CELTIS TRINERV1A. (Nat. order TTrticeaj.) 



CELTIS, Tournef.— GEN. CHATJ. Flowers polygamous herniathrodite and male in axillary or lateral cymes, perianth, of 4-5 rarely 6 

 segments imbricate in the bud deciduous, stamens as many and opposite the segments incurved shorter than the perianth, anthers introrse 2-celled, orary 

 inserted on a hairy disk 1 -celled, ovule solitary pendulous from near the apex, mieropyle superior, stigmas 2 linear or oblong recurved not plumose, drupe 

 fleshy smooth ovoid or globose, seed pendulous, cotyledons folded, albumeu subgelatinous, radicle thick superior. Trees or shrubs, leaves alternate generally 

 3-nerved serrate or entire. Linn. Oen. ji. 1143, Sponioceltis, Planchon. Soleuostigma, Planchon. 



CELTIS TMNEKVIA. (Roxb.) A good sized tree, young parts aureo-pubescent, leaves alternate obliquely- ovate sub- 

 cordate at the base, with a longish acumen at the apex, in age quite glabrous on both sides, coarsely serrate in the upper half, 3|-6 

 inches long by 2-3| inches broad, promineutly 3 nerved, the nerves channelled on the upper side raised and very prominent beneath, the 

 transverse veinlets somewhat arched prominent beneath, petioles 2-4 lines long, stipules ensiform, inflorescence racemose pubescent 

 generally on the young shoots axillary or below the leaves, perianth 4-5-merous, stigmas large spreading villous. Roxb. Fl. 2nd. iii. 

 65. Celtis Roxburghii, Planchon. Ann. Scien. 2Vat..S'er. iii. t. x. p, 302, 



1 have only met with this tree on the Eastern Ghats ofihe Madras presidency, Qolcondah Hills, near Vizagapatam, 3000 feet elevation ; 

 hat it probably also occurs on the western coast, as Mr. Dalzell found it on the Bombay ghats. Dr. Roxburgh found it in Eastern Bengal. 2 am 

 not acquainted with its timber. 



., _ Analysis, 



1 . A flower bud. 



2. A 4-merous male flower. 



3. A 5-merous male flower. 



4. Anther, front view. 



5. Anther, back view. (Drawn from dried specimens. I have no fertile flowers of this species,) 



2. Celtis serotina. 



1. A male flower bud. 



2. A male flower. 



3. The same opened. 



4. The abortive ovary. 



5. Anther, front view. 

 0. Auther, back view. 



7. Hermathrodite inflorescence. 



8. Fruit. 



9. Hermathrodite flowers. 



10, 11. Anthers, front and back view. 



12. Ovary cut vertically, shewing the solitary pendulous ovule. 



13. Embryo. (All drawn from living specimens except 8 and 13, copied from Wight's Icones.) 



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