POLYANDRIA— MONOGYNIA. Tilia. 17 



Nat. Ord. Colwnniferce. Linn. 37. Tiliacece. Juss. 79. 



Cat, inferior, in 5 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 

 bearing a small scale, or nectary.^ on the inner side at the 

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

 length of the petals. AntJi. 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 iT^^^/, which is globular and smooth; the embryo, 

 according to Doody and Ga^rtner, 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 floxvos, with an oblong entire bractca 

 imited to the common stalk. Capsule with or without 

 angles, mostly downy. Qualities mucilaginous. Bark 

 internally fibrous and tough. 



] . T. eiiropcra. 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. europsea. Linn. Sp.Pl.733. Herb. Linn. n. 1 . Jf'ill,!. v. 2. 1 Ifil. 



Fl. Br.:)7\,cc. E7igl.Bot.v.9.ed.4.f.6\0. Comp.94. Lurhtf. 



280. " Svensk. Bot. t. -10." llort. Knc. ed. 2. v. 3. 299, a. ' 

 T. intermedia. DeCund. Prodr. v. l.;')!.'}. 

 T. fcKminu. (icr. Km. 1-183./. 

 T. ffi'mina, folio niajorc. Ihinh. Pin. [26. 

 T. vulgaris pliitypliyllos, Paii S^/n. \73; hut notofJ. BunJiin. 



In woods and hedges, or upon grassy declivitie.-.. 



Tree. .//////. 



A tall and handsome, hardy tur, witli smooth, round, l)ro\vn. lealS'. 

 s))reading hranrlics, green while tender. Lf(irt:-< 3 or 4 inches 

 broad, and ratiier more in length, luidivided ; une<pial and 

 somewhat lieart-shaped, as well as entire, at the l)Mse ; the niar 



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