. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions, from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. 4. Ulmus fulva Michx. Slippery, Red or . Moose Elm. Fig. 1542. Ulmus pubeseens Walt. Fl. Car. m. Ulmus fulva Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1: 172. 1803. A tree, with rough gray fragrant bark, maxi- mum height about 70°, and trunk diameter ; twigs , rough-pubescent; branches not corky- winged; bud-scales densely brown-tomentose. Leaves ovate, oval or obovate, ve
. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions, from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. 4. Ulmus fulva Michx. Slippery, Red or . Moose Elm. Fig. 1542. Ulmus pubeseens Walt. Fl. Car. m. Ulmus fulva Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1: 172. 1803. A tree, with rough gray fragrant bark, maxi- mum height about 70°, and trunk diameter ; twigs , rough-pubescent; branches not corky- winged; bud-scales densely brown-tomentose. Leaves ovate, oval or obovate, very rough with short papillae above, pubescent beneath, sharply doubly serrate, acuminate at the apex, obtuse, inequilateral and commonly cordate at the base, 4'-8' long, 2'~2Y wide; flowers fascicled; pedi- cels 2"-3" long, spreading, jointed near the base; calyx-lobes lanceolate, subacute; samara oval- orbicular, 6"-g" long, pubescent over the seed, otherwise glabrous, the margins not ciliate, retuse. In woods, on hills and along streams, Quebec to North Dakota, Florida and Texas. Wood hard, strong, compact, durable; color dark reddish-brown; weight per cubic foot 43 lbs. Foliage and mucilagi- nous inner bark very fragrant in drying. March- April. Indian or sweet elm. Rock-elm. 5. Ulmus serotina Sargent. Red Elm. Fig- 1543- Ulmus serotina Sargent, Bot. Gaz. 27: 92. 1899. A tree, reaching a maximum height of about 500 with a trunk diameter up to 3°, the bark thin, shallowly fissured, light brown, the young twigs smooth or nearly so. Leaves ovate to obovate, acuminate, 2-4' long,' pubescent on the veins beneath, rather coarsely serrate, firm in texture but thin; flowers in short racemes in the axils of leaves of the season; calyx-lobes(spatulate; samara oblong to elliptic, stalked, s"-6" long, fringed with long white hairs. Banks and bluffs, Kentucky to Georgia and Ala- bama. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page i
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