122 BRITISH BOTANY. 



carpels (usually). Ovules attached to the inner angle of the 

 cells. Style simple. Stigma 5-lobed. Fruit ligneous, not open- 

 ing, 5 -angled, one-celled by the disappearance of the partitions, 

 one or two-seeded by abortion. Seeds ascending. Embryo almost 

 straight, in a fleshy perisperm. Radicle towards the hilum. 



TiLiA, Lin. — Usually lofty trees, with roundish cordate leaves, 

 and yellow or white odorous flowers. Sepals 5, coloured. Petals 5. 

 Stamens numerous. Ovary 5 -celled. Style undivided. Stigma 

 5-lobed. Fruit nearly globular, somewhat ligneous, hairy, one- 

 celled by the rupture of the partitions, and 1-2-seeded by abor- 

 tion. 



T. europaea, Lin. — T. intermedia, DC? Common Lime or 

 Linden-tree. — e.b. 610. l.b.s. 212 ? 

 Alien ? 



A tall, handsome tree, with numerous spreading branches. 

 Leaves unequally cordate at the base, and acuminate, serrated, 

 quite smooth and shining above ; the under side is paler or glau- 

 cous, Avith tufts of woolly hairs in the axils of the nerves (ribs), 

 on petioles which are barely half as long as the leaves. Bracts 

 elliptical, elongate, membranous, rather longer than the flowers ; 

 flowers greenish, fragrant. Petals obovate, pale yellow. Carpels 

 globular, densely hairy. 



In plantations, and frequently about houses, in parks and plea- 

 sure-grounds. ? Naturalized. 



T. parvifolia, Ehrh. — T.sylvestris, Desf. Small-leaved Lime- 

 tree. E.B. 1705. L.B.S. 211. 



A. 8. C. 15. Lat. 50-55°. Alt. 0-100 yds. Tem. 51-47°. 



Leaves much smaller than in T. europcea, not longer than their 

 slender footstalks (Sm.). Flowers smaller than in the former. 

 Bracts seldom two inches long. Fruit densely woolly. 



Of this tree there is in Worcestershire, not far from Bewdley, 

 a large wood, above five hundred acres, remote from any old 

 dwelling or public road, where the greater part of the under- 

 growths is composed of this tree. 



See ' Phytologist ' for 1856, p. 281. 



T. grandifolia, Ehrh. — T. platyphylla, Scop. — e.b. 2720. 

 L.B.S. 213. 



Alien? Eeported from ten counties. See ' Cybele,' 245. 



A tall tree, with large leaves, which are described as less entire 

 at the base, less pointed, but with longer footstalks than the same 



