CELTIS HELLERI n. sp.
A much branched, wide spreading tree, sometimes 10 meters tall with a maximum trunk diameter of 1.5 meters. Bark of the trunk and main branches with numerous corky warts ; leaves rather firm, the blades ovate to oblong, 4-7 cm. long, obtuse or acute, crenate-serrate, especially above the middle, rounded or subcordate at the base, deep-green and scabrous-pubescent above, pale and tomentose beneath, slightly inequilateral, oblique at the base ; petioles stout, 3-4 mm. long, tomentose ; pedicels sparingly pubescent, curved, 1-1.5 cm. long ; drupe subglobose, 7-9 mm. in
diameter, light-brown, translucent, smooth and shining ; seeds globose, strongly 4-ribbed, prominently reticulated.
In dry ground near San Antonio, Texas.
A rather low tree with a short stout trunk varying from .5-1.5 meters in diameter, and a wide spreading top. The branches are numerous and bulky. The original specimens were gathered by Mr. Heller from trees growing in a strip of woodland between the city of San Antonio and the San Antonio River, Texas, no. 1587.