292 ? WEEDS AND USEFUL PLANTS. 
1. UL’MUS, L. Exo. 
oe 
{An ancient Latin name ; 
Calyx membranaceous, in in epi fib g-cle ft. Stamens as 
as the lobes of the Ovary compressed, ovate, 2-celled, with 
a Sune ovule suspended vot the es of each cell ; styles 2, mbit 
atose hes the inner side. mara membranaceous, co mp 
deed all all round, by abortion 1-celled ges8: deeded, ~via: neal 
Baste Srdiorit the cot vis gta oe Flowers purplish-brown in lat- 
eral clusters preceding the lea 
1, U. America’na, L. lav es oaks ages smooth above, very un- 
eel at I oxi rather simply serra te,—the ratures uncinately acumi- 
wers sme pes, in ih fascicles ; samara Ova. 
Senndty villons-cili ate o 
oo .. rose a Bim. ANenplig Elm. 
in height, and 2-3 or 4 feet in diameter ; = hes long an’ _ 
spreading, mene ra racy drooping. Leaves 3—5 inches in length, act te ; petioles o 
fourth to half an nag long, rip storages Stipules smooth. Styles pu ubescent, nonety white. 
or bifid at x between ons styles—the segments in 
to Toure an oa eacuiade. thro ‘ough the wing ; margin densi cane fringed wi ith 8 a nr 
pas of streams, borders of swamps, &c.: throughout the United States. Fl. April. 
ae This oe large tree is the species so much ree ge as a shade 
tree setae ngland. The noble avenues of Elms at New Haven, 
Con e the aration of all visitors ; and nothing is roan but a 
—— e ge in the 
Reduce Gantexk rt? 
2. U. ful’ va, Mz. bac oval or obovate-oblong, conspicuously acu- 
minate, very scabrous above, rather unequal and somewhat cordate at 
base, doubly serrate ; in ae with a fulvous tomentum ; flowers 
in dense = Graal fascicles ; ara orbicular, aie on the margin. 
Tawny Uxnvs. Slippery Elm. Elm. ‘ 
Stem 30-50 feet high, and oat la ches in diameter ; branches virgate. Leaves 4-6 0r 
8 inches long—th markably rough, the under surface tom: entose-pubes- 
cent, especially along the midrib sink nerves ; al one third of an inch long, 
pubescent. Stipules pilose. Calyx about 7-cleft ; lobes obtuse, clothed and ciliate with a 
sical ed me ralieely often 7, much exserted. g gia -pubescent, 
pur, Se a radiately veined, on a Renter. pedicel the length of vc calyx, Cleft at 
y the segments — — ee rved and over-lapped as to 
give Iota Fraps ayn appearance of being entir 
rounds, fence-rows, &c.: ys ery the Un United States. Fi. April. Fy. Jime. 
Obs: he i nner bark 0} phe sires bg a large quantity of mu- 
oe which bo has picks it to to the materia medica in our. 
shops. The military on the Canada rs de aorng the last na 
their horses with it, when destitute of the usual forage, and found it a 
