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ous colour, and arc fucceeded by roundifli three- 

 cornered capfules, of a pale, or yellowifli red co- 

 lour when ripe; which fpread open in three parts, 

 difclofing their feeds after the manner of the Spin- 

 dle Tree. The feeds are hard, oval and covered 

 with a thin red pulp. It makes a very fine appear- 

 ance when covered with ripe fruit. 



C E L T I S. 



The NET TLE- TREE. 



Clafs 23. Order i. Polygamia Monoecia. 



^nPHE Hemaprodite flowers are folitary and fuperior. 



The Empalement is one-leafed, and five-parted; the divi- 

 fions ovate, fpreading and withering. 

 The Coi^olla is wanting. 



Tiie Filaments are five, very lliort, hid by the Antherae, but after 

 the difcharge of the farina, longer. The Anthem are oblong, 

 thickilh, quadrangular, and four-furrowed. 



The Germen is ovate, fharp-pointed, and the length of calyx. 

 The Styles are two, fpreading, varioufly inflexed, awl-lTiaped, 

 very long, and downy on all fides. The Stigmas are fimple. 



The Seed-vejjel is a drupe, roundilTi and of one cell. 



The Seed is a nut, which is roundilli. 



*The Male flowers are in the fame plant, and inferior. 



The Empalement is fix-parted, other wife as the Hermaphrodite > 



1 he Corolla is wanting. 



The Filaments are as in the Hermaphrodite. 



The Species with us^ but one^ viz. 



Celtis occidentalis. American Tellow-fruited 

 Nettle-tree. 



This grows naturally in many parts of North- 

 America. It delights in a rich, moiil foil, in which 

 it becomes a large tree, rifmg with a ftraight ftem, 

 tbe bark of which, in young trees, is fometimes 



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