Bergen's botany, key and floraNorthern and central states ed . the wing smooth. Innerbark very fragrant when dried, and a popular domestic remedy.* 2. U. campestris L. English Elm. A large tree, with short,rather upright or ascending branches. Leaves not bilaterally sym-metrical, oval, acute or sometimes a little taper-pointed, doubly ELM FAMILY 63 serrate, 3-4 in. long. Flowers in close clusters with very short pedi-cels. Fruit obovate-elliptical, with a fissure extending ahnost to theseed, nearly smooth and not ciliate. Considerably planted as a shadetree and rarely escaped from cultivation.
Bergen's botany, key and floraNorthern and central states ed . the wing smooth. Innerbark very fragrant when dried, and a popular domestic remedy.* 2. U. campestris L. English Elm. A large tree, with short,rather upright or ascending branches. Leaves not bilaterally sym-metrical, oval, acute or sometimes a little taper-pointed, doubly ELM FAMILY 63 serrate, 3-4 in. long. Flowers in close clusters with very short pedi-cels. Fruit obovate-elliptical, with a fissure extending ahnost to theseed, nearly smooth and not ciliate. Considerably planted as a shadetree and rarely escaped from cultivation. Very varial)le, one varietywith thick ridges of cork on the twigs. 3. U. americana L. White Elm, A large tree with gray bark,drooping branches, and smooth or slightly downy twigs. Leaves ovalor obovate, abruptly taper-pointed at the apex, obtuse and oblique atthe base, slightly rough above, soft-downy or soon smooth in close fascicles; pedicels slender, smooth. Fruit oval orobovate, with 2 sharp teeth bending toward each other at the apex;.. Fig. 12. Ulimis campestris A, a flowering twig; B, a flower; C, longitudinal section of a flower; D,fruit. (A, D, natural size; B, C, enlarged.) (After Wossidlo) wing reticulate-veined, downy on the margin. In moist, rich widely planted ornamental tree ; wood strong but warping badly,and not durable when exposed.* 4. U. racemosa Thomas. Cork Elm, Rock Elm. A large tree 80-100 ft. high, with the young twigs somewhat downy; the branchesoften with ridges of cork. Leaves much as in U. aniericana, butsmaller and less sharply serrate. Flowers racemed, on thread-likepedicels. Fruit oval, downy on the surface and densely rich soil, especially along river banks. A highly valuable timbertree. 5. U. alata ]\Iichx. Winged Elm. A small tree with branchescorky-winged. Leaves small, ovate-lanceolate, acute, sharply serrate,,base nearly equal-sided, rough above, downy beneath, nearly sessile 64 KEY AND FLORA Flowers in sm
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