244 15. TILIACEiE. 



the species native : what proof have we that " entire woods 

 of this species " were not formerly planted ? However, I 

 am myself disposed to consider it native in the western 

 counties, from Devon to Cumberland ; and possibly it may 

 be (or formerly have been) the same in several of the 

 eastern counties also. I may refer to the New Guide foi' 

 some details respecting its localities. 



212. TiLlA EUROP^A, Linn. ? 



Area (1 2 3 4 5 * 7 8 * 10 11 * 13 14 15 16). 



AHen ? If this species is native in any part of Britain, 

 it will probably be found so only in the southern and 

 western provinces ; and there is, as Dr. Brorafield well ob- 

 serves, no geographical improbability to oppose against 

 the views of those botanists who consider it native. It is 

 to be recollected, however, that most of the published lo- 

 calities are of suspicious credit ; the name ' europaea ' hav- 

 ing been frequently applied to either of the other two 

 species, or to all three promiscuously. On this unsettled 

 question, about the nativity of our Tilias, two papers in 

 the first volume of the Phytologist may be usefully con- 

 sulted; one by the Rev. W. A. Leighton, page 147 ; the 

 other by Dr. Brorafield, page 169. The arguments of 

 these gentlemen go far towards showing that Tilia euro- 

 paea and grandifolia might correctly be held " denizens," 

 although here still kept among our " alien " species. But 

 in reference to the papers on this subject, I would suggest 

 that botanists should examine specimens before trusting 

 to recorded localities. Mr. Lees is appealed to as an au- 

 thority, in the paper of Dr. Bromfield ; but having seen 

 specimens sent to the Botanical Society of London, by 

 Mr. Lees, I know that this latter gentleman was then la- 



