TILIACE^. 59 



HAB. Waste ground. N. S. July, Aug. 0. Stem 35 feet 

 high. Leaves large. Flowers orange. Introduced. 



Indian Malloics. 



ORDER XXII. TILIACE^. De Cand. Lind. 



Sepals 45, with the aestivation valvate and rarely imbri- 

 cate. Petals 4 5, entire, usually with a little pit at their 

 base, rarely wanting. Stamens generally indefinite, hypogyn- 

 ous, distinct ; anthers 2-celled, dehiscing longtiudinally. 

 Torus with 4 5 glands at the base of the petals. Ovary 

 single, composed of from 4 10 carpels ; style 1 ; stigmas 

 as many as the carpels. Fruit dry, "of several cells. Seeds 

 numerous ; embryo erect in the axis of fleshy albumen 9 with 

 flat foliaceous cotyledons. 



Trees or shrubs, with simple stipulate alternate leaves and 

 axillary flowers. 



1. TILIA. Linn. 



Calyx 5-partetl, deciduous. Petals 5, naked, or with a 

 small scale within. Stamens many ; Jilaments free, or some- 

 what in sets. Ovary globose, vittous, 5-celled ; cells 2-seed- 

 ed, (Nutt.) coriaceous, by abortion 1 -celled, 1 2 seeded. 



Polyandria. Monogynia. 



1. T. glabra Vent. ; leaves deeply cordate, abruptly acuminate, 

 acutely serrate, subcoriaceous, smooth ; flowers in cymes ; petals 

 truncate at the apex, crenate ; style as long as the petals ; fruit ovate, 

 somewhat ribbed. T. americana Linn. Mich. f. T. canadensis Mich. 



HAB. Woods. Can. to Car. W. to Miss. June. A large tree 

 with yellowish white flowers. The wood is white and soft, and 

 much used by cabinet and coach makers. 



Linn, or Linden. Bass Wood. 



2. T. laxiflora Mich. : leaves cordate, gradually acuminate, serrate, 

 membranaceous, smooth ; flowers in loose panicles ; petals emargin- 

 ate ; styles longer than the petals ; fruit globose. 



HAB. Near the sea coast. Mar. to Geor. May. 1(. A very 

 distinct species, though generally confounded with the former. 

 Pursh. 



3. T. pidtescens Ait. : leaves truncate at the base, subcordate, oblique, 

 denticulate-serrate, pubescent beneath ; petals emarginate ; styles 

 longer than the petals ; fruit globose, smooth. T. americana Walt. 



HAB. Banks of streams. N. S. to Geor. June. ^>. A large 

 tree, flowers white, in axillary cymes. 



