ELMS. 



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Plate 35. Ulmus americana. White Elm. 



1. Flowering branch,, one-half natural size. 2. Flower, enlarged. 3. Longi- 

 tudinal section of flower, enlarged. 4. Longitudinal section of pistillate flower, 

 enlarged. 5. Fruiting branch, one-half natural size. 0. Longitudinal section of 

 fruit, natural size. T. Longitudinal section of seed, natural size. 8. Embryo, 

 enlarged. 9. Portion of summer branch, one-half natural size. 10. Portion of 

 winter branch, one-half natural size. 



face, coarsely and doubly serrate, taper-pointed, turning to a 

 bright yellow before falling. Branches small, slender, as- 

 cending, at length spreading and pendulous: twigs and buds 

 smooth, not corky. Flowers appear in April, in dense 

 clusters with slender drooping pedicels. Fruit ripe in May, 

 smooth except the edges which are hairy with incurved sharp 

 points at the apex. A large common tree sometimes 120 feet 

 high and 6 feet or more in diameter. This tree varies greatly 



