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tittle narrowed al the bate, and almost equal there j above, deep green; beneath, pale, yellowish; 

 end the veins, when seen under a lens, a little hairy. Indigenous to Caucasus, on the statement 

 of Adams. [WitUL Sp. PL) Willdenow had teen a (fried specimen with fruit. In Rcem.et Schult. 

 S - , a is quoted from Pairet /■'//<•//<•/. SuppL, that the troth of the leaves are usually largo, and arc 

 unequal; and thai the fruit is solitary, axillary, globose, and reddish, and borne upon a peduncle 

 of the length of the petiole. It is noted that it is very remarkable that the author of the Flora 

 Tom Juieberstein] has not mentioned this species in that work. (See under C sinensis 



1 * 3, C, Tournbfo'rt/1 Lam. Tournefort's Celtis, or Nettle Tree. 



Lhntiricaiion. [.am. laievel., 4. p. 132. ; Willd. Sp. PI., 1. p. 994.: Bieb. Fl. Taur. Cauc, 2. p. 449. 



Ron. et Schult Syst Veg., 6. i>. 906. ; N. Du Ham. Arb., '-'. p. 38. 

 Smuongmes. C. orientalis minor, foliis minoribus et crassioribus, fructu flavo, Tourn. Cor., 42., 



I.'tn., i p. l-'.">. t 41. ; ('. orientalis Mill, Diet., No. 3., but, according to the Nouvcau Du Hamcl, not 



of Lin., which is considered a halt-hardy plant in Britain; Micocoulier du Levant, Micocoulier 



d'Orient, t-'r. •, Morgenlandischer Zungelbaum, Ger. 

 F. nx /livings. Tourn. ltin., t. 41. ; ami the plate of this tree in our last Volume. 



Sjpec. Char., Src. Loaves, when adult, ovate, acute, unequal at the base, 

 crenately serrate, roughish on the upper surface j when young, subcordate 

 at the base. Fruit yellow, becoming brown. {Willd. Sp. Pl. t and Rcem. et 



Schult. Si/st. Veg.) A native of Armenia. (Toumefort.) Leaves bluntish, 

 rough on both surfaces, glossy. (Sprens. St/st. Veg.) Introduced in 1739, 

 and flowering and fruiting at the same time as C. australis. 

 Description, A/e. A shrub, or low tree, rarely exceeding 25 ft. in height, but 

 generally forming a bush of only 10 ft. or 12 ft. high, with round glabrous 

 branches, covered with a brownish bark. The petiole of the leaf is very short ; 

 the disk is unequally dentated, somewhat heart-shaped, and glabrous ; it is of a 

 deep green above, and paler beneath, and is of a thicker texture than that of 

 i Vltis australis. The fruit, which is solitary, and borne on a long peduncle, is 

 oral, greenish at first, then becoming yellowish, and afterwards nearly black. 

 From the specimens in the London Horticultural Society's Garden, the fruit 

 does not appear to ripen so soon as that of C. occidentals ; as, in October, 1836, 

 the fruit of C. Tournefortw was quite firm and green, while that of C. occi- 

 dentalis was shriveled, blackish, and extremely sweet. C. Tournefortw is a 

 native of the Levant ; from which country Tournefort brought the seeds to 

 the Jardin des Plantes, in Paris, about 1717, whence plants have been dis- 

 tributed all over Europe. It was introduced into England in 1739. It is 

 rather more tender than C. australis and C. occidentalis. The seeds should 

 be -own in autumn, as soon as they are ripe; as, if not sown till spring, they 

 generally remain a year or more in the ground. They prefer a moist soil, and a 

 sheltered situation. This species is readily known from all others, in winter, 

 b\ its forming a compact upright-branched bush, or low tree ; and, in summer, 

 by the deep green and dense mass of its rigid-looking foliage. There are 

 plants of it from 6ft. to Hit. high, in the London Horticultural Society's 

 (iarden, and at Messrs. Loddiges's. 



2 « 4. C. (T.) sine'nsis Pcrs. The China Celtis, or Nettle Tree. 



Idmlijicntion. Pen. Syn., 1. p. 2<>2. ; Rci-m. et Schult. Syst. Veg., 6. p. 306. 



Spec. C/ifir.y ifC. Leaves broad-ovate, obtuse, crenate, largish, glabrous ; 

 reins prominent. Native in China. Cultivated in Cels's garden. (Pers. 

 Si/u.) A low tree, growing to the height of from 12 ft. to 15 ft. The plant 

 Of this kind in the Horticultural Society's (iarden seems to differ very little, 

 if at all, from ('. Tourncfortw. 



, ('. \\ ii. i.oi \ovi/i y N/i Schultes. Willdenow's Celtis, or Nettle Tree. 



:l,i,u BflSn. H Schult. Syst. V('K.,0\ p. 806. 



/I ///./ I .mini 8uppl. t |». 88., Willd. lUtwmx., p. 81. 



LeaT« ovate, oMeng. acuminate, narrowed to the base, serrate from the middle 



bore, gtataoui , beneath, roughish. Schultes has quoted Willd. Baumx.. p. hi., for 



ctcr; and has added, that a young tree in the Berlin Royal (iarden has the 



, and tin- Upper Surface, BS inspected through a lens, dotted ; and that the 



I ( i. ma. In ■ luppfemen! (published In 1813) to Willdenow's Enumeration of the 



/;. rUn Royal Garden, > tin following short description or c. sinensis \\ ///</., which, 



illj different from the above, is noi. quite the same :— Leaves obovate oblong, ser- 



n tl,i uppl i lurface, Slightly nairy on the under one. Schultes has noted 



tcrof C fnensi Peri, clearly shows that kind to he distinct from the C. 



I l/rst published, it is necessary to apply some 



