68 USEFUL WEEDS AND PLANTS. 
This plant—as yielding the material for light ic te a 
ially i in reference to its commercial value—may be regard 
rf vf = important objects of American puttin Bog ‘Although uk 
as the cereal tribe, the fibrous envelope of the seeds is acer rail 
Hes i interesting an article of trade, and as the subject of useful ani 
industry. 
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ingenious 
Orper XI. TILIA'CEA (Linpen Famuy.) 
wubs having the » Mucilaginous qualities and tough 7 aoe bark of the Mallow 
fireball leaves Ra ae ral 
haere "bud, deciduous. Peta er imbricated in the bud. Stamens na eaually 0 
pe -celled. Seeds album 
The Lindens are the only representatives of this order in the United jee nin 
setyelecie of andi 8 urnishes the fibre from which the Gunny-bags 
1. TIL’IA, Z. Liven. 
(The classical Latin name.} 
oy. 5, connected at base. Petals 5. “Stamens numerous, more or less 
cohering in 5 parcels, the carieel one of each l—in the North 
American sar ss with the base of a petaloid scale, opposite 
to the real petals. = 0. if 
cymes, with the lower half of the common peduncle adnate to a long 
at eimgnae apenae ract. 
1. T. Evrorz’s, L. Leave’ orbicular-cordate, acuminate, puberulent 
leg Fatale, without petaloid scales. 
Evrorgean Tra. Linden, or Lime tree. European Linden. 
Fy. Le Tilleul. Germ. Die Linde. Span. Tilo. 
. Stem 20-40 or 50 feet bork and 1-2 feet in eesti the numerous branches forming 
a handsome symmetrical top. Leaves 3-5 inches ig ; petioles 1— 2 inches long. Flowers 
yellowish a ag 
Cultivated. Native of Europe. FU. Beginning of June. Fr. Sept.—Oct. 
_ Obs. This fore’ reign species has. been extensively introdaced as an orn 
shade tree in our cities Renee airne ee 
so T. Ameri L. Leaves foo: heart-shaped, or truncate at 
base, abruptly aa, thickish, sooth or nearly so; flowers with 
--petaloid connected with the filamen 
outa. Linden, or Linn. pa Whitewood. _ sts 
— high, and 2-3 feet i eee 
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