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Genus CELTIS, Linn. — Part 1

Valuable shade trees. Leaves simple, 3-nerved, serrate. Flowers polygamo-monoecious, axillary, small. Fruit sweet, succulent berry.

A. Leaves coarsely and sharply serrate; fruit large.

(C. occidentalis) HACKBERRY

AA. Leaves entire or obscurely serrate; fruit small.

(C. Mississippiensis) SUGARBERRY