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XVn. TILIACE^. 



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rounded on the edge and scarcely reticulated, has been found near 



unless as a cultivated plant: the wild state, which is unknown, may- 

 exhibit quite a different aspect and character.] 



3. Alth^'a Linn. Marsh-Mallow. 



Cat with a 6 — 9-Ieaved involucre. Carpels nunrierous, circu- 

 larly arranged, 1-seeded. — Name: a\Ow, to cure; from its 

 healing properties. 



1. A. officinalis L. (^common M.) ; leaves soft and downy on 

 both sides cordate or ovate toothed, entire or 3-lobed, pedun- 

 cles axillary many-flowered much shorter than the leaves, £. B. 

 t. 147. 



Rare 



Marshes, mostly near the sea. Abundant in Hampshire. 



and scarcely indigenous to Scotland, as the Solway Frith, Arran, and 



Campsie, If.. 8, 9. — Stem 2 — 3 ft. high, remarkable for the dense, 



exquisitely soft, and starry pubescence of the leaves and stems. Flowers 



3 — 4 together, on axillary s^aZ^s, large, pale rose-colour. — Affords 



an abundant mucilage, and a decoction of it is in very general use for 



In France it is made into lozenges, called Fates 

 de Guimauve. 



the cure of cough. 



2. A. ^hirsuta L. (hispid M.) ; leaves cordate rough with 

 hairs, lower ones obtusely upper palmately and acutely lobed 

 crenate, stem hispid, peduncles single-flowered longer than the 

 leaves. E. B. S. t. 2674. 



Fields and waste places, r^re. Between Cobham and Cuxton, 

 Kent, ©, 6, 7. — Remarkable for its very hispid stems and calyces. 



Ord. XVII. TILIACE^ Juss. 



Petals 



Sepals 4—5, deciduous, with valvular aestivation. 

 4 — 5, often with a depression at the base, sometimes wanting. 

 Stamens distinct or polyadelphous at the base, generally inde- 

 finite. Anthers 2-celled, 

 Glands 4- 



opening longitudinally, introrse. 



5, adnate with the petals to the stalk of the ovary. 



10-celled. Style 1. Capsule with one or many seeds 

 in each cell. 



Ovary 1 



Albumen fleshy, including an erect embryo. 



Trees or shrubs, with stipuled alternate leaves, arid a mucilagi' 



nous wholesome juice J the hiner bark exceedingly tenacious. 

 sian- or bast-matting is the inner bark of the Lime. 



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1. TiiiiA Linn. Lime. 



Cal. 5-partite. Pet. 5, with or without a nectary at the base 

 Ovary 5 - celled ; cells with 2 ovules. Fruit 1-celled, 1—2- 



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