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76. CANNABINACEiE. — 77. ULMACE.E. 
Order LXXVI. CANNABINACE.E. 
Fl. dioecious ; fern, in catkins. Perianth inferior, of 5 sepals 
in male, open and scale-like in female flower. Stam. 5, on base 
of perianth. Ovary free. Ovule solitary. Styles 2, long. — 
AVith stipules. 
1, HuMULUS. Fem. fl. open nearly fiat, 2 together. 
1. HifMULUS Linn. Hop. 
1. //. Lirpulus (L.) — E. B. 427. — Known by its long twin- 
ing stems, opposite rough 3 — 5-lobed serrate leaves : ovoid or 
globular ripe fem. catkins with ovate scales. Male fl. in loose 
panicles. — A true native in the south of England. P. VII. E. 
Order LXXVI I. ULMACE^. 
Fl. bisexual, not in catkins. Perianth inferior, bellshaped, 
3 — 8-cleft, imbricate. Stam. definite in number, inserted in 
tube of perianth and opposite to its lobes. Ovary free. 1 — 2- 
celled ; ovules solitary. Styles 2. Fr. not bursting. With 
deciduous stipules. 
1. Ulmus. Perianth bellshaped, 4 — 5-cleft, persistent. 
Stam. 5. Styles 2. Caps, compressed, wings all round. — 
Fl. before the leaves, clustered ; ped. short. 
1. Ul'jhjs Linn. Elm. 
1. U. rampes'tris (L. em., Bab.) ; 1. shortly acuminate more 
or less doubly serrate, ped. short, fl. 4 — 5-fid, lobes ciliate, fr. 
obovate or oblong notched, seed-cavity chiefly above the middle 
of fr. and near the notch. — a. U . campestris (L. eni. Mill.); 1. 
asperous above pubescent beneath. E. B. 1886,^ 2161. — ^. U. 
niteus (M.\\c\\.). U. f;/a.6m (Mill.) : 1. rather coriaceous shining 
nearly or quite smooth above glabrous except in the axils 
of the veins beneath, young 1. stiji. and fr. with subsessik' 
glands. E. B. 2248. U. stricin, (Lindl.) which has rigid erect 
close branches is a form of this variety. — a. Throughout 
England. /3. South of England and Ireland. T. III.— V. 
Common Elm. E. I. 
2. U. glabra (Huds. em., Groves) ; 1. much acuminate doubly 
serrate asperous above rather downy beneath, pod. short, fl. 5 — 7- 
fid, lobes ciliate,fr. oblong or roundish notclxdA^seed-cavity chiefly 
belov the middle of fr. and, distant from the notch. — E.B. 1887. 
' Tliis figure is U. saliva (Mill,). 
