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MONOECIA TRIANDRIA® 
vata. Nux raonosper- 1 one-seeded, coriace- 
ma, coriacea, squamu- ous, scaly. 
losa. 
1. Aquatica. Walt. 
Sp. pi. 4. p. 9 67* Mich. 2. p. 248. Pursh, 1. p. 115. Nutt. 1. p. 202. 
Planera Ulmifolia. Mich. arb. for. 283. 
Anon, aquatic. Walt. p. 230. 
A small tree generally about twenty-five to thirty feet high, twelve to fif- 
teen inches in diameter, branches slender, virgate. Leaves ovate, acute, ser- 
rate, slightly scabrous on short petioles. Flowers monoecious, expanding 
before the leaves. Sterile florets in small sessile clusters near the extremity 
of the last year’s wood. Stamens longer than the calyx, 3 — 4 or 5. Fertile 
florets SQlitary, or in small clusters intermingled with the sterile. Nut ovate, 
one-celled, not winged, but covered with loose ovate scales. 
Grows along the margin of river swamps; most common in the middle 
districts of Carolina and Georgia. 
Flowers March. 
CELTIS. Gen. Pl. 1591. 
Masculi. Calyx 5 — 
6 partitus. Corolla 0. 
Stamina 5 — 6. 
Hermaphroditic Ca- 
lyx 5-partitus. Corolla 
0. Stamina 5. Styli 2. 
Drupa , 1 sperma. 
1. Occidentals. 
C. foliis ovatis, acu- 
minatis, serratis, basi 
inaequalibus, supra sca- 
bris, subtus hirtis. 
Sp. pl. 4. p. 994. Walt. p. 250. 
Nutt. 1. p. 202. 
Mich. arb. for. 3. p. 225. 
Sterile Jlorets. Calyx 
5 — 6 parted. Corolla 
0. Stamens 5 — 6. 
Herm. florets. Calyx 
5-parted. Corolla 0. 
Stamens 5. Styles 2. 
Drupe 1 seeded. 
Leaves ovate, acu- 
minate, serrate, une- 
qual at base, scabrous 
on the upper surface, 
hairy underneath. 
Mich. 2. p. 249. Pursh, 1. p. 200, 
