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and Sussex. (Don’s Mill., i. p.552.) This variety appears to be the 
male linden tree of Gerard; the timber of which, he says, is much 
harder, more knotty, and more yellow, than the timber of the other 
sort; and not very different from the timber of the elm tree. This 
sort we conceive to have originated in inferior soils and situations ; 
for example, in the rocky parts of the north of Sweden, and in the 
nilly districts of the north of Germany. This variety, according to 
Steven (Nouv. Mém. de la Soc. Imp. des Nat. de Moscou, tome iii.), 
is found here and there in the woods of Tauria; also in Iberia, and 
on this side Caucasus. It varies, he says, in a wonderful manner, 
in the fort: of the fruit, in the sinus at the base of the leaves, and 
in the proportion of the disk of the leaves to the petioles, as well 
as in the number of flowers in a cyme, colouring of the twigs, 
&c.; whence he agrees with Sprengel in uniting 7’. triflora, 7. in- 
termédia, &c., which are usually separated by authors. We doubt 
much if this, or any other variety, is indigenous in Britain; but it 
exists in plantations, and is recognised as a distinct variety by prac- 
tical men, the wood being preferred by pianoforte-makers. Sir 
James Edward Smith says, “This species being planted along with 
T. europez‘a, and T. grandifolia, in avenues or parks, will insure 
a longer succession of flowers than either of the others alone.” 
This variety is distinguishable, at first sight, from all the others, by 
the smallness of its leaves, which are only about 2 in. broad, and 
sometimes scarcely longer than their slender footstalks. The flowers 
are also much smaller than in any of the other varieties; and they 
are very fragrant, having a scent like those of the honeysuckle. 
There appears to be a subvariety of this in the garden of the 
London Horticultural Society, under the name of 7. parvifolia 
glaiica. 
* T.e.3 platyphilia. The broad-leaved European Lime Tree. 
Synonymes. T. platyph§la Scop. ; T. cordifolia Bess.; T. europe*a Desf; T. grandifdlia 
. Ehrh. and Smith ; broad-leaved downy Lime Tree; Tilleul a grandes Feuilles, or Tilleul 
de Hollande, Fr. 
Engravings. Vent. Diss., p.6. t.1, f.2.; Bull. Fr., t.175.; Gertn., 2. t.113.; and our 
plate in Vol. Il. 
Description. Petals without scales. Leaves cordate, roundish, 
acuminated, sharply serrated, downy beneath, origin of their veins 
woolly. Branches hairy. Cymes 3-flowered. Fruit woody, downy, 
turbinate, with 5 prominent angles. (Don’s Mill.,i. p. 553.) This 
tree is of about the same size as 7’. europz‘a, from which it is 
readily distinguished by its larger and rougher leaves, and, also, by 
its rougher bark and hispid branches. TJ. europz‘a, 7’. e. micro- 
phylla, and 7.e. platyphylla, may be seen together, in a young 
state, in the London Horticultural Society’s Garden ; and, full- 
grown, in the avenue at Syon House: in both places they are 
readily distinguishable from each other, and are perfectly distinct ; 
not, we think, as species, but as races. According to Sir James 
Edward Smith, 7. platyphylla is the lime tree of the south of 
Europe, as JT. europz‘a is of the north; and he is of opinion that 
they are unquestionably distinct species. Steven (in Nouv. Mém. 
§c., tome iii. 1834.) says, that, though 7’ platyphylla is cited in 
the Flora Taurico-Caucasica, as common in Tauria and Caucasus, 
he never found it there, or knew of its having been observed in 
those regions. There is a subvariety of this sort, called 7. e. platy- 
phylla minor, with leaves somewhat smaller than those of 7. e. 
platyphyls, but the difference is so trifling that it is not worth while 
eeping it distinct. ; 
Tie. 4 rubra. The red-twigged European Lime Tree. 
Synonymes. _ T. trifldra Pucr, in Horn. Cat., 2. p. 493. ; T. corinthiaca Bosc ; 7. corallina 
