POLYANDRIA— MONOGYNIA. Tilia. 17 



Nat. Ord. ColumnifercE. Linn. 37. TiUacece. Juss. 79. 



Cat. inferior, in 5 deep, valvular, concave, coloured, rather 

 coriaceous, equal segments, about the size of the corolla, 

 deciduous. Pet. 5, obovate, obtuse, alternate with the ca- 

 lyx, somewhat notched at the summit ; in some species 

 bearing a small scale, or nectm-y, on the inner side at the 

 base. Filam. numerous, 30 or more, thread-shaped, the 

 length of the petals. Anth. of 2 nearly orbicular lobes, 

 bursting outwards. Germ, superior, roundish. Style 

 columnar, erect, scarcely so long as the stamens, decidu- 

 ous. Stigma with 5 obtuse angles. Caps, roundish, more 

 or less angular, bursting tardily at the base, of 5 cells, sel- 

 dom all perfect ; partitions opposite to the angles. Seeds 

 1 or 2 in each cell of the germen, but many prove abor- 

 tive, and the ripe capsule has often but 1 cell, with a so- 

 litary seed, which is globular and smooth ; the embryo, 

 according to Doody and Gaertner, large, heart-shaped 

 and lobed. 



Handsome trees, with spreading, alternate, branches; alter- 

 nate, stalked, heart-shaped, acute, serrated, deciduous 

 leaves, hairy at the origin of their veins ; panicled, yel- 

 lowish, fragrant Jlowers, with an oblong entire hractea 

 united to the common stalk. Capsule with or without 

 angles, mostly downy. Qualities mucilaginous. Bark 

 internally fibrous and tough. 



1. T. eiiropaa. Common Smooth Lime-tree. Lin-' 

 den-tree. 



Nectaries none. Leaves twice the length of the footstalks, 

 quite smooth, except a woolly tuft at the origin of each 

 vein beneath. Cymes many-flowered. Capsule coriaceous, 

 downy. 



T. europaea. Linn. Sp.Pl. "33. Herb. Linn. n. 1 . Willd. v. 2. 1161. 



Fl.Br.57\,cc. Engl. Bot.v.9.ed.4. t.6l0. Conip. 94. Light/. 



280. "Svensk. Bot. t. 40." Hort. Kew. ed. 2. f.3. 299, a. 

 T. intermedia. DeCand. Prodr. v. I. 513. 

 T. foemina. Ger. Em. 1483./. 

 T. foemina, folio majore. Bauh. Pin. 426. 

 T. vulgaris platyphyllos. Raii Syn. 473; but not of J. Bauhin. 



In woods and hedges, or upon gras.sy declivities. 



Tree. Jubj. 



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 mar- 



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