150 POLYANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Tilia. 



Lobes of the leaves meeting each other. H. L. 141. 



Nymph^a lutea. E. B. 159. G. E. 819- 



Rivers, pooh. 



Per. July. 



Ls. floating on the water, stalks two-edged. Ls. heart-shaped, 

 smooth, even, rounded at the end. Fl. about two inches wide, 

 golden yellow, large, but much smaller than those of N. alba. 

 Pet. yellow with orange spot. Stam. and Antli. curved back- 

 wards. {Fl. have a brandy smell.) Cal. concave, yellow, green 

 outside. /S?;/i;/m. fiat, rayed. >See(/-we55e/ a coated berry, burst- 

 ing, irregularly. Whole plant somewhat smaller than N. alba. 



TFLIA. Lime-tree. 



* T. ewopcBa. Common Smooth L. Linden-tree. Nec- 



taries none. Leaves twice the length of the foot- 

 stalks, quite smooth, except a woolly tuft at the origin 

 of each vein beneath. Cymes many-flowered. Cap- 

 sule leathery, downy. E. B. 610. T. foemina. G. 

 E. 1483. 

 Woods, hedges. Stokenchurch Woods. Sb. 

 Tree. July. 



Tall, upright tree; branches smooth, spreading. Ls. heart-shaped, 

 alternate, saw-toothed. Fl.-stalks long, axillary. Bract., linear, 

 entire, pale, affixed to each fl. -stalk about half its length. Cal. 

 green. Pet. yellowish. Fl. strongly fragrant. 

 Bark by maceration separates into layers, and is used for 

 making gardener's mats : an export from Russia. Tree bears the 

 smoke of a city to a certain degree. Made by Fenelon an orna- 

 mental tree in Calypso's island ; perhaps to compliment the taste 

 of Louis the Fourteenth, about whose palaces the Lime was pro- 

 fusely planted. Name of Linnaeus derived from the name of this 

 tree, in Swedish. 



* (T. grandifSUa. Broad-leaved Downy L. Nectaries 



none. Leaves downy ; especially beneath ; origin of 

 their veins woolly. Branches hairy. Umbels mostly 

 three-flowered. Capsule woody, downy, top-shaped, 

 with five prominent angles. T. europsea /3. rubra. Sb. 

 166. 



Woods, hedges. Near Streatham Wells, Surry. Mr. Dubois in his 

 Herbarium at O.vford. Stokenchurch Woods, apparently planted. 

 Mr. Bicheno. ^. Stokenchurch Woods. Bobart. Not now to 

 be found at Stokenchvirch. Dr. Williams. One tree observed 

 there by Mr. Bicheno, in the autumn of 1824. 



Tree. June, July. A fqi'tnight earlier than T. europaea. 



