ULMUS. 
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shaped and oblique at the base always scabrous above doubly 
and irregularly serrated downy beneath ; serratures incurvecl, 
branches wiry slightly corky, when young light brown and pu- 
bescent, /r. oblong deeply cloven naked.” Lindl. — E. B. 188b. — 
Height ()0 — 80 feet. Habit tall and upright. Fr. oblong-wedge- 
shape.ll or nearly ohovate. — 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.) ; “ 1. nearly orbicular acute obliquely 
cordate at the base sharply regularly and doubly serrated always 
scabrous above j)ubescent beneath hairy in the axils, branches 
s])reading bright brown winged with corky excrescences, when 
young very hairy, /r. nearly round deeply cloven naked.” Lindl. 
— E. B. 21bl. — Ileight bO — 80 or 100 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. HI. 
*3. U. major (Sm.) ; “ 1. 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. In- 
troduced from Holland ? T. HI. Dutch Elm. E. 
4. U. carpinifolia (Lindl.); “1. ovate-acuminate coriaceous 
strongly veined simply crenate serrate slightly oblique and cordate 
at the base shining but rather scabrous above smooth beneath, 
branches bright brown nearly smooth, fr — Four miles from 
Stratford-on-Avon on the road to Aleester. T.” Lindl. E. 
5. U. glabra (Mill.); “1. ovate-lanceolate doubly and evenly 
crenate-serrate cuneate and pblique at the base becoming quite 
smooth above smooth or glandular beneath with a few hairs in 
the axils, branches light brown smooth wiry w eeping, _/V. 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. — “ S- glandulosa ; 1. very 
glandular beneath. — y. latifolia; 1. oblong acute very broad.” 
Lindl. — Woods and hedges ; near Ludlow. Lindl. y. West 
Hatch, Essex. Mr. E. Forster. T. HI. E. 
6. U. stricta (Lindl.); “1. obovate cuspidate cuneate at the 
base evenly and nearly doubly crenate-serrate strongly veined 
coriaceous very smooth and shining above smooth beneath with 
hairy axils, branches bright brown smooth rigid erect very com- 
pact, fr — (3. parvifolia ; 1. much smaller less oblique at 
