ulmaceæ

pl. [Mod. Lat. ulm (us) (q. v.); Lat. fem.pl. adj. suff. -aceӕ.] Bot .: Elmworts; an order of Perigynous Exogens, alliance Rhamnales. Trees or shrubs, with alternate, rough, generally deciduous leaves, each hav. ing at its base a pair of deciduous stipules; flowers loosely clustered, never in perfect or polygamous catkins; calyx membranous, inferior, campanulate, irregular; petals none; stamens definite; stigmas two, distinct; ovary two-celled, each with a solitary pendulous ovule; fruit one or two celled, membranous or drupaceous; seed solitary. Natives of northern, and of mountainous parts in southern Asia, of Europe, and of North America. Known genera nine, species sixty ( Lindley ); genera three or four, species about eighteen ( Sir J. Hooker ). IMG:content-1643.png:[blocks in formation] ulmeæ ul-mě-æ, s. pl. [Lat. ulm (us); Mod. Lat. fem. pl. adj. suff. -eœ.] Bot.: The typical tribe of Ulmaceae (q. v.). Ovary two-celled, ovules anatropous.