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broad nearly cordate obliqual, petiols and 
nerves pubescent, pedicels, subequal to petiols, 
a small crooked shrub 3 or 4 feet high growing 
on the downs of the sea shores from Long Is- 
land to Chesapeak. It blossoms in May, the 
branches are cinereous and slightly dotted,, 
leaves small uncial. Very near to the next, 
but distinct by locality and acuminate rough, 
leaves. 
562. Celtis ptjmila Raf. C. occid var. pu- 
mila Mg. and some others, but not Pursh nor 
his copists. — Shrubby, procumbent, branehlets* 
slender terete subtomentose, leaves thin ovate 
acute with large equal serratures, base trun- 
cate hardly obliqual trinervate both sides near- 
ly smooth, petiols and nerves hardly pubescent 
— in the Alleghany Mts. from Pennsylvania to 
Virginia. A small low shrub only 2 feet high 
or long. Leaves hardly over one inch, hardly 
acuminate rather acute, very thin and green, 
with very large teeth. This is marked in Col- 
lins Herb, as the real pumila var of Muhlen- 
berg, but it appears that all our 6 shrubby sp. 
must have been blended under this name ; I 
shall now distinguish them properly although 
the synonyms are difficult to fix, owing to all 
copying Pursh rather than describe what they 
saw. The large teeth and truncate base will 
distinguish this from all others besides the pro- 
cumbent stem. 
563. Celtis tenuifolia Raf. (or parvifolia) 
C. pumila Pursh, T. B. &c. C. occid. var. 
tenuif. Lam. Pers. Nuttal? &c — shrubby erect 
branches divaricate, branchlets angular smooth 
leaves uniform ovate acuminate, serrulate in 
the middle, base acute obliqual unequal entire 
trinervate, both sides smooth, pedicels axillary 
