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serrated leaves, and remarkable catkins. — Truly wild in many 
parts of England although extensively cultivated. P. VII. Hop. 
Tribe III. Ulmea. 
4. Ulmus Linn. 
1. U. campestris (L. :) ; " I. rhomboid-ovate acuminate wedge- 
shaped and oblique at the base always scabrous above doubly 
and irregularly serrated downy beneath : serratures incurved, 
branches wiry slightly corky, when young light brown and pu- 
bescent, fr. oblong deeply cloven naked." Lindl. — E. B. 1886. — 
Height 60 — 80 feet. Habit tall and upright. Fr. oblong-wedge- 
shaped or nearly obovate. — See Loudon's Arboretum Brit, for a 
very full account of the varieties of this and the other species. — 
Southern parts of England. T. IV. V. Small-leaved Elm. 
2. U. suberosa (Ehrh.) ; " I. nearly orbicular acute obliquely 
cordate at the base sharply regularly and doubly serrated always 
scabrous above pubescent beneath hairy in the axils, branches 
spreading bright brown winged with corky excrescences, when 
young very hairy, fr. nearly round deeply cloven naked." Lindl. 
— E. B. 2161.— Height 60—80 or lO'O feet. More spreading 
than the preceding. Leighton says that the edges of the perianth 
are smooth, I find them to be ciliated in specimens from Mr. Bor- 
rer. Fr. with a sinus reaching to the seed. — Common. T. III. 
*3. U. major (Sm.) ; " I. ovate-acuminate very oblique at the 
base sharply doubly and regularly serrated always scabrous above 
pubescent beneath with dense tufts of white hairs in the axils, 
branches spreading light brown winged with corky excrescences, 
when young nearly smooth, fr, obovate slightly cloven naked." 
Lindl.— E. B. 2542.—" Height 50—70 feet." Fr. with a small 
rounded sinus not reaching half-way to the seed. — Hedges. Sup- 
posed to have been introduced from Holland. T. III. Dutch 
Elm. E. 
4. U. carpinifolia (Lindl.); "1. ovate-acuminate coriaceous 
strongly veined simply crenate serrate slightly oblique and cor- 
date at the base shining but rather scabrous above smooth be- 
neath, branches bright brown nearly smooth, fr — Four 
miles from Stratford-on-Avon on the road to Alcester. T." 
Lindl. E. 
5. U. glabra (Mill.) ; " 1. ovate-lanceolate doubly and evenly 
crenate-serrate cuneate and oblique at the base becoming quite 
smooth above smooth or glandular beneath with a few hairs in 
the axils, branches light brown smooth wiry weeping, fr. obovate 
deeply cloven naked." Lindl. — E. B. 2248. — Height 60 — 80 feet. 
Fr. smaller than in the other species, cloven down to the seed. 
Branches spreading, rather drooping. — " /3. glandulosa ; 1. very 
glandular beneath. — y. latifolia ; 1. oblong acute very broad." 
