POLYANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 2-81 



The Lime or Linden-Tree. Anglis. 



In walks and avenues, as at Inverary, &:c. but pro- 

 bably not indigenous. T? . VII. 



The leaves are heart-fhap'd, with the apex pro- 

 duced, and ferrated on the edges : the nerves on 

 the under fide have hairy or Ipongy cluilers at 

 their divifions : the peduncles are furniflied with 

 a remarkable foliaceous Bra^ea or ligament of 

 an elliptic form : the flowers grow in a chin umi- 

 bel, from three to nine together, of a whitiih 

 color, and fragrant fmelJ ; very grateful to bees. 



The wood is light, fmooth, and of a fpongy tex- 

 ture, ufed for making lafts and tables for fhoe- 

 makers, &c. 



Ropes and . bandages are made of the bark., and 

 mats and ruftic garments of the inner rind in 

 Carniola, and fome other countries. 



CISTUS. Gen, pi 673. 



Cor, 5-petala. Cal. 5-phyllus, foliolis duobus mi- 

 noribus. 



helianthe- CISTUS fuffruticofus procumbens, ftipulis lanceo- 



mumi, la^is, foliis oblongis revolutis fubpilofis. Sp. pL 



'""""'" 744. {Oed, Ban. t. loi. opt. Loefel Flor. Prujf. 



43. /. 8. bona. Ger. em. ii^^i. f, 3 .?; 



Dwarf Ciftus, or little Sun flower. Anglis. 



In dry pallures and rocky e^pofures, but not very 



common 5 as upon the Jiills in the king's park at 



Edinhurghy 



