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Lithuania there are large forests chiefly of this tree. The honey 

 produced in these forests sells at more than double the price of 

 any other, and is used exclusively in medicine, and for mixing in 

 liqueurs. 



European Lime-tree. Fl. July. Britain. Tree 60 feet. 



3 T. RU'BRA (D. C. cat. hort. monsp. p. 150.) leaves cordate, 

 unequal at the base, hairy beneath, as well as the petioles, with 

 a tuft of hair at the origin of each vein ; fruit globose, even. 

 Tj . H. Native of Tauria, and probably of Greece. In England 

 in Stoken Church woods, and at Malmsbury. T. triflora, Puer. 

 in Horn. cat. 2. p. 493. T. Corinthiaca, Bosc. diet. agr. 13. p. 

 139. T. corallina, Ait. hort. kew. ed. 1. vol. 2. p. 229. T. 

 Europaea, b. rubra, Sibth. oxon. 166. T. Europae'a y, Smith, fl. 

 br. 571. T. Europae'a, Mill. diet. ed. 8. no. 2. Branches red. 

 Flowers fragrant. Petals yellowish. This is a good tree to 

 plant in avenues for effect as well as timber. 



./Jerf-twigged Lime-tree. Fl. June, July. Britain. Tree 66 ft. 



4 T. PLATYPHY'LLA (Scop. earn. no. 641.) leaves cordate, 

 roundish, acuminated, sharply serrated, downy beneath ; origin 

 of their veins woolly ; branches hairy ; umbels 3-flowered ; 

 fruit woody, downy^turbinate, with 5 prominent angles. Tj . H. 

 Native of Europe in mountain woods. In England in woods and 

 hedges, particularly in Surrey about Dorking and Streatham. 

 Vent. diss. p. 6. t. I. f. 2. T. cordifolia, Bess. gal. 1. p. 343. 

 T.Europsea, Desf. cat. 152. Bull. fr. t. 175. p. 18. T.grandi- 

 folia, Ehrh. beitr. 5. p. 158. arb. 8. Smith, engl. fl. 3. Flowers very 

 fragrant. Petals yellowish. T. platyphylla is the wild lime-tree 

 of Switzerland and the south of Europe, as T. European is in 

 the north. Mr. E. Forster remarks that T. grandifblia occurs 

 in very old plantations in England, as frequently as the T, Eu- 

 ropaea, but not in modern ones. There are very large trees of 

 it at Penshurst, and some at Waltham Abbey, the plantation of 

 which is of very ancient date. Mrs. Beecroft brought a speci- 

 men from Blair of Athol, where are several trees near the house. 

 Some famous old trees of this species in the Church-yard of 

 Sedlitz, in Bohemia, are reported to have miraculously borne 

 hooded leaves ever since the monks of the neighbouring convent 

 were all hanged upon them. 



Broad-leaved Lime-tree. Fl. June, July. Britain. Tree 60 ft. 



2. Petals furnished each with a scale on the inside at the 

 base. Mostly American species. 



5 T. GLA V BRA (Vent. diss. p. 9. t. 2.) leaves profoundly cor- 

 date, abruptly acuminate, sharply serrated, somewhat coriaceous, 

 smooth ; petals truncate and crenate at the apex, equal in length 

 to the style ; fruit ovate, somewhat ribbed. Tj . H. Native of 

 North America in the woods of Canada, and the northern United 

 States. T. Americana, Lin. spec. 733. Wat. dend. brit. t. 1 34. S. 

 Caroliniana, Wangh. amer. p. 56. T. Canadensis, Michx. fl. bor. 

 amer. 1. p. 306. Flowers yellowish and fragrant. This tree 

 is known in North America by the name of Lime or Line-tree, 

 Basswood, and Spoonnood. The wood is useful, and the tree is 

 ornamental. 



Smooth or Black Lime-tree. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1752. Tree 

 50 feet. 



6 T. LAXIFLORA (Mich. fl. bor. amer. 1. p. 306.) leaves cor- 

 date, gradually acuminated, serrated, membranaceous, smooth ; 

 panicles loose ; petals emarginate, shorter than the style ; fruit 

 globose. T? H. Native of North America from Maryland to 

 Georgia, near the sea-coast. A very distinct species, though 

 generally confounded with T. glabra. Flowers yellowish-white, 

 sweet-scented. 



Loose-flowered Lime-tree. Fl. May, Jul. Clt. 1820. Tr. 50 ft. 



