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NETTLE FAMILY. 293 - 
tolerable substitute wid hay. ‘The tree being smaller, and the branches 
straggling, it does not answer for a shade tree so well as the e preceding. 
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the North and West; and J, ala ta, Mz., the Winged Elm, or Wa- 
hoo, with ‘se leaves and corky-winged branches, at the South and 
South-west. U. Campss’rris, L., the English Elm, is frequently culti- 
vated. This a less graceful tree our American Elm, havi ving more 
the ret ‘habit of an oak. Its wood is very valuable, as it is not 
liable to split or warp. 
2. CEL’TIS, Tournef. Nuerrie-rree. 
[An ancient name of the Lotus ; applied to this genus.] 
Flowers Sei ge oe Calyx 5 — saa ¢ persistent. 
as the 
i ” Soihente & L. Leaves obliquely ovate, 
idea i nee or twice the lene of ‘ao catiele io reddish o or 
sate turning dark purple at maturity. * 
184.. Flowers of the Nettle-tree (Celtis occidentalis). 186. Fruit and developed 
me a. An enlarged flower opened joa seng embryo. os 
