138 ENGLISH BQ@TANY. 
stalked. Perianth funnelshaped; segments 4 or 5, ciliated. Fruit 
obovate or ablong, notched at the apex, with the seed placed beyond 
the middle and near the apex of the wing. 
Var. a, genuina. 
Pirate MCCLXXXV. 
Reich. Ic. Fl. Germ. et Hely. Vol. XI. Tabs. DCLX. Fig. 1380, DCLXL. Fig. 1331, 
DCLNIIT. Fig. 1333. 
Billot, Fl. Gall. et Germ. Exsice. No. 3203. 
U. campestris and U. suberosa, Sm. Engl. Bot. Nos. 1886 and 2161; and Lind. 
Syn, Brit. Fl. p. 226. 
U. minor (Mill.), U. campestris, Linn. and U. suberosa, Reich. Ic. 1. c. p. 1218. 
Leaves scabrous above, minutely pubescent beneath. 
Var. 6, glabra. 
Prats MCCLXXXVI. 
Reich. Ic. Fl. Germ. et Helv. Vol. XII. Tab. DCLXIV. Fig. 1334. 
U. glabra, Sm. Engl. Bot. No. 2248. 
U. carpinifolia, U. glabra, and U. stricta, vars. a and 3, Lind. Syn. Brit. Fl. pp. 226, 
227. 
Leaves at length smooth and shining above, glabrous beneath, 
except in the axils of the veins. 
Borders of woods and hedgerows. Doubtfully wild, but generally 
distributed in England. Frequent in the south of Scotland, where, 
however, it appears to have no claim to be considered native. Common, 
but doubtfully native in Ireland. | 
England, [Scotland, Ireland.] Tree. Early Spring. 
A tree, attaining a great size, sometimes 80 feet or more, sending 
up numerous suckers, with rough brown cracked bark, the branches 
often with very thick corky excrescences upon them, the shoots of the 
year pubescent; buds rather small, purplish. Leaves shortly stalked, 
oval or obovate or elliptical, unequal at the base, 1} to 3 inches long. 
Flowers appearing before the leaves, very shortly stalked, in fascicles 
from buds formed in the axils of the leaves of the previous year’s 
growth. Perianth 75 inch across, dull purple. Stamens generally 4, 
reddish, much exserted; anthers dark purple. Samara 2 to $inch 
long, the greater part composed of a membranous wing, with 
transverse branched veins extending from the small seed-cavity, which 
lies mainly beyond the middle of the wing, the seed-cavity brown, the 
wings much paler and green until it is nearly ripe. In var. a the 
leaves are scabrous above and pubescent beneath, though more so in 
the axils of the veins. 
