564 ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM. PART Ill. 
CHAP. XVIIL. 
OF THE HARDY LIGNEOUS PLANTS OF THE ORDER TILIA‘CEZE. 
DIsTINcTIVE Characteristics. Sepals 4 or 5, with a valvate estivation, mostly 
without an involucre. Petals 4 or 5, or rarely not any. Stamens hypogynous, 
generally numerous, with filaments separate, and anthers 2-celled. Mostly 
glands between the petals and ovarium. Ovary and fruit single, of 4—10 
carpels grown together; cells in the fruit, at least in some, not so many as 
the carpel-. (Lindley, Introd. to N.S.) The species are chiefly trees and 
shrubs froin warm climates. The only genus which is perfectly hardy is Filia. 
Genus I. 
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TYLIA L. Tue Lime Tree. Lin. Syst. Polyandria Monogynia. 
Identification. Lin. Gen., 660. ; Dec. Prod., 1. p. 512. ; Don’s Mill., 1. p. 552. 
Synonymes. Line Tree Gerard; Lind, Anglo-Saxz. ; Tilleul, Fr.; Linde, Ger. and Dutch; Tiglio, 
Ital. ; Tilo, Span. ; Lipa, Russ. 
Derivation. In London and Wise’s Retired Gardener, the name of Tflia is derived from the Greek 
word ptilon, a feather, from the feathery appearance of the bracteas; but others derive it from the 
Greek word Zilai, light bodies floating in the air like wool or feathers. 
Gen. Char. Calyx 5-parted. Petals 5. Stamens numerous, free, or some- 
what polyadelphous. Ovary globose, villous, I-styled, 5-celled; cells 2- 
ovuled. Nut coriaceous, 1-celled 1—2-seeded, from abortion (Don’s Mill, 
i, p. 540.)—Timber trees, with mellifluous flowers, and a remarkable bractea 
attached to the peduncle of each of the cymes of flowers. The species are 
three, according to some; and more than twice that number, according to 
others. Our opinion is, that they may be all included under two, 7. 
europe‘a, and 7’. americana. 
* 1. T. europa L. The European, or common, Lime Tree. 
Identification. Linn. Sp., 733.; Don’s Mill., 1. p.552.; Smith’s Eng. FI., iii. p. 16. 
aaa. T. intermédia Dec. Prod.,1. 513.; T. vulgaris Hayne Dend.; T. europz‘a borealis 
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Engravings. Eng. Bot., t. 610, ; Cd. Fl. Dan., t. 553, ; and our plate in Vol. IT. . 
Spec. Char. Petals without scales. Leaves cordate, acuminated, serrated, 
smooth, except a tuft of hair at the origin of the veins beneath, twice 
the length of the petioles. Cymes many-flowered. Fruit coriaceous, 
downy. (Don's Mill., i. p. 552.) The extensive distribution and long 
cultivation of this tree in Europe have given rise to the following races, 
or varieties, described by De Candolle and others as species; from which 
‘high authority it may be considered presumption in us to differ; but we 
have not done so without due consideration, and after having examined 
the living plants of different ages, and in different situations, with the 
greatest care and attention. 
¥ T.c. 2 microphilla, The small-leaved European Lime Tree. 
Synonymes, T. microph¥ila Vent., Willd , Dec.,and G. Don; T. e. var. y L.; T. ulmi- 
folia Scop.; T. sylvéstris Desf.; T. parvifdlia Ehrh., Hayne Dend.; T. cordata Mill. ; 
Tilleula petites Feuilles, Fr.; kleinblattrige Linde, or Winterlinde, Ger. 
_Engravings. Willd. Holzart, t. 106.; Engl. Bot., t.1705.; and our plate in Vol. IL 
Description, §c. Petals without scales. Leaves cordate, roundish, 
acuminated, sharply serrated, smooth above, glaucous, and bearded 
beneath on the axils of the veins, as well as in hairy blotches. 
Fruit rather globose, hardly ribbed, very thin, and brittle. . Native of 
Europe, in sub-mountainous woods. In England, frequent in Essex 
