The North American sylva; or, A description of the forest trees of the United States, Canada and Nova ScotiaConsidered particularly with respect to their use in the arts and their introduction into commerceTo which is added a description of the most useful of the European forest trees .. . re smooth, of a thin consistence, and remarkable for the great length of their acuminated points, of an ovate or ovate-lanceolate form, subtended by deciduous stipules, and at first pubescent beneath, particularly along the large vessels or veins; at length almost absolutely smooth, at no time scabrous eithe
The North American sylva; or, A description of the forest trees of the United States, Canada and Nova ScotiaConsidered particularly with respect to their use in the arts and their introduction into commerceTo which is added a description of the most useful of the European forest trees .. . re smooth, of a thin consistence, and remarkable for the great length of their acuminated points, of an ovate or ovate-lanceolate form, subtended by deciduous stipules, and at first pubescent beneath, particularly along the large vessels or veins; at length almost absolutely smooth, at no time scabrous either above or beneath, and wholly entire on the margin. The length is about from three to three and a half inches by one to one and a half wide. The obliquity of the base varies according to the position of the leaf on the branch: those first developed are nearly equal at base, and of a lanceolate form; the later ones are larger, wider, and more oblique. The flowers are as usual; the males about three together toward the base of the branch, the females solitary and axillary, coming out with the opening leaves. The stamens are from five to seven. The margin of the calyx-segments is pubescent, but smooth, narrower, and more deeply divided in C. OccidentaUs, to which this species148 Loryf UaredJfM^letree .Mu-vculier a Jotuiuea feiuZlef. THIN-LEAVED NETTLE TREE. 149 bears a close affinity. The berry is of a brownish yellow, on ashort peduncle. PLATE XL. A branch of the natural size. THIN-LEAVED NETTLE TREE. Celtis tenuifolia. Foliis lato-ovatis acuminatis subcequaliier serratlshasi incequalibus subcordatis utrinque glabriusculis junioribus jnibescenti-bus, calycibus laciniis cucullaiis erosis ciliatis, fructibus solitariis.—Nutt.,Gen. Am., i. p. 202. Celtis Occidentalis, /9? tenuifolia.—Lam., Encyc. Bot., pp. 137, , Synops., i. p. 292. Celtis Occidentalis.—Darlington, Flora Cestrica, p. 180. Celtis j^umila.—Pursii, Flor. Bor. Am., i. p. 200 and 201. This speci
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