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There is, however, a tree of this species in the Kew Collection, which is marked “Aitchison” on the label, and was probably raised from seeds sent by Aitchison from Afghanistan, about the year 1881. (A.H.)
CELTIS GLABRATA
- Celtis glabrata, Steven, ex Planchon, in Ann. Sc. Wat. sér. 3, x. 285 (1848).
- Celtis Tournefortii, Lamarck, var. glabrata, Boissier, Fl. Orient, iv. 1157 (1879).
A shrub or small tree. Young branchlets with a minute scattered pubescence. Leaves (Plate 267, Fig. 10), about 2 inches long, 14 inch broad, quite glabrous, ovate, unequal and rounded or broadly cuneate at the base, acute or very shortly acuminate at the apex, coarsely serrate except near the base; upper surface bluish green, roughened with minute papilla; lower surface lighter green in colour ; punctate with numerous translucent minute dots, when viewed with a lens ; petiole glabrous, 4 inch. Fruit pedicels about an inch. Drupes globose, reddish brown.
This species occurs in Asia Minor, in Lycia and Cilicia, and in the Caucasus. Schneider doubts if it has been introduced into cultivation; but there is at Kew a small tree, undoubtedly of this species. C. Tournefortit, Lamarck, a closely allied species, occurring in Sicily, Greece, and Asia Minor, is mentioned by Loudon, as having been introduced into England in 1739, and cultivated in 1838 in the London Horticultural Society’s Garden ; but I have seen no specimens in this country. (A.H.)
CELTIS DAVIDIANA
- Celtis Davidiana, Carritre, Rev. Hort. 1868, p. 300.
- Celtis Bungeana, Blume (in part); Hemsley, Journ. Linn. Soc. (Bot.) xxvi. 449 (1894).
- Celtis sinensis, Persoon (in part); Maximowicz, A@é/. Bzol. ix. 27 (1872); Bretschneider, Botanicon Sinicum, i. 117 (1882).
A small tree. Young branchlets slightly pubescent. Leaves (Plate 267, Fig. 11), about 2} inches long, 14 inch broad, ovate or ovate-lanceolate, base rounded, contracted above into a short acuminate apex, rarely entire, usually slightly toothed in the upper third; glabrous and shining on both surfaces, dark green above, light green beneath, punctate when viewed with a lens; petiole 4 inch, pubescent. Fruit-pedicels, slender, ¾ inch long. Drupes small, ovoid, black in colour.
This species occurs in north China, in the hills around Peking, and in the mountains of the province of Shingking ; and was found by me growing as a small tree, about 20 feet in height, in the mountains of Hupeh. It has been confused with two other Chinese species, C. Bungeana’ and C. sinensis,’ which do not appear to be in cultivation in Europe. It is readily distinguishable from all the other cultivated species by the very shining glabrous leaves; and is a very distinct and handsome tree.
1 Blume, Mus. Bot. Ludg. Bat. ii. 71 (1852).
2 Persoon, Syn. Pl. i. 292 (1805).