Description
'Myrtifolia' was described as having leaves ovate or rhombic-ovate to oblong-ovate, 2 to 5 cm long with nearly simple teeth, loosely pilose on both sides. The specimen under this name in the Herb. Nicholson at Kew was considered by Melville to be probably either Ulmus carpinifolia (: minor) × plotii or Ulmus × hollandica.
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