180 PEXTAVDRIA B1GTNIA 



i. C. oceiDKXTiLT h, Jk Leaves obliquely ovate, acuminate; flowers 

 subsolitary ; fruit brownish orange-color. Beck, Bot. p. 334. Icon-, 

 Mx. f. Sylva. 3. tab 114. 

 Western Chtii, Vvlgb — Nettie tree. Sugar-beny. 



Stem 8 to 15 feet hich, branching. Leaves 2 to 3 inches long, and 1 to 2 Inchea 

 wide, acuminate, serrate, entire at base, but oblique and rather unequal, more or 

 \*ss scabrous on the upper surface, somewhat pilose beneath, at length coriaceous* 

 petioles about 1 third v( an inch long, pubescent. /Voire;* axillary, solitary, or 

 Sometimes in pairs (lower ones often in thr< es, Terr*); pedicels hai? an inch to n 

 quarters in length. Calyx dull greenish yellow ; segments lance-oblong. Ovary 

 smooth, with a tonvnt >•' riru' at base, beaked by the sh>rt thick s, yle (or connate 

 styles). Stigmas densely pubescent, long, diverging or divaricate, the points of. 

 fen incurved. Drupe globose, about 1 third ofan inch in diameter, yellowish brown 

 •r brownish orange-color when mature (purple, Ell.), minutely punctate; pulnv 

 coat thin, sweetish tasted. 



jffdb. Great Valley : Brook's Mill: rare. Ft. May. Fr. September. 



Obs. This agrees so well with Michaux's figure, that I presume it is the tana 

 plant: But, with us, it is rather a large shrub, than a tree. It very much rcsenv 

 hies, moreover, some small specimens which I collected on the Potomac, above 

 Georgetown,— which Mr. SchweiniU pronounced to be C. pvmila; and hence I 

 have been led to suppose that Muhlenberg was correct, in making C. pumila a »« 

 riety of C. occidentalism 



2, C. crassifolia ? Lam. Leaves obliquely lancc-ovate, acuminate, 

 unequal and subcordate at base ; flowers often in pairs ; fruit black! 

 Becky Bot. p. 334. Icok, Mx.f. Sylva. 3. tub. 115. 



C. cordata. Pers. Syn. I. p. 292. 



Thick-Leaved Celtis. Vulgo — Hoop Ash, Hack berry. 



Stem 30 to 50 feet high, and 1 to 2 feet in diameter. Leaves 3 to 5 inches long, 

 and 2 to near 3 inches wide, tapering gradually towards the apex, acuminate, ser- 

 rate, serraturts acuminate and somewhat uncinate, base somewhat cordate, pubei* 

 cent-ciliate, unequal, or I lobe much produced, pilose on the nerves beneath, upper 

 surface sparingly pilose, and thickly covered with minute prey glandular dots; 

 petioles half an inch to two thirds of an inch long, nearly smooth. [Flotcere often 

 ia pairs on a common peduncle. Fruit round, about as large as a pea, black whet 

 mature. 3/x./.] 



ffab. Great Valley : near the Warren tavern : rare. Ft* Fr. 



Gbs. This is a rare tree with us, —and has only been found, as yet, in the above 

 Tecality. I am indebted for a knowledge of it to Mr. Joshua Hoopes, who detect- 

 ed it in 1828. I have not had an opportunity to observe either the flowers or fruit. 

 There is evidently some confusion respecting these two species. Dr. Torrcy fays 

 this is smaller than the preceding, and scarcely distinct from it: But ours in 

 greatly larger; and if the fruit be blacky as Mi rhattx says, I think it must be spe- 

 cifically different. I hare no doubt it is the plant intended by Michaux,~*B the 

 leaves correspond exactly with his plate ; though they are smoother, and actually 

 thinner than the full grown leaves of C. occidentals. One or two addittoaal 

 • sf ecies have *cefc enumerated ia the U. States. 



