TILIA.] TILIACE^. 77 



5 or fewer or 0, aestivation various. Stamens many, inserted on the disk, 

 filaments filiform distinct or connate in bundles ; anthers 2-celled, opening 

 by pores or valves. Disk tumid. Ovary free, 2-10-celled ; styles entire 

 or divided, or stigma sessile ; ovules 1 or more, in the inner angle of the 

 cells, anatropous, usually pendulous, raphe ventral. Fruit 1-1 2-celled, 

 dry or baccate, indehiscent or loculicidal. Seeds various, albumen fleshy ; 

 embryo straight, cotyledons foliaceous. DISTRIB. Chiefly tropical ; 

 genera 40 ; species 330. AFFINITIES with Sterculia' cece and Malva'cece. 

 PROPERTIES. Usually mucilaginous, liber of many species yields fibre. 



1. TIL'IA, L. LIME-TREE or LINDEN. 



Trees with simple or stellate hairs. Leaves oblique, cordate, serrate. 

 Cymes axillary or terminal ; peduncle with a leafy decurrent bract. Sepals 

 5. Petals 5, with often a scale at the base. Stamens many, filaments 

 distinct or connate in bundles at the base. Ovary 5-celled ; style simple, 

 stigma 5-toothed. Fruit globose, indehiscent, 1-2-seeded. Seeds as- 

 cending ; cotyledons broad, crumpled with involute margins. DISTRIB. 

 Europe, "N. Asia, N. America ; species 8. ETYM. The old Latin name. 



1. T. parvifo'lia, EJirh.; glabrous, leaves glaucous and pubescent in 

 the axils of the nerves beneath, fruit crustaceous pubescent. 



Woods, from Cumberland southd.; (a doubtful native, Wats.'); indigenous, 

 Borrer ; fl. July-Aug. A small tree. Leaves lf-2J in. diam., ovate-cordate, 

 acuminate, finely serrate, glabrous beneath, upper obscurely lobed. Flowers 

 J in. diam. Fruit about J in. diam., globose or ellipsoid, faintly ribbed. 

 DISTRIB. Europe (excl. Greece and Turkey) and Siberia. 



2. T. platyphyl'los, Scop. ; twigs pilose, leaves downy beneath, fruit 

 obovate globose with 3-5 prominent ribs when ripe. T. grandifolia, 

 Ehrh. Large-leaved Lime. 



Woods, Hereford, Radnor, and W. York ; indigenous ( Wats.} ; fl. June-July. 

 A tree 70-90 ft. high, differing very little in foliage and floral characters 

 from T. parmfo'lia. DISTRIB. Europe from Denmark southd. 



T. VULGA'RIS, Hayne ; glabrous, leaves pubescent in the axils of the 

 nerves beneath, fruit woody pubescent not ribbed when ripe. T. inter- 

 me'dia, DC. Common Lime. 

 Plantations, not indigenous ; fl. June-July. DISTRIB. Europe, Caucasus. 



ORDER XVIII. LIN EJE. 



Herbs, shrubs, or trees. Leaves alternate, rarely opposite, simple, entire, 

 sometimes stipulate. Inflorescence cymose. Sepals 4-5, distinct or con- 

 nate, imbricate in bud. Petals 4-5, hypogynous, imbricate or twisted in 

 bud. Stamens 4-5 with alternating staminodes, or 10 with the filaments 

 inserted on a hypogynous ring ; anthers versatile. Disk 0~or of 5 honeyed 

 glands. Ovary free, 3-5 -celled ; styles 3-5, stigmas terminal ; ovules 



