336 E- SPACH. — Met^isio Tiliarum. 



triangulares , V. rotimdatae, plus minusve inaequales, mucrone brevi cartilaginco 

 saepe apice sphacelato acuminatae; petiolus 6-520 lineas longus, gracilis. Pedun- 

 culi foliis fere aequilongi, vel paulo breviores , plerumque 4-7-flori ; pedicelli 

 parte libéra pedunculi subaequilongi, vel paulo breviores, umbellati, velcorymbosi, 

 veldichotome sive trichotome cyraosi; bractea lauceolata, v. lanceolato-oblonga , 

 subobtusa, plerumque usque ad basin pedunculi decurrens. Sepalaovato-v. oblongo- 

 lanceola ta, obtusiuscula, supra glabra, subtusmarginibusquetomentosa, 2 1/2 lineas 

 longa. Petala 3 lineas longa, lanceolato-v. oblongo-spathulata, obtusa, apice ob- 

 solète crenulata , pallidestraminea. Stamina 3o-35 , basi irregnlariter pentadelpha 

 ( secundum Cl. Hayne libéra ). Ovarium sericeo-tomentosum. Stylus glaber» 

 post anthesin staminibus subaequalis. Stigmata obtusa, raargine denticulata, 

 post anthesin nunc arrecta, nunc patula. Nux 3-4 lineas alta, diametro 2 1/2- 

 3-lineari, sublignosa , pentagona, tomento floccoso lutescente induta^ demum 

 glabrescens. Semen obovoideum, castaneo-fulvum. 



Habitat in Europa média ac boreali: specimina gallica spontanea haud vidi- 

 mus; hospitatur autem in hortis ac arboretis, e. g. circa Parisios ia ambulacris 

 sylvae bois de Boulogne dictae. 



Tilia hybrida Bechstein (For stbotanik, tab. 4)» Jn sylvis 

 Franconiœ etThuringise sparsim crescens, a Tilia intermedia eii. 

 auctore citato nonnisi foliis subtus puberulis differt , atque pro 

 intermedice et mollis hybrida habenda. 



B. Nux lignosa : costis valde prominulis. Ramuli juniores^ 

 petioli acfoliorum pagina infsrior plus minusve hirti. 



TILIA MOLLIS. (l) 

 (i) Hujusac r//ùê Rt^rte hybridam existimamus sequeotem : 



TII-IA HIGRO-MOttlS Nob. 



Arbor habitii Tiliœ nigrœ. Ramuli aanotini hyeme purpurascentcs ; noveili pubescentes. 

 Gemmœ ovatae, obtusse, glabrse, purpurascentes. Folia 3*5 pollices longa, totidemque lata 

 V. angustiora, cuspidato-acutninata , serrata, utrinque puberula, supra obscure viridia, subtus 

 pallide vîrentia, ad nervos et venas molliter hirla inque eorumaxiilisbarbata, basi plus mi- 

 nusve obliqua , 5-v. 7-nervia: infima subœqualiter cordato-orbicularia; superiora e basi bine di- 

 midiato-cordata illiacque truncata; subrotunda v. ovata; petiolus pubescens', i--^ pollices lon- 

 gus, lamina dupIo>triplo brevior. Bracteœ 2-3 pollices longae, 5-S lineas latae, lanceolato-oblon- 

 gae , acutiusculœ , pedicellis longe superatœ. Pedunculi a basi fere liberi , 3-7-flori ; pedicelli 

 umbellati , V. coi^mbosi , v. cymosi , filiformes , calyce duplo-triplo longiores. Sepala 3 lineas 

 longa, lutea, dorso glabrescentia, facie scricea. Petala 4 lineas longa, vix ultra lineam lata, 

 pallide straminea, spatUulato-obovata, v. spathulato-oblonga , obtusa, apice subdenliculata. 

 Staminodia nuUa. Stamina 4o-5o, petalis paulo longiora; filamenla basi polyadelpha, apice 



