POLYANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 281 



The Lime or Linden-Tree. Ajtglis. 



In walks and avenues, as at Inverar)\ &c. but pro- 

 bably not indigenous, b . VII. 



The leaves are heart-fliap'd, with the apex pro- 

 duced, and ferrated on the edges : the nerves on 

 the under fide have hairy or fpongy clufters at 

 their divifions : the peduncles are furnifhed with 

 a remarkable foliaceous Bra^ea or ligament of 

 an elliptic form : the flowers grow m a thin um- 

 bel, from three to nine together, of a whitilh 

 color, and fragrant fmel) j very grateful to bees. 



The wood is light, fmooth, and of a fpongy tex- 

 ture, uled for making lafts and tables for fhoe- 



makers, &c. 



Ropes and bandages are made of the bark, and 

 mats and rufbic garments of the inner rind in 

 Carniola^ and fome other countries, 



CISTUS. Ccn.-^l 673. 



Cor. 5-petala. Cat. 5-phylliis, fcliolis duobus mi- 



r.oribus. 



CISTUS fuffruticofus procumbens, fdpulis lancco- 

 latis, foliis oblongis revolutis fubpilofis. Ep, 'pi. 

 744. [pcd. Ban. t. loi. opi. Loefel Flor, Prujf, 

 43. /. 8. bona. Ger. em. 12S2./. 3 ?; 

 Dwarf Cifcus, or little Snn flower. Anglis, 

 In dry paftures and rocky evpofuif 3, but not very 

 common ; as upon the hills in the king's park at 



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