mo 16. Ulmus. 8. ULMACE^. Pl.ex.mon, 



1 . TJlmus campestris. Field elm. 

 Leaves doubly serrate, rough, unequal at bottom -, flowers 



nearly sessile, 4-cut ; samara oblong, naked. 



Ulmus vulgatissima folio lato scabro, RaiiSyn. 468,1 ; Ger.em. 1480,1. 

 Ulmus vulgaris, Park. 1404. 

 Ulmus campestris, Lin, S. P. 327. 

 Common elm. 



Hedges; arborescent; April and May. 



Bark of the twigs smooth; flowers purplish. — Wood 

 hard, tough ; bark mixed with meal to make bread in time 

 of scarcity ; young leaves eaten greedily by silkworms ; de- 

 coction of the inner bark diuretic. 



2. TJhnus sulerosa. Cork-larked elm. 

 leaves doubly serrate, rough, pointed, unequal at bottom ; 



Jlowers peduncled, mostly 5-cut; samara rounded, naked. 



Ulmus minor, folio augusto scabro, Rati Syn. 469,2 ; Ger. em. 1480, 2. 

 Ulreus minor. Park. 1404. 

 Ulm'Ts suberttsa, Brhr. Arb. 14, 1. 

 Narrow-leaved elm. 



Hedges; arborescent; April. 



Bark of the twigs corkiike, cut; branches spreading; twigs 

 nearly 2-rowed. 



3. Ulmi/s glabra. Smooth-leaved elm. 

 Leaves doubly serrated, smooth, unequal at bottom; 



Jlowers nearly sessile, 5-cut; samara reverse-ovate, naked. 



Ulmus folio glabro, Rail Syn. 4G9 ; Ger. em. 1481, 4 ; Park. 1404. 

 Uimus glabra, CuUum 97 ; Engl. Bot. 2248. 

 Ulmus montana jS, Smith Fl. Brit. 282. 

 Ulmus rampestria, 3, With. Bot. Arr. 279. 



IVitch elm. 



Hedges; arborescent; March. 



Bark smooth ; branches spread, scattered and hanging 

 down long ; leaves rather stiff. 



4. TJhmts montava. Mountain elm. 



Leaves doubly serrate, pointed, rough, unequal at bot- 

 tom ; flowers peduncled, effused, mostly 6-cut ; samara 

 rounded. 



Ulmus folio latissimo scabro, Raii Sytu 469; Ger. cm. 1418, 3. 



Ulmus latiore foiio, Park. 1404. 



Ulmus effusa, Willd. S. P. 1, ].'^25, 



Ulmus campestris (-i, Relhnn Cant. 107. 



Ulmus campestris y, Ilnds. Fl. Augl. 129. 



Uimus glabra, Huds Fl. An;:!, rd. I, 95. 



Ulmus campestris, Fl. Dan. (i32, 



Ulmus monlana, Bauh. Pin. 427 ; fVilJi. lint. Arr. 279, 



Witch httiel. Statutes, as 8 Eliz. 10. Broad-leaved elm. 



