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ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 



102. rilia alba. 



{Steven.) Host says that he has always found the calyx 6-sepaled, and the 

 corolla 12-petaled. A large tree. Hungary. Height 30 ft. to 50 ft. In- 

 troduced in 1767. Flowers yellowish white, very fragrant ; June to August. 

 Fruit yellow ; ri[)e in October. 



Our own opinion is, that this is nothing more than a very distinct race of 

 the common lime ; notwithstanding the circumstance of its having scales to its 

 petals, which no one of the other varieties of T, eiu'opae^a is said to possess. 

 Even allowing this sti'urture to be permanent in the Hungarian lime, the tree 

 bears such a general resemblance to T, eiu'opas^i in all its main features, that 

 it seems to us impossible to doubt the identity of their origin. We are 

 strengthened in this opinion by the circumstance of its being found only in 

 isolated stations in the Hungarian forests. We have, however, placed this 

 lime by itself, rather than among the other varieties ; because, from the white- 

 ness of its foliage, it is far more obviously distinct than T. e. grandifolia or 

 T. e. parvifolia. The tree is at once distinguishable!' from all the other species 

 and varieties by this white appearance, even at a considerable distance, and 

 by the strikingly snowy hue of its leaves when they are ruffled by the wind. 

 Its wood and shoots resemble those of the common lime; but it does not 

 attain the same height as that tree. 



i 3. T. america\\a L. The American Lime Tree. 



Identification. Lin. Sp., 733. ; Hort. Kew. ; Willd. Spec; Tor. and Gray. 



Synoriymes. T. glabra /V'<. ; T. caroliniana JF(r!frnA. ; 7". canadensis jWcAnwj: ; 7". glabra Dfr., 



Hnync's Dendi- , and Don's Mil!. ; the smooth leaved, or black. Lime Tree, and Bass Wood, Amer. 

 Ungravings. Vent. Diss., t. 2. ; Wats. Dendr. Brit., t. 1,34. ; the plate in Arb. Brit., 1st edit., vol. v. ; 



and our Jig. \0^i. 



Spec. Char., S^c, Petals each with a scale at the base, inside. Leaves pro- 

 foundly cordate, abruptly acuminate, sharply serrated, somewhat coriaceous, 

 smooth. Petals truncate and crenate at the apex, equal in length to the 

 style. Fruit ovate, somewhat ribbed. (Doit's Mill.) A large tree. Canada, 

 Virginia, and (Jeorgia. Height 70 ft. to 80 ft. in America ; in England 60 ft. 

 to 70 ft. Introduced in 1752. Flowers yellowish white ; July and August. 

 Fruit the size of a large pea, yellow ; ripe in October. Decaying leaves 

 yellowish brown. Naked young wood dark brown. 



