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- NEW SYLVA 
solitary axillary, pedicels longer than petiols— 
a small tree 15 to 25 feet high, discovered 1816 
in the State of New York, near the Mattawan 
Mts. it blossoms in April and May, the branch- 
es are spreading, covered with glandular dots. 
Torrey insisted that this was the C . occidenta- 
ls of Linneus, and yet believes it perhaps, 
therefore I will give the contrasted account of 
that sp. from my specimens, confirmed by the 
ample descriptions of Lamark, Smith and El- 
liot. 
553. Celtis occidentalis L. and Authors. 
C. urticifolia Raf. a better name — tree, bark 
rimose, branchlets pubescent angular not dot- 
ted, leaves ovate acuminate subequaly uncinate 
serrate trinervate, base acute entire obliqual 
unequal, young leaves villose,old leaves smooth 
even above, beneath quite pubescent, petiols 
pubescent, fruit purple globular solitary axilla- 
ry, on pedicels subequal or shorter than petiols. 
— -A large tree 30 to 70 feet high, spread thin- 
ly from New England to Carolina, flowering in 
March and April.— Thus it differs from the 
last by the bark branches, being larger, quite 
pubescent, leaves also larger 3 to 5 inches long, 
fruit sweeter dark purple, Elliot says the sterile 
flowers are frequently ternate. The C* aus- 
tralis of Europe hardly differs except by 
rougher leaves and black fruit. The C. tenu- 
ifolia , pumila, alba &c had all been deemed 
varieties of this by turns, and even Nuttal deems 
the C . cor data as such! they might as well unite 
all the sp. of Asia and the Antilles into one! 
554. Celtis alba Raf. fl. lud. 68. Yar. in- 
tegrifolia of Amer. Authors, not the C. integrif. 
of Lamark, african sp. — Tree with smooth bark 
