TILIACE^E. 



Nat. STjst. ed. 2. p. 99- 



TILIA. 



Calyx 5-parted, deciduous. Petals 5, naked, or furnished with 

 a scale in the inside near the base. Stamens numerous; filaments 

 distinct or slightly polyadelphous. Ovary globose, villous, with 

 1 style, andfive 2-seeded cells. Nut leathery, by abortion 1-2-cel- 

 led, 1-2-seeded. 



293. T. europaea Linn. sp. pi 733. E. Bot. t. 610. A 

 common tree all over the north of Europe. (Lime or Linden 

 Tree.) 



A tall and handsome, hardy tree, with smooth, round, brown, leafy, 

 spreading branches, green while tender. Leaves 3 or 4 inches broad, 

 and rather more in length, undivided; unequal, and somewhat heart- 

 shaped, as well as entire, at the base; the margin acutely and rather 

 unequally serrated; the point elongated, acute, serrated at its base; 

 upper surface quite smooth, of a bright pleasant green ; under paler, or 

 slightly glaucous, likewise smooth, except small depressed tufts of 

 brown woolly hair, where the lateral ribs branch off from the 5 princi- 

 pal ones. Stipules oval, smooth, in pairs at the base of each footstalk, 

 soon deciduous. Footstalks cylindrical, slender, smooth, not half so 

 long as the leaves. Flower-stalks axillary, cymose or imperfectly 

 umbellate, smooth, hardly so long as the leaves, drooping, with from 

 6 to 10 flowers; each bearing an oblong, smooth, pale, flat, entire, 

 membranous bract, originating above the base of the flower-stalk, and 

 for about half its length firmly united therewith, its blunt point nearly 

 on a level with the flowers, or longer. Flowers greenish, delightfully 

 fragrant, especially in an evening. Petals obovate, pale lemon- coloured, 

 destitute, like all our European species, of the scales attached to the 

 petals of the American ones. Stamens spreading, shorter than the 

 corolla. Ovary densely hairy ; stigma 5-lobed. Capsule downy, lea- 

 thery, not woody, uncertain in the number of perfect cells and seeds. 

 Smith. Flowers, separated from the large leafy bracts, are used as an 

 infusion in Austria with much success in vertigo and spasms ; they pro- 

 njpte perspiration and alleviate coughs. But if the bracts and fruit are 

 mixed with the flowers, the infusion then becomes astringent and con- 

 fines the bowels. Host. 



TRIUMFETTA. 



Sepals, 5, obtuse, or apiculate beneath the point. Petals 5, 

 or occasionally 0. Stamens 10-30, free or scarcely united except 

 at the very base. Ovary roundish. Style ^ Carpels 4, more 

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