ULMACEAE. — CELTIS 265 



J. E. T. Aitchison, 1879, " Kurrum valley " (No. 403), which is the same as Ulmus 

 sp. Aitchison in Jour. Linn. Soc. XVIII. 93 (Fl. Kuram Valley) (1880), and " Hari- 

 rud valley," June 5, 1885 (No. 1112), which is the type of U. montana Aitchison in 

 Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, III. 108 (non Withering) (1888). In both specimens the 

 young branchlets are hirsute, becoming more or less glabrous and of a yellowish 

 brown or a very pale color. The shape of the leaves, which are more or less rough on 

 both sides, vary from ovate-elliptic with a very unequal base to obovate with an 

 almost symmetrical base. In No. 1112 the leaves are up to 10 cm. long and 5-6 cm. 

 broad, with a very coarse compound serration, while in No. 403 the leaves are 

 6-8.5 cm. long and 3-4 cm. broad, with a httle sharper serration. No. 711 is said 

 by Aitchison to be "a more common, but smaller tree than 677," which number 

 I referred to U. Brandisiana Schneider, see p. 253, while No. 1112 is " a cultivated 

 tree, 30 feet high and 9 feet in circumference." As far as I can judge by this material 

 it might represent a new species the taxonomic position of which remains uncertain 

 as long as the fruits are unknown. 



CELTIS L. 



Celtis Julianae Schneider, n. sp. 



Arbor ad 27 m. alta; ramuli hornotini dense flavo-tomentelli v. 

 subhirsuti, annotini paulo glabrescentes, distinctius striato-angulati, 

 dein nigrescentes, lenticellis plus minusve numerosis rubiginosis ob- 

 tecti; gemmae floriferae ovato-rotundae, obtusae, perulis extus rufo- 

 hirsutis cinctae. Folia magna crassa, oblique late ovata, obovata v. 

 obovato-elliptica, basi plus minusve inaequali obtusa v. acuta, apice 

 satis subito breviter acuminata v. caudata, supra laete viridia, sub- 

 scabra, in facie et costa nervisque flavescentibus paulo impressis laxe 

 hirtella, subtus flavo-viridiav.distincte (insicco) flavescentia, costa ner- 

 visque distincte elevatis reticulato-venosa (nervis lateralibus a costa 

 exeuntibus utrinsecus basalibus 2 inclusis 3-5), omnino molliter villo- 

 sula V. pubescentia, in facie sub microscopio reticulato-papillosa, mar- 

 gine praecipue ultra medium crenato-dentata dentibus apiculatis et 

 junioribus saepe incurvis, interdum subintegra, 7-14 cm. longa et 

 5-8.5 cm. lata v. elliptica ad 11 cm. longa et ad 5.5 cm. lata; petioli 

 satis crassi, supra sulcati, tomentosi, 1-1.3 cm. longi. Flores d' basi 

 ramulorum novellorum cymoso-aggregati, plerique 5-meri; perigonii 

 lobi liberi 5, ovato-lanceolati, ut videtur 2 exteriores 3 interioribus 

 sublongiores, omnes ad apicem extus fusco-villosi v. comosi, ceterum 

 glabri v. margine ciliati, extus purpureo-maculati; stamina juvenilia 

 5 (-6), lobis breviora, glabra, normalia, filamentis disco villoso inserta; 

 rudimenta gynaecei parva; pedicelli breves, hirsuti. Flores 9 apice 

 ramulorum floriferum singuli axillares, plerique 4-meri; perigonia sta- 

 minaque vix ab iis florum d" diversa sed lobi etiam basin versus extus 



