POLYANDRIA— MONOGYNIA. Tilia. 17 



Nat. Ord. Columnifei'ce. Linn. 37. Tiliacccc. Juss. 79. 



Cal. inferior, in b deep, valvular, concave, coloured, rather 

 coriaceous, equal segments, about the size of the corolla, 

 deciduous. Pet. 5, obovate, obtuse, alternate with the ca- 

 lyx, somewhat notched at the summit ; in some species 

 bearino- a small scale, or nectary, on the inner side at the 

 base. Filam. numerous, 30 or more, thread-shaped, the 

 length of the petals. Anth. of 2 nearly orbicular lobes, 

 bursting outwards. Germ, superior, roundish. Style 

 columnar, erect, scarcely so long as the stamens, decidu- 

 ous. Stigma with 5 obtuse angles. Caps, roundish, more 

 or less angular, bursting tardily at the base, of 5 cells, sel- 

 dom all perfect; partitions opposite to the angles. Seeds 

 1 or 2 in each cell of the germen, but many prove abor- 

 tive, and the ripe capsule has often but 1 cell, with a so- 

 litary seed, which is globular and smooth ; the embryo, 

 according to Doody and Gtertner, large, heart-shaped 

 and lobed. 



Handsome trees, with spreading, alternate, branches; alter- 

 nate, stalked, heart-shaped, acute, serrated, deciduous 

 leaves, hairy at the origin of their veins ; panicled, yel- 

 lowish, fragrant ^ow^r^, with an oblong entire bractea 

 united to the common stalk. Caj^sule with or without 

 angles, mostly downy. Qualities mucilaginous. Bar/c 

 internally fibrous and tough. 



1 . T. europ<La. Common Smooth Lime-tree. Lin- 

 den-tree. 



Nectaries none. Leaves twice the length of the footstalks, 

 quite smooth, except a woolly tuft at the origin of each 

 vein beneath. Cymes many-flowered. Capsule coriaceous, 

 downy. 



T. europEea. Linn. Sp. PL 733. Herb. Linn.n. 1 . Willd. r. 2. 1 1 61 . 

 Fl. Br. 57 \, a. Engl. Bot. v. 9. ed. 4. t.6\0. Comp. 94. Light/. 

 280. " Svensk. Bot. t. 40." Hort. Kew. ed. 2. v. 3. 299, «. 



T. intermedia. DeCand. Prodr. v. 1. 513. 



T. foemina. Ger. Em. 1483./. 



T. foemina, folio majore. Baiih. Pin. 426. 



T. vulgaris platyphyllos. Raii Syn. 473 ; but not of J. Bauhin. 



Lime-tree. Hunt. Evel. Sylv.f. 



In woods and hedges, or upon grassy declivities. 



Tree. July. 



A tall and handsome, hardy iree, with smooth, round, brown, leafy, 

 spreading branches, green while tender. Leaves 3 or 4 inches 

 broad, and rather more in length, undivided; unequal and 



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