S64 arboui:tum and fruticetlm. part hi. 



CHAP. XVIII. 



OF THE HARDY LIGNEOUS PLANTS OF THE ORDER TILIA'CE^. 



DisTiycTli'F. Cltaradcristics. Sepals 4 or 5, with avalvatc aestivation, mostly 

 without ai\ involucre. Petals -t or 5, or rarely not any. Stamens hypogynous, 

 fiencraiiy numerous, with filaments separate, and anthers 2-cellecl. Mostly 

 giaiiils hetween the petals and ovarium. Ovary and fruit single, of 4 — 10 

 I iirpels grown together; cells in the fruit, at least in some, not so many as 

 the carpels. (Lind/rt/, Inlrod. to K. S.) The species are chiefly trees and 

 shrubs from warm climates. The only genus which is perfectly hardy is J^lia. 



Genus I. 



7'rLLV L. The Lime Tree. Lin. Si/st. Polyandria Monogynia. 



Mmlijicn/ion. Lin. Gen., 660. ; Dec. Prod., 1. p. 512. ; Don's Mill., 1. p. 552. 



Synonyiitcs. Line Tree Gerard; Lind, Anglo-Sax.; Tilleul, Fr. ; Linde, Ger. and Dutch; Tiglio, 



Hal. ; Tilo, Span. ; Lipa, Russ. 

 Derivation. In London and Wise's Retired Gardener, the name of niia is derived from the Greek 



word ptilon, a feather, from the feathery appearance of the bracteas ; but others derive it from the 



Greek word tHai, light bodies floating in the air like wool or feathers. 



Gcit. Char. Calyx 3-parted. Petals 5. Stamens numerous, free, or some- 

 what polyadelphous. Ovaiy globose, villous, 1-styled, 3-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, T. 

 europai^a, and T. americana. 



If 1. T. EUROPi-E\v L. The European, or common. Lime Tree. 



Identification. Linn. Sp., 7*3. ; Don's Mill, 1. p. 552. ; Smith's Eng. Fl., iii. p. la 



Si/n,mt/mes- T. intermedia Dec. Prod., 1. 513. ; T. vulgaris Hayne Dcnd. ; T. europa; a borcilis 



' ira/iL 

 Knuravings. Eng. Bot, t 610. ; (Ed. FI. Dan., t 553. ; and our plate in Vol. II. 



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. {Dons 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 Candolie and others as species ; from wliich 

 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. 



'i T. e. 2 microj^hijlla. TJie small-lcavcd European Lime Tree. 



Synonymes. T. mirroph^lla lent.. If illd , Dec, and G. Don ; T. c var. y /,. ; T. u\m\. 



t?)lia Scop. ; T. sylvi'stris Den/.: T. parvifblia F/ir/i., Hayne Dend. ; T. cordi\U Mi/l. ; 



Tilleul a petites Fcuillcs, Fr. ; kleinblattrige Lindc, or Winterlinde, Ger. 

 Fngravings. Willd. Holzart, t. 106. ; Engl. Bot., t. 1705. ; and our plate in Vol. II. 



Dc.tcription, S^-c. Petals without scales. Leaves cordate, roundisli, 

 acuminated, sharply serrated, smooth above, glaucous, and bearded 

 beneath on the axils of the veins, as well as in hairy blotches. 

 Fruit ratiier globose, iiardly ribbed, very thin, and brittle. Native of 

 luuope, in sub-mounlainoiis wooils. In England, frequent in Essex 



