LXV. JUGLANDA‘CER. 731 
Synonymes. Sprengel has suggested, in the Index to his Syst. Veg., 
that glabrata is the epithet fitter for this species than levigata: 
glabrata signifies rendered, or become, bald ; devigdéa, rendered 
perfectly even in surface. 
Engraving. Our fig. 1413. from a specimen in the Museum of the 
ardin des Plantes. 
Spec. Char., §c. Leaves ovate-lanceolate, subcor- 
date at the base, nearly entire; glabrous on the 
upper surface ; roughish upon the veins on the 
under one. (Willd.) Louisiana. A very doubtful 
species. Not yet introduced. 
= 9. C.pumita Ph. The dwarf Celtis, or Netil: 
Tree. 
Identification. Pursh Fl. Amer. 
Sept., 1. p. 200.; Reem. et Schult. 
Syst. Veg., 6. p. 307. ? C. aspera. 
Engraving. Our fig. 1414. from a 
specimen in Sir W. J. Hooker’s 
herbarium. 
Spec. Char., §c. Leaves 
ovate, acuminate, serrate with equal teeth ; un- 
equal at the base; downy while young, afterwards 
nearly glabrous 
on both surfaces. 
Flowers 3 upon 
apeduncle. Fruit 
solitary, ovate. 
(Pursh.) A small 
1414. ¢. pumila. strageling decidu- ¢ 
ous bush. Mary- 
land and Virginia, on the banks of rivers. 
Height ?. Introd. in 1812. Flowers green- 
ish; May. Fruit black ; ripe in October. 
1413. C.levigita. 
C. orientalis Lin. (R. Mal., 4. t. 40.; and 
our fig. 1415.) is a native of the Himalayas ; 
introduced in 1820. In foliage it resembles 
C. occidentalis; but we have only seen a 
very small plant of it, against a wall, in the 
Horticultural Society’s Garden. 
2415. C. orientalis. 
Orper LXVII. JUGLANDA'‘CE. 
Orn, CHAR. Flowers unisexual.— Male flowers disposed in aments, each with a 
scale-like oblique, or 2- or 6-lobed, perianth. Stamens hypogynous, inde- 
finite. Anthers innate-—Female flowers having a double or single perianth, 
which adheres to the ovarium; the outer one 4-cleft, and the inner of 
4 separate parts, when present. Ovarium 1-celled, ovule erect. Styles 
1—2, or wanting. Drupe fleshy, containing a 1-celled, 2—4-valved, 
ragged nut. Embryo with cerebriform convolutions, more or less 4-lobed, 
covered by a membranous testa. (G. Don.) 
Leaves compound, alternate, exstipulate, deciduous ; with many leaflets. 
Flowers axillary, the males in catkins, and the females sessile, or on short 
stalks. — Trees, deciduous; natives of Asia and North America; propagated 
by sceds. The genera are three, which are thus contradistinguished : — 
Ju‘etans L. Flowers monecious. Stamens numerous. Covering of the nut 
in I piece. 
