E. SPACH. — Rei'isio Tiliaruin. 3^3 



Habitai in Carolina atque Georgia. — In Horto Parisiensi suL dio culta floret 

 julio, fructus autem maluros rarissime perficit, ( V. s. sp. ia herb. Michx. et 

 Vent, atque V. c. ) 



TlLlA LAXIFLORA Michx. 



TilialaxlfloraM^\c\i^.\Y\oT. Amer. Bor. — Tilia pubescens A\t. 

 Hort. Kew. — Michx. fil. Arb. 3, p. 3i5, le. — Duham.ed. nov. i, 

 tab. Sx. — Wats. Dendrol. Brit. tab. i35. — Tilia pubescens j3. 

 leptophjlla Vent! Diss. 



T. foliis serratis v. eroso-denticulatis , brève acuminatis, 

 subtus puberulis: inferioribus cordatis v. cordato-subrotundis , 

 subœquilateris ; superioribus e basi oblique truncata v. dimi- 

 diato-cordata, v. cuneiformi, v. rotundata ovatis, v. ovato-ellipti- 

 cis; cymis laxe multifloris; petalis lineari-oblongis , profunde 

 emarginatis; staminodiislineari-spathulatis; stylo demura longe 

 exserto; nuce ovata v. subglobosa, unibonata, incana : costis 

 evanidis. 



Arbor 4o-6o-pe(lalis. Cortex trunci cinereus. Ramuli rubelli, v. olivacei, v. 

 virides. Gemmae ovatae, obtusae, pubescentes. Foliorum lamina 2-4 pollices 

 longa, i-3 pollices lata ( in surculis sterilibus fere pedalis, 6-8 pollices lata 

 membranacea, supra obscure viridis, subtus canescens v. pallida , demum gla- 

 brescens ( in foliis nascentibus supra subtusque velutina ), basi nunc utrinque 

 binervi, nunc hinc i-nervi illincque î2-nervi; serraturae triangulares v. 

 rotundatae, mucronulatse, nunc parvae , approximatœ, nunc majores plusminusve 

 distantes, aequales v. inaequales; petioli 8-12 lineas langi. Stipulae ovatae, v. 

 ovato-oblongae, v. oblongo-lanceolatae, acutœ, v. acuminatae. Bracteae 2-4 pollices 

 loDgae, 6-i5 lineas latae, foliis breviores, plerumque pedicellis superatae, pubes- 

 centes, oblongae, v. ovato-oblongae, v, lanceolato-oblongae , obtusae, v. acutac, basi 

 nunc rotundatae, sessiles, nunc cuneatae. Cymae g-So-florae. subpaniculatae, incanse ; 

 pedicelli divaricati , superne incrassati, supra basin vel medio quasi articulati , 

 plerumque calyce longiores. Sepala 3 lineas longa, oblongo-lanceolata, acuta , 

 incana, demum lutescentia. Petala 3 1/2-4 lineas longa, 1 lineamlata, albida. 

 Staminodia 2 lineas longa, 1 lineam circiter lata, obtusa, intégra. Stamina 4o-5o. 

 Ovarium incanum. Stylus post anthesin 4 lineas loogus. Nux volumine pisi, 

 Semina obovata, rufescentia. 



Species distinctissima , vix cum alia generis confundenda. Habitat in Georgia 

 atque Carolina. — Flores odorem narcissinumfr«agrantissimum spirantes, aperiun- 

 tur in Horto Parisiensi julio, simulacilli Tiliœ irMnca/ce.Seminamatnrain Gallia» 

 borealiori hand perficit, ( V. s. sp. in herb. Vent, et Michx. atque v. c.) 



