844 TILIACEAE 
pubescent without, long silky withim at the base, three-fourths as long as the 
elliptie, obtuse petals, not longer than the staminodia -—Hammocks, Okaloosa 
, Fla. 
T. georgiana Sarg. Small tree, with Le slender ipu at first pale- 
Eure escent and rusty, ultimately red-bro and glabrous: f-blades ovate, 
abruptly du Marie oblique, or PUn at P ee mucronate- 
erenate, reddish and tomentose when unfoldin ing, ultimately dark yellow-green 
and scabrate aoe and gue below ET ick pale or oer ht tomentum, 
or glabrous in autumn, conspicuously Mice uuu flowers 10—15 together 
in pubescent compact corymbs: peduncle slender, densely pubescens ves free 
portion 2.5—4 em. long: pap linear-elliptic to spatulate, pubescent or becoming 
nearly glabrous, 6.5—-10 cm. long: sepals ovate, half 2 long as the HEATER A 
aeuminate petals EH Coastal Plain, C Fla. to S. C. 
. Michauxii Nutt. "Tree similar to T. heterophylla, but the leaf-blades 
ax r eru 
glabrescent, the free portion 3.5-5 cm. long: bract oblanceolate to spatulate, 
pape linear-elliptie, 9-12 cm. long: sepals icu and ciliate without, 
mentose within: petals ix —Wo a various provinces, though rarely 
Coastal Plain or higher mountains, Ga. to Miss., Ark, Mo., S I, and S N. Y. 
T. truncata Spaeh. Large tree, with stout glabrous S which are 
brighi red the first season and later bro own, the bark BE e runk furrowed and 
aly: le 
af-blades ovate or ovate- d or triangul noa b acumi- 
i obliquely cordate at the base, deeply c erencte -Serr T bey -green and 
lustrous above, hoary-tomentose below 10—18 cm. long, 8— . wide: flo Pio 
n in glabrous cymes: peduncl Ei euge. the E Sodos 3.5—4 c 
ong: braet elliptie, obtuse, glabrous, 5-7 cm. "Jong: sepals ovate, P 
pubescent outside, silky inside, half as long as the lanceolate petals. [T. 
cinerea Raf. T. monticola LE ]—W ooded hills, Blue Ridge to Appalachian 
d V 
7. T. heterophylla Vent. Large tree, with slender, glabrous reddish or yel- 
lowish-brown branchlets: leaf-blades ov ate, gradually narrowed to the acumi- 
nate apex, obliquely truncate or slightly cordate at base, pubescent above at 
unfolding but at maturity dark-green and Mores ous above, with the lower sur- 
face covered with thiek firmly attached pale (sometimes brown) tomentum, a 
vein-axils with rusty tufts, m oo erenate with gland-tipped teeth, 8-12 c 
long; flowers 10- Ko: toge ethe in pubescent more or less corymbs; peduncle 
glabrous, the free portion ve ally 3-4 em. long, or sometimes less: bract 
Pipe ud ta to oblanceolate or spatulate, unsymmetrically cuneate at base, 
finally glabrous, 10.5- o» hee long: eed pale-pubescent without, villous within: 
petals lanceolate [T. a ÁAshe]—W ooded oi various Po EE 
rarely Coastal Plain or noe pomi. N Fla. to S Ind. and W. 
. eburnea Ashe. Tall tree, m dark gray-brown furrowed ae on the 
tru nk and smooth silver-gray bark on the branches, the twigs stout, 5-6 mm. 
thick, soft, glabrous, occasionally uL glaucous, ace of the Hoe season 
right-green, brown, or red-brown, becoming gray the P es year, the buds 
large and glaucou 8: e bledes ovate or round-ovate, 8—14 c m. ‘long, abruptly 
acuminate, os cordate or truncate at the base, shar rply m mueronate- -crenate, 
thick, dar uu Be and gla abrous above, densely pubescent opp cd ith soft 
ivo ry-w white hair s whi ch are Sometimes deciduous by autumn: br Bee linear- 
elliptic or a 10—20 em. long, or Mar shorter, go curd above, 
often pubescent beneath, neatly sessile: ovary o brown- -pubescent. —Rich 
soil and cool glens, various provinces, N W Fla. to N. C., in Coastal Plain 
only in the former State. 
