16. TILIACEJE 71 



3. LAVATE'RA Linn. Tree-Mallow. 



1. L. arborea (L.) ; st. woody, 1. 7-angled plaited velvety, 

 ped. axillary clustered 1-fiowered shorter than the petioles. 

 JE. B. 1841. Fl. large, purplish rose-coloured with darker vein.s. 

 St. 38 ft. high. Maritime rocks, rare. B. VII. IX. E. S. I. 



*'2. L. syhes'tris (Brot.) ; st. herbaceous erect or ascending 

 hispid, lower 1. orbicular-cordate, upper 1. 5-lobed truncate 

 below, l.-lobes triangular acute, ped. axillary 1-fl. shorter than 

 petioles, fr. smooth its axis a cone with convex sides. J. of B. 

 xv. t. 191. Fl. rose-purple. St. rarely prostrate. Much like 

 Malva sylvestris. Scilly Isles. Wareham, Mansel Pleydell. 

 [Channel' I.]. A. orB. VI. VII. E. 



Order XVI. TILIACEJE. 



Sep. 45, valvate in the bud. Pet. 4 5. Stam. many, 

 distinct, or slightly connected into bundles at the base ; anth. 

 2-celled, bursting longitudinally. Glands 4 5 at the base of 

 the petals. Fr. 4 10-celled, several seeds in each cell ; or by 

 abortion 1-celled 1-seeded. Embryo erect in the axis of fleshy 

 albumen ; cotyledons flat, leafy. L. alternate, with stipules. 



1. TILIA. Sep. 5, deciduous. Pet. 5, with or without a scale 

 at the base. Stam. many, free or polyadelphous. Ovary 

 globose, 5-celled, cells 2-seeded. Style 1. Fr. 1-celled, 

 with 1 or 2 seeds. No scale to the pet. in our plants. 



1. TIL'IA Linn. Lime tree. 



\\. T. europce'a (L.) ; /. obliquely cordate glabrous except 

 woolly tufts at the branching of the veins beneath, ped. many- 

 flowered, ripefr. woody not ribbed downy. E. B. 610. T. inter- 

 media (1>C.) ed. viii. Fl. in a naked cyme springing from a 

 lanceolate leaflike bract. L. thin membranous, light trans- 

 parent green, twice the length of their petioles. In many old 

 plantations. T. VII. E. S. 



2. T. corddta (Mill.) ; I. obliquely cordate glabrous except 

 woolly tufts at the branching of the veins beneath, ped. mauy- 

 flowered, fr. oblique angular thin and brittle. E. B. 170o. 

 T. parmfolia (Ehrh.) ed. viii. L. thick, coriaceous, opaque 

 above, usually scarcely longer than their petioles, with stellate 

 hairs beneath. Lobes of the stigma ultimately spreading 

 horizontally. In old woods. T. VIII. E, 



