TAA i.3.2.45

                                                                                                  33.

                                 Ulmus nitens Moench. <[>Ulmaceae<]>; Smooth-leaved Elm.

          Pieces of wood used for the nave, radial bars and felloes 

of a wheel. These have been identified as Elm, and are very 

similar in structure to the wood of the Common or English Elm 

(Ulmus campestris L.), but are probably that of U. nitens.

          The timber of the latter species is hard and tough (Elwes/<.>), 

and would, no doubt, be suitable for the same purposes as the 

wood of the Common Elm, one of the uses of the wood of the 

latter being in wheel-wright work, especially for the naves of 

wheels (Stone, Boul.).

          Ulmus nitens occurs in Central West and South Europe, 

Algeria, Asia Minor, Caucasus, Armenia/<Caucasus, Armenia and> Persia, etc. (Elw.).

                   no. 332.