L. ULMACE^. 



I. ELM SEEIES. 



In this extensive family, each series of which, with many authors, 

 constitutes a distinct family, we shall study first the Elms 1 (fig. 89- 



Ulmus campestris. 



Pig. 91. Flower {{). 



Fig. 89. Foliaeeous branch (\). 



Fip;. 92. Long. sect, of flower. 



94) the flowers of which are hermaphrodite or polygamous. On its 

 depressed or slightly concave receptacle is observed a gamosepalous 

 calyx, often subcampanulate, and with five divisions more or less 



■ Ulmus. T., Inst. 601, t. 372.— L. Gen. n. 239. 

 — Adans. Fam. des PI. ii. 377— J. Gen. 408.— 

 Gjertn. Fruct. i. 224, t. 49.— Pom. Diet. iv. 

 609 ; Suppl. iv. 187.— Lamk. III. 1. 185.— Turf. 

 Diet. Sc. Nat. Atl. t. 282.— Nees, Gen. ii. 34.— 

 Sfach, Ann. Sc. Nat. sér. 2, xv. 359 ; Suit à 



Buffu», xi. 99.— Endl. Gen. n. 1850 ; Suppl. ii. 

 29 ; iv. p. ii. 33.— Payer, Fam. Nat. 167— Pl. 

 in Ann. Se. Nat. sér. 3, x. 259; DC. Prodi: 

 xvii. 154. — Microptelea Sfach, Ann. Se. Nat. loc. 

 cit. 358; Suit, à Buffon, xi. 113.— Enj>l. Gen. 

 n. 1849 3 . 



