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ous colour, and are fucceeded by roundifh three- 
cornered capfules, of n pale, or yellowifh red co- 
lour when ripe ; which fpread open in three parts, 
difclofing their feeds after the manner of the Spin- 
dle Tree. The feeds are hard, oval and covered 
with a thin red pulp. It makes a very fine appear- 
ance when covered with ripe fruit. 
C E L T I S. 
The NETTLE-TREE. 
Clafs 23. Order i 8 Polygamia Monoecia. 
* r T 1 HE Hermaprodite flowers are folitary and fuperior. 
A The Empalement is one-Ieafed, and five-parted ; the divi- 
fions ovate, fpreading and withering. 
The Corolla is wanting. 
The Filaments are five, very ihort, hid by the Anthers, but after 
the difcharge of the farina, longer. The Anthem are oblong; 
thickifh, quadrangular, and four-furrowed. 
The Germen is ovate, fharp-pointed, and the length of calyx. 
The Styles are two, fpreading, varioufly indexed, awl- fhaped, 
very long, and downy on all Tides. The Stigmas are Ample. 
The Seed-vejjel is a drupe, roundifh and of one cell. 
The Seed is a nut, which is roundifh. 
*Tbe Male flowers are in the fame plant, and inferior. 
The Empalement is fix-parted, otherwife as the Hermaphrodite : 
The Corolla is wanting. 
The Filaments are as in the Hermaphrodite. 
The Species with us , but one , viz. 
Celtis occidentalism American Yellow-fruited 
Nettle-tree . 
This grows naturally in many parts of North- 
America. It delights in a rich, moiit foil, in which 
it becomes a large tree, rifmg with a ftraight hem, 
the bark of which, in young trees, is fometiines 
fmooth 
