47 URTICACER. { Celtis, 
1. C. mollis, Wall.—A tree, the branchlets terete, softly brown- 
ish or yellowish pubescent ; leaves obliquely ovate, the one side of 
the base rounded, the other acute, on a strong densely tomentose 
petiole about 2 lin. long, 243-3 in. long, shortly and _ bluntish 
acuminate, membranous, entire, above shortly pubescent, beneath 
velvety-tomentose, 3-nerved at the base and penninerved; drupes 
on 4-6 lin. long densely brownish pubescent peduncles, solitary 
in the axils of the leaves, almost globular, acute at both ends, the 
size of a pea, sparingly hairy, the putamen wrinkled. 
Has.—Ava, in the Irrawaddi valley.—Fr. Sept.-Nov. 
2. C. Hamiltonii, Planch.—A tree, the branchlets /tawny- 
pubescent ; leaves obliquely ovate to almost broadly falcate-lanceo- 
late, acute at the unequal base, or the one side rounded, on a 
glabrescent petiole about 2 lin. long, almost caudate-acuminate, 
serrate from below the first half, chartaceous, glabrous, 3-nerved, 
with prominent net-veination between, yellowish green beneath, 
dark green and glossy above; peduncles solitary or by 2 or 3 m 
the axils of the leaves, about 4 an in. long, stiff and glabrous; 
drupes ellipsoid, the size of a small pea, glabrous. 
Has.—Ava; Tenasserim, along choungs.—Fr. Apr.-May. 
Roxb.—A tree, the branchlets pubescent; leaves 
3. C. tetran 
obliquely ovate- lanceolate to lanceolate, on a 3-6 lin. long petiole, — 
unequally cordate at the entire base, obtusely serrate, chartaceous, 
glabrous, brownish beneath ; peduncles solitary or rarely by 2-3 
the axils of the leaves, about 4-4 in. long, stiff, glabrous; drupes 
ovoid-globular, the size of a very small pea, glabrous; flowers 
4-merous ; stamens 4, 
Has.—Ava hills.—Fr. May. 
tomentose racemes or cymes reduced in number to 2-6, long- 
a 
pedunceled, ovoid, the size of a pea, narrowed at the truncate ape% | 
smooth. | 
vonage in the tropical forests of the eastern slopes “ = 238. 
Has.— 
Yomah and oO artaban: al - bor : : oo 
Metam., etc. aban; also Chittagong.—Fr. Apr.-May.—s 
