MAL VALES. 



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superior, generally three- to many-celled ; seeds mostly with 

 endosperm. 



Order Tiliacese. The Linden Family. Trees and shrubs (a few 

 herbs), with mostly alternate simple leaves ; stamens distinct, or some- 

 what united below. Species 

 380, mostly tropical. FlGS - 611 " 513l ~ lLAON8 * THEOBBO ' 



Tttia Europcea, the Lime 

 or Linden Tree of Europe 

 and Siberia, is a large and 

 valuable tree, yielding a soft 

 white wood much esteemed 

 by carvers, musical instru- 

 ment makers, and others. 

 The fibre of its bark is used 

 for making coarse mats, and 

 its flowers produce a great 

 quantity of most excellent 

 honey. 



T. Americana, the Amer- 

 ican Linden, Linn, or Bass- 

 wood of the Eastern United 

 States, resembles the preced- 

 ing, and is equally valuable. 



While the wood of our rep- 

 resentatives of the order is 

 soft, that of some tropical 

 species is very hard e.g., 

 Sloanea dentata, a West In- 

 dian tree, which has received 

 the significant name of 

 Break-Ax Tree. 



Corchoruscapsvlaris, a tall- 

 growing annual of India, 

 yields the Jute fibre now ex- 

 tensively used in making 

 gunny bags, coarse carpets, 

 and even fabrics of consider- 

 able fineness. 



Order Sterculiaceee. 

 Trees and shrubs (a few 

 herbs) with alternate simple 



or compound leaves ; stamens more or less united into a tube. 

 520 species contained in this order are almost entirely tropical. 



Theobroma Cacao, the Chocolate Tree of tropical America, attains a 

 height of five to six metres (16 to 20 ft.), and bears elongated ribbed 



FIG. 613. 



FIG. 511. 



Fig. 511. Fruit (J natural size). 



Fiar. 512. Seed. Magnified. 



Fig. 513. Seed cut vertically. Magnified. 



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