Celtis 9^9 



There is, however, a tree of this species in the Kew Collection, which is marked 

 " Aitchison " on the label, and was probably raised from seeds sent by Aitchison from 

 Afghanistan, about the year 1881. (A. H.) 



CELTIS GLABRATA 



Celtis glabrata, Steven, ex Planchon, in Ann. Sc. Nat. sdr. 3, x. 285 (1848). 

 Celtis Tournefortii, Lamarck, var. glabrata, Boissier, FL Orient, iv. 1157 (1879). 



A shrub or small tree. Young branchlets with a minute scattered pubescence. 

 Leaves (Plate 267, Fig, 10), about 2 inches long, i;^ inch broad, quite glabrous, 

 ovate, unequal and rounded or broadly cuneate at the base, acute or very shortly 

 acuminate at the apex, coarsely serrate except near the base ; upper surface 

 bluish green, roughened with minute papillae ; lower surface lighter green in colour ; 

 punctate with numerous translucent minute dots, when viewed with a lens ; petiole 

 glabrous, \ inch. Fruit pedicels about an inch. Drupes globose, reddish brown. 



This species occurs in Asia Minor, in Lycia and Cilicia, and in the Caucasus. 

 Schneider doubts if it has been introduced into cultivation ; but there is at Kew a 

 small tree, undoubtedly of this species. C. Tournefortii, Lamarck, a closely allied 

 species, occurring in Sicily, Greece, and Asia Minor, is mentioned by Loudon, as 

 having been introduced into England in 1739, and cultivated in 1838 in the London 

 Horticultural Society's Garden ; but I have seen no specimens in this country. 



(A. H.) 



CELTIS DAVIDIANA 



Celtis Davidiana, Carrifere, Rev. Hort. 1868, p. 300. 



Celtis JBungeana, Blume (in part); Yi.&vas\sy, Journ. Linn. Soc. {Bot.) xxvi. 449 (1894). 

 Celtis sinensis, Persoon (in part); Maximo wicz, Mel Biol ix. 27 (1872); Bretschneider, Botanicon 

 Sinicum,'\. 117 (1882). 



A small tree. Young branchlets slightly pubescent. Leaves (Plate 267, Fig. 

 11), about 2\ inches long, i|- inch broad, ovate or ovate-lanceolate, base rounded, 

 contracted above into a short acuminate apex, rarely entire, usually slightly 

 toothed in the upper third ; glabrous and shining on both surfaces, dark green 

 above, light green beneath, punctate when viewed with a lens ; petiole ^ inch, 

 pubescent. Fruit -pedicels, slender, f inch long. Drupes small, ovoid, black in 

 colour. 



This species occurs in north China, in the hills around Peking, and in the 

 mountains of the province of Shingking ; and was found by me growing as a small 

 tree, about 20 feet in height, in the mountains of Hupeh. It has been confused 

 with two other Chinese species, C. JBungeana^ and C. sinensis,^ which do not appear to 

 be in cultivation in Europe. It is readily distinguishable from all the other cultivated 

 species by the very shining glabrous leaves ; and is a very distinct and handsome 

 tree. 



1 Blume, Mus. Bot. Ludg. Bat. ii. 71 (1852). ^ Persoon, Syn. PI. i. 292 (1805). 



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