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, Pursh. Flor. Amer. vol. i. p. 200. Mich. Arbr. Forest, de I'Amer. Sept. vol. vi. p. 275. Pl. 5.—, Linn., Juss.

Twigs winged on two opposite sides with a corky substance; leaves oblongo-oval, acute, nearly equal at the base; fruit downy and ciliated. This species of Elm occurs only in the Southern States, where it grows by the sides of rivers and in marshes. It attains a height of from thirty to forty feet.