OF NOkTil AMERICA. 
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branchlets tomentose, smooth when older sub- 
angular dotted, leaves broadly lanceolate entire 
gradualy acute, base acute obliqual unequal 
trinervate, quite smooth on both sides, glaucous 
above, nerves reticulate beneath, fruits red 
small globular solitary or tern ate, axillary on 
pedicels equal to petiols — a very distinct spe- 
cies, well described and named by me as early 
as 1817, neglected by our compilers ; I have 
specimens collected in Arkanzas by Nuttal as 
a N. sp. or mistaken for the C. integrifolia of 
Senegal, which is totaly unlike having round 
and rough leaves &c. It grows in Missouri, 
Arkanzas, Louisiana and Texas. Fine shady 
tree 40 feet high, bark whitish and scaly, cool- 
ing and anodyne. Leaves 2 or 3 inches long, 
one wide, of a whitish color, being glaucous 
above, while beneath less so, flowers small 
green; anthers opening as in Laurus says 
Robin, 2 hairy stigmas. Berries small red 
sweet. Blossoms in March. 
555. Celtis fuscata. Raf. C. longifolia 
Raf. fl. tex. 9. Tree, branchlets smooth suban- 
gular verrucose, leaves smooth oblong lanceo- 
late acuminate trinervate, fuscate base acute 
obliqual unequal, margin equaly serrate, be- 
neath reticulate, pedicels equal to petiols — a 
small tree from Florida, Texas and also the 
Island of Cuba, where collected by Jalambic : 
quite distinct from the rough leaved sp. of the 
Antilles with broad or cordate leaves. Some 
of the leaves are broadly lanceolate, others quite 
narrow, commonly 2 inches long, their color is 
peculiar brownish, dark above, yellowish be- 
neath. My specimens have no fruit. Found 
anonymous in Collins Herbarium. Var, tex - 
ensis was my C. longifolia of 1833 only differ- 
