364 COLLEGE BOTANY 



in America is very interesting and well worth reading 

 (Figs. 206, 207). 



This family also includes our native Virginia creeper ( Am- 

 pelopsis quinquefolia), the Boston or Japanese ivy and several 

 other ornamental plants. 



TILIACE^E (Linden Family). Trees; flowers perfect in 

 small cymes, hanging on an axillary peduncle which is attached 

 to a ligulate, membranous bract; ovary five-chambered and de- 



FIG. 206. Modern improved grape. 



veloping into a dry, woody, globular, indehiscent one-chambered, 

 one- to two-seeded fruit; leaves simple, alternate, more or less 

 heart-shaped and serrate. This family is represented by the 

 genus TUia, which includes several species of valuable trees 

 known as basswoods or lindens. 



MALVACEAE (Mallow Family). Herbs or shrubs; leaves al- 

 ternate, stipulate and palmately veined ; flowers regular ; sepals 

 five, united at the base and valvate ; petals five, convolute in the 

 bud ; stamens numerous, monadelphous in a column and united 



