POLYANDRIA—MONOGYNIA. Tilia. ^2i 



T. parvifolia. Ehrh. Beitr. v. ^.] 59. Jrb. 36. P/.0/f.l25. Engl. 



Bot. V. 24. t. 1 705. Comp. 83. ed. 4. 94. Rees's Cyd. n. 3. Ait. 



H. Kew. ed.2.v.3.299. '' Sclikuhr H(indb.v.2.72.t. 141." 

 T. ulmifolia. Scop. Cam. v. 1.374. 

 T. microphylla. Venten. in Sims S; Kon. Ann. v. 1 . 209. " Diss. 



4. t. ]./. 1." DeCand. Prodr. v. 1. 513. Sav. Etrusc. v. 1. 



152. 

 T. cordata. Mill. Diet. ed. S.n.l. 

 T. europ^ea /3. Fl. Br. 571. 

 T. europaea. Fl. Dan. t. 553. 

 T. folio minore. Raii Sijn. ed. 2. 316. ed. 3. 473. Bauh. Hist. v. I. 



p. 2. 137./. 

 T. sylveslris. Trag. Hist. 1111. 

 T. foemina. Fuchs. Hist. 8fi2./. Ic. 498./. Dalech. Hist. 89./ 



Matth. Valgr.v. 1. 157./ 

 T. n. 1030, (S. Hall. Hist. V. 2. 1. 



In woods. 



Frequent in Essex and Sussex, as well as in Lincolnshire and else- 

 where. Ray. In Stoken-church woods plentifully. Mr. Bi- 

 cheno. Perhaps the only true native Lime-tree in Britain. Mr. 

 E. Forster. 



Tree. August, a month later than T. europcea. 



Distinguished, at first sight, from both the foregoing species by its 

 much smaller leaves, only 2 inches broad, sometimes scarcely 

 longer than their slender/oo^6'/a/A:s, roundish heart-shaped, point- 

 ed, sharply serrated, unequal at the base, often lobed towards 

 the point \ dark green and quite smooth above ; glaucous be- 

 neath, with brown hairy tufts at the origin of each of their prin- 

 cipal veins, as well as broad hairy blotches scattered over the 

 surface ; but these last are not invariably present. Fl. smaller 

 than in either of the former, very fragrant like a Honeysuckle, 

 placed many together, in double or aggregate umbels or co- 

 rymbs. Bracteas seldom 2 inches long. Germen depressed, 

 densely woolly. Stigma deeply five-lobed. Capsules sparingly 

 perfected, turbinate, slightly angular, thin and brittle, almost 

 smooth, rarely containing more than one seed. 



These three naturalized, if not all originally indigenous, species of 

 Tilia being now, it is hoped, clearly distinguished, it may be 

 worth the while of those who make use of their wood, to observe 

 whether there be any difierence between them as to its proper- 

 ties. According to the iinalogy of our Elms, T. parvifolia should 

 have the hardest wood, of the closest grain. This species being 

 planted along with the first and second, in avenues or parks, 

 will ensure a longer succession of flowers than any of^ them 

 alone. The American kinds, with their white-backed leaves, 

 make also an agreeable variety, and their/ow;er5 are very sweet- 

 scented. 



