MALVACEAE • TILIACEAE i6i 



* Plagianthus betulinus. 40. April-May. D. Very twiggy when young. 

 Ls. ov., i|-3, toothed, often lobed, slender-stalked. Fls. small, greenish yellow, 

 in terminal panicles. New Zealand. (Fig. 83 f.) 



Family 24. STERCULIACEAE. K5, Co, A (5), G (5) 



* Brachychiton (Sterculia) acerifolium. Flame Tree. 100. E. Ls. alternate, 

 ov., 6, 3-7-lobed, hairless, long-stalked. Fls. i, red, in axillary racemes or 

 panicles. Fruit a large dry pod. Australia. (Fig. 29 H.) 



Fremontia californica. 30, May-July. D. Ls. alternate or in clusters, oy., 

 4^ 3-7-lobed or almost entire, dark green above, speckled with star-shaped hairs 

 when young, white- or brown-felted below. Fls. 2^, yellow, solitary on short 

 stalk. California. (Fig. 29 J.) 



Family 25. TILIACEAE. K4-5 or (4-5), C4-5, A 00, G (2-5) 



ARISTOTELIA. Ls. mostly opposite or sub-opposite, sometimes alternate, 

 ov., 5, pointed, toothed. Fls. very small, in axillary branched clusters or panicles, 

 unisexual and the sexes on different plants. Fruit |, a purplish-black berry. 



=* A. Macqui. 10. June. E. Ls. finely toothed, dark glossy green, hairless. 



Fls. greenish white. New Zealand. (Fig. 59 b.) 

 * A. racemosa. 25. May. D. Ls. thin, coarsely and unevenly toothed, green 

 and scurfy above, tinged with bronze below. Fls. rose-coloured. New 

 Zealand. (Fig. 59 A.) 

 * Elaeocarpus cyaneus. 50. Summer. E. Ls. alternate, ov., 2, pointed, 

 distantly toothed, leathery, net-veined. Fls. J, white, in axillary racemes. Fruit \, 

 a blue berry. Austraha. (Fig. 83 j.) 



TILIA. Lime. Linden. Basswood. Ls. alternate, usually in two opposite 

 rows, roundish, ov., toothed, heart-shaped or straight base, long-stalked. Fls. 

 small, yellowish or whitish, crowded into a small head the stalk of which grows 

 from a large strap-shaped bract. Fruit I, dry, round, or egg-shaped, 1-3-seeded. 

 First seedling leaves palmately lobed. 



{a) Ls. green below 



T. amertcana{T. glabra). American Lime. 120. July. D. Branchlets green, 

 hairless. Ls. broadly ov., 7, teeth large and long-pointed, axil tufts below 

 except at base. East North America. 



T. cordata {T. microphylla, T. parvifolia). Small-leaved Lime. 80. June- 

 July. D. Ls. nearly circular, 2, abruptly pointed, sharply and finely 

 toothed, hairless except for brown tufts in vein-axils below, heart-shaped 

 base. Europe and North Asia. (Fig. 84 b.) 



T. dasystyla {T. euchlora). 80. July. D. Branchlets hairless, red. Ls. broad, 

 ov., 6, glossy above, pale axil tufts below, unequally heart-shaped base, 

 coarsely bristle-toothed. Caucasus. 



T. platyphyllos. Large-leaved Lime. 100. June-July. D. Branchlets hairy. 

 Ls. roundish ov., 5, abruptly pointed, hairy, sharply toothed, unequally 

 heart-shaped base, no axil tufts. Europe. (Fig. 84 A.) 



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