round deeply cloven naked. Lindl. Si/n. p. 226. 

 E. Bot. ^.2161. E. Fl. V. ii. p. 21. — U. campestris, Lighlf. Scot. 

 p. 151. Hook. Scot. \. p. 85. 



Hedg-es in all parts of England {Sm.), and in Scotland ; but scarcely 

 indigenous, Fl. Marcli. Tj . — Remarkable tor the cork-like covering 

 to the branches, which is full of deep fissures. 



3. U. major, Sm. {IDutch cork-harked Elni); leaves ovato-acu- 

 minate very oblique at the base, sharply doubly and regularly 

 serrated, always scabrous above, pubescent below with dense 

 tufts of white hairs in the axils, branches spreading bright 

 brown winged with corky excrescences, when young nearly 

 smooth, fruit obovate slightly cloven naked. Lindl. Syn. p. 

 ^^Q. E. Bot. t. 2542. E. FL v. ii. p. 21. 



Hedges in the neiglibourhood of London, a doubtful native. {Sm.) 

 Fl. M.irch. Tj . — More corky in its bark even than the preceding, and 

 probably not specifically distinct from it. 



4. U. carpiiufoUa, Lindl. (hornheam-leavrd Elrii) ; leaves 

 ovate acute coriaceous strongly veined simply crenate serrate 

 slightly oblique and cordate at the base shining but rather 

 scabrous above, smooth beneath, branches bright brown nearly 

 smooth, fruit — ? Lindl. St/n. p. 226. 



Four miles from Stratford-upon-Avon, on the road to Alcester ; Prof. 

 Lindlei/. Tj . 



5. \]. glabra, ^V\\\. (smooth-leaved Elm); leaves ovato-lanceo- 

 late acuminate doubly and evenly crenato-serrate cuneate and 

 oblique at the base becoming quite smooth above, smooth or 

 glandular beneath with a iew hairs in the axils, branches bright 

 brown smooth wiry weeping, fruit obovate naked deeply cloven. 

 IJndl. Syn. p. 226. E. Bot. t. 2248. E. Fl. v. ii- p. 23— ,3. 

 glandulosa ; leaves very glandular beneath. Lindl. — y. latifolia; 

 leaves oblong acute very broad. Lindl. 



Woods and hedges, in Essex. In Scotland ? — /3. near Ludlow, Prof. 

 Lindley. — y. Claybury, Essex, il/r E. Forster. Fl. March. T2 . — To 

 tills species Dr Lindley thinks that the Dowuton Elm and Scampston 

 Ehn of the Nurseries may probably belong. 



6. U. stricta, Lindl. (Cornish Elm) ; leaves obovate cuspidate 

 cuneate at the base, evenly and nearly doubly crenato-serrate 

 strongly veined coriaceous very smooth and shining above, 

 smooth beneath Avith hairy axils, branches bright brown smooth 

 rigid erect very compact, fruit — ? Lindl. Syn. p. 227. — /5. 

 parvifolia ; leaves much smaller less oblique at the base finely 

 and regularly crenated acuminate rather than cuspidate. Lindl. 



In Cornwall and North Devon ; — j3. less common. Tj . 



7. U. montdna, Bauli. (broad-leaved or Wych Elm) ; leaves 

 obovate cuspidate doubly and coarsely serrated cuneate and 

 nearly equal at the base always exceedingly scabrous above, even- 



