THE LINDENS, ETC. 



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American Linden Seed. 



Closely related to the tree just described is a small- 

 leaved basswood (TiUa pubescens) not over forty fed 



high. In tbis species 

 the leaves are usually 

 two or three inches 

 long; they are thin, 

 rather hairy be- 

 neath, and the 

 fruit " bract " 

 is rounded at 

 the base, not pointed or tapering as in Til la Amer- 

 icana; the fruit is also rounder than that of other 

 species. This tree is common from New York south 

 and southwest. 



There is another native species of basswood, com- 

 mon in the mountains of Pennsylvania and in the 

 South and Southwest as far as Tennessee, called white 

 basswood (Tilia heterophylld). Its leaves are very 

 large, sometimes seven inches long, smooth, oblique, 

 deep, shiny green 





Seed of Tilia pubeseens. 



above, and silvery 

 white and velvety 

 beneath, with pur- 

 plish veins. This 

 tree grows to a 

 height of from 50 to 60 feet. Although my draw- 

 ings do not show any especial lopsidedness to the 