7 T. PUBE'SCENS (Ait. hort. kew. ed. 1. vol. 2. p. 219.) leaves 

 truncate at the base, somewhat cordate and oblique, denticulately 

 serrated, pubescent beneath ; petals emarginate, shorter than 



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the style ; fruit globose, even. Tj . H. Native of North Ame- 

 rica from Virginia to Georgia, in close copses, and on the banks 

 of rivers. Vent. diss. p. 10. t. 3. Duh. ed. nov. t. 51. Michx. 

 fl. arb. amer. 3. p. 318. T. Caroliniana, Mill. diet. no. 4. T. 

 Americana, Walt. fl. carol, p. 153. Wats. dend. brit. 135. The 

 leaves of this tree are much smaller than in the rest of the Ame- 

 rican species. Flowers yellowish, and very fragrant, crowded. 



Var. ft, leptophylla (Vent. diss. p. 11.) leaves very thin, with 

 a few fine serratures. T. Mississipensis, Desf. hort. par. This 

 will probably prove a distinct species. 



Pubescent-leaved Lime-tree. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1726. Tree 

 40 feet. 



8 T. HETEROPHY'LLA (Vent. diss. p. 16. t. 5.) leaves ovate, 

 downy beneath, sometimes cordate at the base, sometimes ob- 

 liquely or equally truncate ; fruit globose, with 5 ribs. fj . H. 

 Native of North America on the banks of the Ohio and Missis- 

 sippi. T. alba, Michx. fil. arb. amer. 3. p. 315. t. 2. Perhaps 

 also of Hort. kew. A very handsome and desirable ornamental 

 tree. Flowers yellowish, fragrant. There is a species cultivated 

 in Mexico which is probably identical with this. 



Various-leaved or White American Lime-tree. Fl. June, July. 

 Clt. 1811. Tree 50 feet. 



9 T. A'LBA (Waldst. et Kit. pi. hung. 1. p. 3. t. 3.) leaves 

 cordate, somewhat acuminated, and rather unequal at the base, 

 serrated, clothed with white down beneath, but smooth above, 

 4 times longer than the petioles ; fruit ovate, with 5 obscure ribs. 

 ^2 . H. Native of Hungary. Wats. dend. brit. t. 71. T. ar- 

 gentea, Desf. hort. par. and D. C. cat. hort. monsp. p. 150. T. 

 rotundifolia, Vent. diss. p. 13. t. 4. Duham. ed. nov. t. 52. T. 

 tomentosa, Mcench. weiss. 136. Flowers yellowish, and very 

 fragrant. 



White European or Silvery Lime-tree. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 

 1767. Tree 50 feet. 



10 T. PETIOLARIS (D. C. prod. 1. p. 514.) leaves cordate, 

 acuminated, twice the length of the petioles, serrated, smooth 

 above, but white beneath from close pressed down. f? . H. 

 Native ? cultivated in the gardens of Odessa. Flowers yellowish. 



Petiolar-\ea.ved Lime-tree. Fl. June, July. Tree 50 feet. 



Cult. All the species are desirable for avenues and parks ; 

 intermixed they will insure a longer succession of blossoms, and 

 an agreeable variety, than any of them alone. The species will 

 grow in almost any kind of soil ; they are easily increased by 

 layers, which should be layed in the autumn, but if seeds can be 

 procured this will be unnecessary, as trees raised from seed are 

 far preferable to those struck from layers. In order to obtain 

 proper shoots for laying, a tree is cut down quite close to 

 the ground, from the roots of which a great number of shoots 

 are produced the following year ; these will be strong enough 

 to lay down the following autumn, especially if the smallest of 

 them are cut off close early in the summer. 



XIV. BROWNLO'WIA (in honour of the late Lady Brown- 

 low, daughter of Sir Abraham Hume, a great admirer of bo- 

 tany.) Roxb. cor. 3. p. 61. t. 265. 



LIN. SYST. Polyandria,Monogynia. Calyx 5-parted. Petals 

 5. Nectaries 5, linear around the style. Style and stigma simple. 

 Stamens numerous, united at the base, inserted round the apex 

 of a turbinate receptacle. Capsule of 1-5, 2-valved, 1-2-seeded 

 carpels. A tree 15 feet in circumference, with large cordate, 

 acute, 7-nerved, smooth leaves. 



1 B. ELA'TA (Roxb. cor. 1. c.) t? . S. Native of the East 

 Indies. Panicle terminal, conical, spreading. Flowers yellow. 



Tall Brownlowia. Clt. 1823. Tree 100 feet. 



Cult. This is a tree of great beauty. It will thrive well in 

 a mixture of loam and peat ; and cuttings will root in sand under 

 a hand-glass, in heat. 

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