TILIACE^E. LIME TRIBE. 



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be distinguished by its bristly stems and leaves, and by 

 its flowers being solitary in the axils of the upper 

 leaves. 



ALTILEA OFFICINALIS (Cowwo/i Marsh-Mallow). 



ORD. XVIL TILIACEJE. THE LIME TRIBE. 



Sepals 4 or 5, valvate when in bud ; petals equalling 

 the sepals in number, often with a little pit at the base, 

 sometimes wanting ; stamens numerous ; glands 4 5, 

 at the base of the petals ; ovary single, of 2 10 united, 

 rarely distinct, carpels ; style 1, with as many stigmas 

 as carpels ; capsule with one or more seeds in each cell. 

 The plants belonging to this natural order are mostly 

 trees or shrubs. They have all a mucilaginous, whole- 

 some juice, and many of them are remarkable for the 

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