MALVALK8. 



superior, generally three- to many-celled ; seeds mostly with 

 endosperm. 



Order Tiliacese. The Linden Family. Trees and slirubs (a few 

 herbs), with mostly alternate simple leaves ; stamens distinct, or some- 

 what united below. Species 

 330, mostly tropical. F ' 8 - 5n --^%> * THEOBR - 



Tilia Europaa, the Lime 

 or Linden Tree of Europe 

 and Siberia, is a large and 

 valuable tree, yielding a soft 

 white wood much esteemed 

 by carvers, musical instru- 

 ment makers, and others. 

 The fibre of its bark is used 

 for making coarse mats, and 

 its flowers produce a great 

 quantity of most excellent 

 honey. 



T. Americana, the Amer- 

 ican Linden, Linn, or Bass- 

 wood of the Eastern United 

 States, resembles the preced- 

 ing, and is equally valuable. 



While the wood of our rep- 

 resentatives of the order is 

 soft, that of some tropical 

 species is very hard e.g., 

 Sloanea dentata, a West In- 

 dian tree, which has received 

 the significant name of 

 Break- Ax Tree. 



Corchorus capsularis, a tall- 

 growing annual of India, 

 yields the Jute fibre now ex- 

 tensively used in making 

 gunny bags, coarse carpets, 

 ii nd even fabrics of consider- 

 able fineness. 



Order Sterculiaceee. 

 Trees and shrubs (a few 

 herbs) with alternate simple 



or compound leaves ; stamens more or less united into a tube. 

 520 species contained in this order are almost entirely tropical. 



Theobroma Cacao, the Chocolate Tree of tropical America, attains a 

 height of five to six metres (16 to 20 ft.), and bears elongated ribbed 



Fie. B13. 



FIG. 511. 



Fig. 511. Fruit % natural size). 



Fisr. 512. Seed. Magnified. 



Fig. 513,-Seed cut vertically. Magnified. 



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