434 ULMUS. C"ASS V. ORDEll 11. 



mostly fringed on the margin wiih sliort bairs. Stamens three, four, 

 or five, on slender purple filaments, with ovate two celled purple 

 anthers. Stipnas curved, downy. Capsules large, obovate, pale green, 

 the cleft at the apex not reaching half way down to the single seeded 

 smooth brown ovate cell. 



Habitat. — Hedges in various parts of England. 



Tree; flowering in March. 



This, like the last species, appears a doubtful native. Smith quoting 

 Miller says, " This Elm was brought from Holland in King William's 

 reign, and being recommended for its quick growth, was a fashionable 

 tree for hedges in gardens, but afterwards fell into disuse." He adds, 

 " the wood is good for nothing, so it is almost banished from this 

 country." It is not unfrequent in Italy, but by the Italian Botanist 

 not considered distinct from the last species. 



4. U. glabra, Miller. (Fig. 498.) Smooth-leaved, or Witch Elm. 

 Leaves ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, doubly and evenly serrated, wedge- 

 shaped, and oblique at the base, becoming quite smooth above, smooth 

 or glandular beneath, with a few hairs in the axilla; branches bright 

 brown, smooth, slender, drooping; fruit obovate, deeply cloven. 



English Botany, t, 2246. — English Flora, vol. ii. p. 23.— Hooker, 

 British Flora, vol. i. p. 145. — Lindley, Synopsis, p. 226. 



^. glan'dulosa^Lindley. Leaves very glandular beneath. 



y. lati'folia, Lindley. Leaves oblong, acute, very broad. 



A tall tree, with straight trunk, its branches smooth, drooping or 

 spreading, slender, wiry, the young shoots only in their early growth 

 covered over with a slight soft downiness. Leaves ovate-lanceolate or 

 ovate-oblong, with an acuminated point, obliquely wedge-shaped at the 

 base, the margins doubly, evenly, somewhat coarsely serrated, of a 

 firm texture, the upper side smooth, the under at first scattered over 

 with a few hairs, and somewhat glandular, becoming smooth, except 

 on the ribs and their axilla, paler than the upper, the mid-rib and 

 almost straight lateral veins paler and prominent. Floicers in dense 

 crowded tufts before the leaves appear, almost sessile from the bosom 

 of an oblong downy bractea. Perianth of one piece, downy, the limb 

 of five obtuse short segments. Stamens on long slender purple Jila- 

 ments, with small ovate two celled purple anthers. Capsule obovate, 

 pale green, deeply cloven to the apex of the ovate smooth brown single 

 seeded cell. 



Habitat. — Hedges, plantations, &c. ; not unfrequent in many parts 

 of England. 



Tree; flowering in March. /3. near Ludlow. — Professor Lindley. 

 y. at West Hatch, in Essex. — Mr. Forster. 



To this species Professor Lindley observes, the Dowton Elm and 

 Scampston Ehn of the nurseries probably belong. 



