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oblong- or sometimes oblong-lanceolate, l 1 /^'-^ long, pointed 

 or blunt at the apex, heart-shaped at base, dark green and 

 rough above, hairy below, with rather prominent netted vein- 

 ing, toothed above the middle. Fruit globular, light, lustrous 

 brown, borne on short curved stalks. Seeds globose with four 

 prominent ribs. 



Dry soil of southern Texas. 



The wood is similar to Celtis Mississippiensis, from which it 

 is not generally distinguished. The tree is used for street 

 and ornamental planting. 



3. Celtis reticulata Torrey. Thick Leaved Hackberry. A 

 small bushy tree 4050 high with rounded crown. Bark 

 bluish gray and covered with numerous corky warts on the 

 older parts of the stem. Leaves thick and very strongly 

 netted veined, entire or toothed above the middle, dark green 

 and smooth or somtimes rough above, paler and somewhat 

 hairy beneath, with prominent reticulate veining. Fruit 

 globular, red, y' to %' long, borne on stalks which are usually 

 longer than the subtending leaf petiole. 



Kansas to Texas, Colorado, Nevada, Arizona, and Lower 

 California. It is widely distributed in Texas. 

 Uses similar to Celtis Mississippiensis. 



4. Celtis Mississippiensis Bosc. Mississippi Hackberry A 

 tree 60-80 high and 2-3 c in diameter. The branches are 

 somewhat pendulous and form a broad rounded crown. Bark 

 light gray with corky warts, l/2'-2/3' thick. Leaves broadly 

 ovate to ovate-lanceolate, long pointed somewhat curved, un- 

 equal at base, entire or with never more than one or two 

 teeth, firm dark green and smooth above, paler below. 3'-4' 

 long, 3 /4 '-3' wide. Fruit ovoid -globose 1 /8 / - 1 /4' long, bright 

 orange red. borne on a stalk which is somewhat elongated. 

 The tree differs from other hackberries particularly in the 

 size ot the fruit and in the entire margined leaf. It is the 

 commonest of our hackberry trees. 



Indiana to Florida, and west to Missouri and Texas. 

 Used for fuel, fencing, and to some extent for flooring. The 

 commonest street shade tree in central Texas. 



