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76. TJXMACE^. 77. AMENTIFEE^, 
Order LXXVI. ULMACE^. 
Fl. perfect, not in catkins. Perianth inferior, bellshaped, 
3 — 8-cleft, imbricate. Stam. definite in number, inserted at the 
base of the perianth and opposite to its segments. Ovary free, 
1 — ^2-celled ; ovules solitary. Stigmas 2. Fr. not bursting. 
1. Ulmus. Fl. perfect. Perianth bellshaped, 4 — 5-cleft, 
persistent. Stam. 5. Styles 2. Caps, compressed, winged 
all round. — Fl. before the leaves^ clustered ; ped. short. 
1, IJL'Mtrs Linn. Elm. 
1. U. suherSsa (Ehrh.) ; 1. shortly acuminate more or less 
doubly serrate, ped. short, fl. 4 — 5-fid, lobes ciliate, fr. obovate 
or oblong notched, seed-cavity chiefiy above the middle of fr. a?id 
near the notch. — U. campestris (L.) includes this species and 
Sp, 2. — a. U. campestris (Sm.) ; 1. asperous above pubescent 
beneath. E. B. 1886. U. suberosa E. B. 2161.— ^. U. glabra 
(Sm.) ; 1. rather coriaceous shining nearly or quite smooth 
above glabrous except in the axils of the veins beneath, young 
1. stip. and fr. with subsessile glands. E. B. 2248. U. stricta 
(Lindl.) which has rigid erect close branches is a form of this 
variety. — a. Throughout England. ^. South of England and 
Ireland. T. III.— V. Common Elm. E. I. 
2. U. montdna (With.) ; 1. much acuminate doubly serrate 
asperoiLs above rather downy beneath, ped. short, fl. 5 — 7-fid, 
lobes ciliate, fr. oblong or roundish notched, secd-cavity chiefly 
below the middle of fr. and distant from the notch. — E. B. 1887. 
U, major Sm,, E. B. 2542? — Branches large, spreading. L. 
broad. Fr. Hoplike. — Woods and hedges. T. HI. IV. Wych 
Elm. E. S. I. 
Order LXXVII. AMENTIFEE.E. 
Fl. monoecious or dioecious, rarely perfect. Barren fl. capitate 
or in catkins ; sometimes with a menibranous perianth. F'ertile 
fl. clustered, solitary or in catkins. Ovary usually simple. Stigmas 
1 or more. Fruit as many as the ovaries, bony or membranous. 
Albumen usually wanting. Embryo straight or curved, plain. 
Eadicle mostly superior. — Young leaves with stipules. — For 
figures of the genera see G. F. G. MonocM. 
Tribe! SALICINEM. Fl. all in catkins. Fr. naked, 2-valved, 
1-celled, niiiny-seeded. Seeds erect, hairy. 
1. Salix. Catkins consisting of imbricate entire scales. 
Stam. 1 — 5. Fr. a 1-celled pod with 1 — 2 glands at its 
base. Perianth 0. 
