This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1916 Excerpt: ...a more or less vase-shaped outline. b. Leaves usually rough above, but smooth beneath, with petioles glabrous; bark of trunk gray, deeply fissured into broad, scaly ridges; inner bark not mucilaginous....U. americana, p. 133. bb. Leaves usually rough both sides, with petioles hairy; bark of trunk dark red-brown, ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1916 Excerpt: ...a more or less vase-shaped outline. b. Leaves usually rough above, but smooth beneath, with petioles glabrous; bark of trunk gray, deeply fissured into broad, scaly ridges; inner bark not mucilaginous....U. americana, p. 133. bb. Leaves usually rough both sides, with petioles hairy; bark of trunk dark red-brown, shallowly fissured into large, loose plates; inner bark mucilaginous.U. fulva, p. 131. WINTER KEY TO THE SPECIES OF ULMUS a. Buds conspicuously rusty-tomentose; twigs more or less pubescent; inner bark very mucilaginous when chewed....U. fulva, p. 131. aa. Buds not conspicuously rusty-tomentose; twigs glabrous; inner bark not mucilaginous. b. Bundle-scars usually 3; buds % inch long, glabrous; twigs without corky ridges; outline of tree vase-shaped, U. americana, p. 133 bb. Bundle-scars usually 4-6 in a curved line; buds % inch long, somewhat pilose; twigs often with corky ridges; outline of tree narrow-oblong U. racemosa, p. 135. URTICACEAE Slippery Elm. Bed Elm Ulmus fulva Michx. Ulmus pubescens Walt. Habit.--A medium-sized tree 40-60 feet high, with a short trunk 1-2 feet in diameter; spreading branches form a broad, open, flattopped crown. Leaves.--Alternate, simple, 4-7 inches long, about one-half as broad; ovate-oblong; coarsely doubly serrate; thick and firm; dark green and rough above, paler and somewhat rough beneath; petioles short, stout, hairy. Flowers.--April, before the leaves; mostly perfect; borne on short pedicels in crowded fascicles; calyx campanulate, 5-9-lobed, green, hairy; corolla 0; stamens 5-9, with dark red anthers; stigmas 2, reddish purple. Fruit.--May; semi-orbicular, 1-seeded samaras, short-stalked in dense clusters; seed cavity brown-tomentose; wings smooth, nearly % inch long. Winter-buds.--Terminal bud absent; latera...
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