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_ Scattered throughout the lowlands of England and- Wales; 
often in company with U. surculosa; but, unlike that, extending 
into mountain valleys (at least in South Wales) up to 1000 ft. ; 
apparently native, certainly spontaneous. 
5. Utmus surcunosa Stokes, Bot. Materia Medica ii. 35 (1812). 
U: suberosa Smith, Eng. Bot. 2161 (1810) ; Lindl. Syn. 226; 
Loudon, Arboretum 1395; non Moench nec Bhr rt. 
‘Leaves doubly serrate, ovate or elliptic. Flowers nearly 
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probably of some part of Europe, semi-naturalized in Britain, its 
rounded edges, its base not angled but evenly curved, reaching 
almost or quite to the short broad seed cavity ; seed never (?) 
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from shallow roots as far as a hun yards from the parent-tree. 
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and straight central bole; its branches (except when crowded) 
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divided, not drooping, producing rounded masses of dense foliage. 
The limbs of old trees in this Elm are liable to fall suddenly with- 
out any apparent cause, as well as in gales ; hence it is dangerous 
for avenues in or near towns 
The leaves are often small or very small and more pointed in 
shape, in dry situations or in the undergrowth of hedges ; on well- 
Throughout the middle and southern districts of England, on 
lower ground, both on its eastern and western sides : attaining its 
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