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Flma'cete. CE'LTIS.

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Commercial Statistics. In English nurseries, the plants, being little known,are sold for 2s. Cd. each, and upwards; but, if in demand, the price would notbe higher than that of grafted elms, or about Is. each. At Bollwyller, plantsare 1 franc 50 cents each.

i 2. P. Gme'linj Michx. Gmelin’s Plnnera.

Identification. Michx. FI. Bor. Araer, 2. p.248.; Dcsf. Hist, ties Arbres ot Arbriss., 2. p. 446.Synmi/mcs. P. wlmifblia Michx. Arb. Amer., 3. p. 283. t. 7 , North Amer. Si/tva, 3. p. 100. t. 130., N.Du Ham. Arb., 7. p. 65. t. 21.; P. aquatica Willd. Sp. PL, 4. p. 967., Pursh FI. Amcr. Sept., 1.p. 115.; Anonymus aquaticus arbor, See., Walt. Carol., 230.

Engravings. Michx. Arb. Amer., t. 7.; North Amer. Sylva, 3. t. 130. ; Du Ham. Arb., ed. nov., 7-t. 21.; and our Jig. 1251.

Spec. Char.,£fc. Flowers in heads, opening before the leaves are protruded,and borne on branches or branchlets developed in some previous year.Leaf with an obvious petiole, and a disk ovate-acuininate, equal at the base,and serrate. A shrub, or low tree, even inits native country, rarely more than 20 ft.or 30 ft. high, and with the diameter of thetrunk from 12 in. to 15 in. The flowersappear before the leaves, at the ends of thebranches, in globose heads, and upon veryshort footstalks : they are small, of a green-ish brown colour, and not at all conspi-cuous. The fruit becomes brown before theleaves fall: it is small, oval, inflated, andrough: the seed is minute. The leaf ismuch smaller than that of P. Richardi, andresembles that of CTlmus campestris, exceptin being serrated with equal teeth; it is ofa lively green on the upper surface, and greyon the under one. This species is a nativeof North America , where it is found inKentucky, Tennessee , the banks of theMississippi , and throughout the southernstates. It is particularly abundant in thelarge swamps on the borders of the riverSavannah in Georgia . The wood of thistree, according to Michaux, “ is hard, strong, and seemingly proper forvarious uses.” It is, however, not used for any purpose in America ; andthe tree is so little esteemed, that it has not received any popular name.It was introduced into Britain in 1816, but is rare in collections; thoughit might be readily multiplied by grafting on the elm. There are plants atMessrs. Loddiges’s. -The price, in New York , is 1 dollar per plant.

, 'J'- Abelicea Schultes {Room, et Schult. Si/st. Peg., 6. p. 304., the Abelfcea of Clusius) is supposedrni o° t * 1 * s S enus - It is described by Clusius as being a large upright tree, with a branchy head,oundish deeply serrated leaves, and greenish black fruit, about the size of a grain of pepper. TheCrOe 18 u‘h re ddish, and possesses somewhat of the fragrance of sandal wood. It is a native ofCrete , on the mountains ; but has not yet been introduced.

Genus III.

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CE'LTIS Tourn. The Celtis, or Nettle Tree. Lin. Syst. PolygamiaMonoe'cia, or Pentandria Digynia.

d ourn - quoted by T. Nees ab Esenbeck , in his Gen. Pi. FI. Germ., fasc. 3. t. 4.DeriJnt* eS ' -TA? tus °f Lobel and other authors; Micocoulier, Fr .; Ziingelbauin , Ger.and th° n ' it P ame .°f Celtis is said to refer to the tree having been known to the ancient Celts ;nettle (Urtlc) ° n °* ^ Tett ^ e ^ ,i:ee relates to the similarity of the leaves to those of some kioi of

Description. Handsome, much branched, deciduous trees, natives ofurope and North America , varying in size and foliage, but all bearing fruit,

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