3/(4 ^- SPACH. . — Het^isio Tiliarum. 



TiLIA ARGENTEA. Desfoilt. 



Tilia argentea Desfont. Cat. Hort. Par. — Tilia alba Waldst. 

 et Rit. Plant. Rar. Hungar. i, tab. 3. — Wats. Dendr. Brit. tab. 71. 

 — Tilia rotundijolia Vent. Diss. tab. 4- — Duham. éd. nov. i , 

 tab. 52. — Turpin, inDict. des Scienc. Nat. le. — Tilia tomen- 

 tosa Mœnch. 



Foliis argute serratis, brève cuspidato-acuminatis, subtus al- 

 bido-tomentosis, in axillis venarum imberbibus : inferiorihus 

 cordatis v. cordato-subrotundis; superioribus ebasi hinc rotun- 

 dataetc. truncata, illinc dimidiato-cordata ovatis v.ovato-subro- 

 tundis; cymis dense y-iS-floris; petalis oblongis v. cuneato- 

 oblongis, apice crenulatis ; staminodiis spathulato-obovatis ; stylo 

 exserto ; nuce ovata v. subglobosa , nmbonata, veUitina, penta- 

 gona : costis plus minusve prominiilis. 



— p.- viRESCENS. — Foliis subtus virescentibus, fere glabris ; 

 nucibus ellipsoideis, acuniinatis. — In Horto Trianonensi 

 eseminibus typis speciei enata; an hybrida? 



Arbor magna, coma ovalo-sal>rotunda, Rami nigro-fusci. Ramuli annotini 

 hyemerubelli, aestate virides, novellitomentosi. Gemmae ovalae, obtusae, toraentosae. 

 Foliorum lamina 2-4 poUices longa ( in surculis sterilibus semipedalis ), plerum- 

 que totidem lata: junior supra subtusque tomentosa; adulta fîrma, supra glabra, 

 obscure viridis, subtus pube stellata deusissima tomentosa, basi hinc binervi 

 illincque i-nervi, v. utrinque 2-nervi, \el hinc 2-nervi illincque 3-nervi; 

 serraturae triangulares v. rotundatae, raucronatae, approximatae ; petiolus 6-1 5 

 lineas longus. Stipulae ovato-vel oblongo-lanceolatae, acutae, vel acuminalae. 

 Bracteae 1 1/2-3 pollices longae, 4-iO lineas latœ, plerumque foliis brcviores, 

 tomentosae, oblongae v. lanceolato-oblongae, obtusae, basi rotundatae v. cuneatae^ 

 subsessiles. Pedunculus bractea brevior, tomentosus. Pedicelli subclaviformes, 

 plerumque sepalis longiores. Sepala ovato-lanceolata, obtusiuscula, tomentosa, 

 3 lineas longa. Petala pallide straminea, sepalis paulo longiora, lineam lata. 

 Staminodia 2 lineas longa, superne dimidiam lineam lata , apice integerrima v. 

 subcrenulata. Stamina 60-70. Ovarium tomentosum. Stylus post anthcsin 2 1/2 

 lineas longus. Nux raagnitudine pisi. Semen obovatum , rufescens. 



Habitat in Hungatia,Transylvania,EsclavoniaacCroatia. In hortis parisiensibus 

 florescit cxeuutc junio, T. violli , intermedia, nigra, ac neglecta serius. 

 truncata ac laxifiora praîcocius ( v. v. c. -et s. sp. ) 



