CLASS V. ORDER II.] ULMUS. 435 



5. U. carpim folia, Linn. Horn-beam leaved Elm. Leaves ovate, 

 acuminate, coriaceous, strongly veined, simply crenate, serrate, slightly 

 oblique and cordaie at the base, shining, but rather scabrous above> 

 smooth beneath ; branches bright brown, nearly smooth, fruit — ? 



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

 Habitat. — Four miles from Stratford Avon, on the road to Alcester. 

 Tree. 



This species we are unacquainted with. The description is that of 

 Professor Lindley, as given in his Synopsis of the British Flora. 



6. U. stric'ta, Lindlcij. (Fig. 499.) Cornish Elm, Leaves obovate, 

 cuspidate, wedge-shaped at the base, evenly and nearly doubly crenate, 

 serrate, strongly veined, coriaceous, very smooth and shining above, 

 smooth beneath, with hairy axillae; branches bright brown, smooth, 

 rigid, erect, very compact, fruit — ? 



/S. parvifolia, Lindlerj. Leaves much smaller, less oblique at the 

 base, finely and regularly crenate, acuminate rather than cuspidate. 



Lindley, Synopsis, p. 227. — Hooker, British Flora, vol. i. p. 145. 



Habitat. — Cornwall and North Devon ; /3. the less common. — 

 Lindley. 



Tree. 



Of this species we know nothing more than from dried specimens : 

 the description is that of Lindley, who- appears to have given much 

 attention to this genus, and truly observes, that " nothing can be more 

 imperfect than the state of our knowledge of either our domestic or 

 foreign elms. The whole genus requires to be carefully studied by 

 some one who can observe the species in different states of growth, and 

 also ascertain the quality of their timber ;" and he says, " I have no 

 doubt that all here enumerated (referring to the above and following 

 species) are distinct ; and it is probable that the Wormsley Grange or 

 Byford Elm of Hertfordshise, and the Black Elm of Ireland, are other 

 species to add to our Flora." But, as he further very justly remarks, 

 "let it always be remembered, however, that it is not from dried speci- 

 mens that such a genus as this can be understood." 



7. U. mon'tana, Bauh. (Fig. 500.) Broad-leaved Elm, Witcjihasel 

 Elm. Leaves obovate, cuspidate, doubly and coarsely serrated, wedge- 

 shaped, and nearly equal at the base, always very scabrous above, 

 downy beneath; branches smooth grey, drooping; fruit roundish ob- 

 long, scarcely cloven. 



English Botany, t. 1887.— English Flora, vol. ii. p. 22.— Hooker, 

 British Flora, vol. i. p. 145. — Lindley, Synopsis, p. 227. 



A large tall spreading tree of quick growth, with soft inferior wood, 

 the branches spreading, and frequently weeping, slender, clothed with 

 grey bark, smooth, except when in a young state they are downy. 

 Leaves broadly ovate, with a long point, and roundish, wedge-shaped 

 at the base, the margins deeply, acutely, doubly, and coarsely serrated, 



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