/mninate ; roughish above, in some instances glabrous ; disk of
leaf m. to 2 in. long. Louisiana.
Very hardy and ornamental ; and it possesses the property of keeping on
all Its leaves very late, and then, like the other species, dropping them all
n i l . C. occidentàlis.
a t once, so th a t they may be swept away a t one time for litter. C occiden
tabs IS readily known from C. austràlis by its leaves being larger and o f a
ighter and more shming groen, and its wood being o f a lighter colour in win-
ter. I h e leaves also die off sooner, and o f a brighter yellow, than those o fth e
Europe an species. I t is more hardy, and is readily propagated by layers o-- by
seeds m any common sod. - » i o j i
Ÿ 7. C. CRASSIFÒ LIA Lam. The thick-leaved Celtis, or Hachbcrry.
Identification. Lam. Encycl., 4. p. 132, ; Pursh Sept.. 1. p. 200
Synonymes. C. cordifòlia L'Hérit. Hort. Par. ; C. cordata Desfont t o ,v aao tr ,
Hoop.ash, Amer.; Micocoulier à Feuilles on Coeur Pr • • 2. p. 448., Hagberry or
Engravings. Michx. North Amer. Sylva, 3. t. 115, : N. Du Ham
2. t. 9. ; and ourfig. 1412.
Spcc. Char., 4c. Leaves with disks ovate-acumi-
nate, 6 in. long, 3 in. to i in. broad ; heart-shaped,
auricled and unequal a t the base; serrated with
unequal teeth, rath er leathery, rough on both
surfaces. Flowers 1—2 upon th e peduncle.
Young branches downy. Bark red brown.
Leaves 5 in. long, o r more. Petioles slightly
hairy, 3—fi lines long. Flowers much like those
o f C. austràlis, u|)on slender peduncles ; th e peduncles
o f th e fruit longer than the petioles.
F ru it o f the size o f th e bird-cherry. (Lamarck.)
A deciduous tree, nearly allied to C. occidentàlis.
Virginia, Kentucky, and Tennessee, on the banks
of rivers, and in valleys in fertile soil. Iieight
20 ft. to 30 ft. Introduced in 1812. Flowers
greenish ; May. Fruit black ; ripe in October.
M12. C. crassifòlia.
8. C. læviga'ta WUld. The glabrous-fcciaeii Celtis, or Nettle Tree.
Sirnonmncs. Sprengel has suggested, in the Index to his Syst. Veg.,
that glabnltais the epithet litter for thi.s species than lævigata:
stabràia signifies rendered, or become, bald ; lavigata, rendered
perfectly even in surface. . . , , ,
Engraving. O u r /g . 1413. from a specimen in the Museum ot the
Jardin dcs Plantes.
Spec. Char., 4c. Leaves ovate-lanceolate, .subcor-
date at the base, nearly entire; glabrous on the
upper surface ; roughish upon the veins on the
under one. (WT//Z) Louisiana. A very doubtful
species. Not yet introduced.
âfe 9. C. p u 'm i l a Ph. The dwarf Celtis, or Nettle
Tree.
Identification. Pursh Fl. Amer.
Sept., 1. p. 200. J Koem. et Schult.
Syst. Veg., 6. p. 307. ? C. áspera.
Engraving. Our Jig. 1414. from a
specimen in Sir W. J . Hooker’s
herbarium. 1413. C. ItevigiMa.
Spec. Char., c§-c. Leaves
ovate, acuminate, serrate with equal teeth ; unequal
at the base; downy while young, afterwards
nearly glabrous
on both surfaces.
Flowers 3 upon
a peduncle. Fruit
solitary, ovate.
(Pursh.) A small
straggling deciduous
bush. Maryland
1414. C. piimiln.
and Virginia, ou the banks of rivers.
Height?, introd. iu 1812. Flowers greenish;
May. Fruit black ; ripe in October.
C. orientàlis Lin. (K. Mai., 4. t. 40. ; and
our Jig. 1415,) is a native ofthe Himalayas ;
introducedin 1820. In foliage it resembles
C. occidentàlis; but we have only seen a
very small plant of it, against a wall, in the
llorticultural Society’s Garden.
1115. C. ürientàlU.
Willd. Enum. Suppl., p. 08. ; Willd. Biiuraz., p. 81 ; Koem. et Schult Syst. Veg..
O r d e r LXVII. JU G LA N D A 'C E ^ .
O l iD . C h a u . FUnvcrs unisexual.— Malef owers disposed in aments, each with a
scale-like oblitiiie, or 2- or 6-lobed, perianth. Stamens hypogynous, indefinite.
Anthers innate.— Female fiowers having a double or single periantii,^
which adheres to tlic ovarium ; the outer one 4-cleft, and the inner oi
4 separate parts, when ])resent. Ovarmm 1-celled, ovule erect. Styles
1—2, or wanting. Drupe fleshy, containing a i-celled, 2—4-valved,
ragged nut. Enihryo with cerebriform convolutions, more or less 4-lobed,
covered by a meiiibranous testa. (G. Don.)
Lcavcs compound, alternate, exstipulate, deciduous; with many leaflets.
Flowers axillarv, thc males in catkins, and the females sessile, or on short
stalks. — Tree^, decidnous ; natives of Asia and North America; propagated
by seeds. The genera are three, whicli are thus contradistinguished : —
Ju'oLANS L . Flowers monoecious. Stamens nimierous. Covering of the nut
in 1 jiicce.
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