Tilia. TIIJA( K.i:. 3^3 



acuminate, about e.,ualliiiK the i»otalH : «tameu» rurnnionly 10: caj-ulo ••iliquiforro. 2-<^*'\M 

 often 2 inclics long, c•onl|.n•s^il•ll contrary to th.- piiriition. |>oint4-U l.v tht- i.l...rt\ut.u:.,t.' 

 stvli', divergently Hj.rea.ling or jLseen.ling. glal.roun or niinut.lv (.iriK.^t. puU-nil. nt /i,..t 



villous) and mostly straight. — (i ray in I'alternon, Ch.Hk li«t n'a. l'|ant». I^aa |7 ,.;, 



only. (For species, L. Spec. ed. 2, i. 747 ; Jiic.|. Uort. \ind. iii. t. 5H ; S,|, „„,«„,;, 1. ^ "1^7 

 t. 26, with vars.) V. sil„juosiis. Torr. & (irav. Fl. i. 2:J'J ; (Jniv. «;i-n. 111. ij y* i 137 „,^*i ' 

 C. inlololnis, CJray, I'l. Wright, i. 24; Wats. I'r.H.-. Am. Aca-1. xvii. :w:i ; 1 „,h ',,uiu. of u^k 

 F^num., &c. — Florida to S. Texas and Arizona. (.Mex.) 

 C. siLiyi osi s, L. (Jlahrous : leaves ovate to ohlonglanceohito ; th.wH- of floweriMg brauchlnn 

 often small and rounded : linear capsules 2 or 3 inches long, iit ajH-x Inincate nnd iipirul»t« 

 with 4 short spreading teeth, two to ea.ii valve. -Spec. i. .',29; .Jac.,, |I,.rt. Vind. iii t VJ 

 Griseb. Fl. W. Iiid. 97, excl. ref. to tiray, (Jen. Ill.-S. Florida, near dwellings CurtiMB 

 (Nat. from W. lud.) 



C* acutAngi:lu8, Lam.- In.lian and African, natunili/.ed in W. Indic-s, orcum an a 

 ballast-weed at I'eusacola, Curliss. Its ovate leaves bear at biwe a pair of wilieni netifcMui. 

 teeth ; aud the capsule is 5-celled aud .Vcorniculate at ai>ex. Diet. ii. 104. 



C. TRfDEXs, L., an Old World s|,ecies with narrow leaves and 3H.elled 3-corniculato cajjaubi.. 

 has occurred as a balhust-weed at I'hiladelidiia. — Maiit. ii. 566. 



3. TlLIA, Tourn. Lindkn, Li.me-tkek, Ba.s.swood. (The classical Latin 

 name.) — Forest tree.s of temperate jmrLs of nortlu-rn homisphorc ; with w.fi 

 white wood, very Hbrou.s and tou«,di inner bark ahonndinp; in murihi-jL-, few-wah-d 

 winter buds, rounded and often cordate veiny and serrate aiternun- leaves on 

 long petioles, with membranaceous caducous stipides. Peduncles a.villary, adnata- 

 half way up to an accompanying membranaceous ligulate bract, cymosely sevc-rai- 

 many-flowered. Flowers cream-color, opt-ning in early suninnr. — Iii'.t. Oil. 

 t. 381 ; L. Gen. no. 440.8 



T. EcROP.t:.\, L. (the small-leaved form, T. jiarvifolia, Ehrh., sometimes the largi-r-lenvcMl 

 T. grandifolia, Ehrh., or intermediate forms), the Eihoi-ean Lime, is often ]d:uited as a sh.ido 

 tree in town.s and may be known by the want of the petaloiil scales (stamintxlia) among tlio 

 stamens. The.^e are conspicuous in all Aincricau species, which, moreover, seem to be an con- 

 fluent as are the Old World forms. — Spec. i. 514. 

 T. Americana, L. Leaves ample, glabrous (except in the tufted axils of the veins), of Hrm 



texture, botii faces green, upper shining: floral bract usually tapering to stalked Ikix- : 



spatulate staminodcs exceeding the stamens : fruit ovoid, a third to nearly half inch bmg, 



obsoletely costate. — Spec. i. 514 ; Marsh. Arb. 15;j ; Michx. f. Hist. Arb. Am. iii. 31 1, t. I ; 



Gray, Gen. 111. ii. 92, t 136.* T. ijinhn,. Vent. Monogr. Til. 9, t. 2 ; 1)(". Fr-^lr. i. 513. /'. 



ni(jra, Borkh. Ilandb. For.stb. ii. 1219; Spach, Ann. Sci. Nat. ser. 2, ii. 340, t. 15; Hayrr, 



Monogr. Til. (pt Verb Bot. Verein. Wien, xii 1862) 53. T. Citmuimsi*, Michx. Fl. i. 306. 



IT. piihi'srens, Nouv. Dubam. i. t. 51. — Wooils, New Brunswick to Georgiji, and we»t to 



Winnipeg, Kansas, and E. Texjus, &c. 

 T. pub^SCens, Ait. Small tree: leaves mo.stly thinner and rather small. pul>c.»cent Imv 



ncath or glabrate in ago: floral bract usually rounded at ba.«e and even the luwoxt very 



short-stalked : fruit globular, quarter inch long. — Kow. ii. 229 ; Vent. 1. c. 10, t. 3 ; Mirhx. 



f. Hi.st. Arb. Am. iii. t. 3 ; Kll. Sk. ii. 3; Torr. & Gray. Fl. i. 240 ( /'. Cir.Jimana. Mill. 



Diet. ed. 8 : Marsh. Arb. 154 ; Wanir. Aiipti. Nordani. Ibd/.. 56. are all doubtful nnd \,r»\>. 



ably of ])reccding species, so this older name cannot be adopted.) '/'. Uintiont, Mirhx. Fl. 



i. 306; Spach, 1. c. 343. t. 15. T. Aiiirriraua, var. puUsmis, I.oud. Arb. i. 374, t. 24 ; (Jrar, 



Man. ed. I. 72. — Wading Riv., Long Island, K. S. MilUr, and from North Caroliua to 



Florida and Texas. 



! Add roultor, Ponfrih. V. S. Nnt. H.rb. ii. 4.'.. 



a .Spo<ips tnktii by Dr. Cray from inirxTfiK-t ninlprial for C. o/iforiw, L. 



« Add (".rny. Pr.M-. Am. Arnd. xxii. 305. 



* Add Gray, PI. F"or. Trees N. A. t. 10 (fr. globose). 



