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The styles, however (Fig. 64, 2), twine themselves 



among the stamens, so that the 



flower can hardly fail to fertilise a^^m^JP'^ 



M. moschata. — The leaves ^. ^^^^^^S: 



are more divided, the flowers ■^^^fe^^j-i^^^^^^S 



large and crowded at the sum- ^^^!m^^S^^^ 



mits of the branches. The back ^^^^SmiB^^^^ 



of the carpels is rounded and ^^WTO^^" 



hispid (Fig. 65). ^"' '^ 



The seedlings of Mallow are fig. 65.-carpeiofi7/aZm 



_° , . . -. moschata. 



mterestmg. i have discussed 



them and the cause which has determined the form of 



the cotyledons in my work On Seedlings, vol. i. p. 40. 



TILIACE^ 



A large tropical and semi-tropical order, represented 

 in Britain by a single species, the beautiful Lime tree. 

 Bentham and Hooker regard it as " truly wild in 

 Southern and Western England, and perhaps in Ireland." 

 In spite, however, of these high authorities I doubt it. 



TiLiA (Lime Tree or Lhiden) 



The indigenous form of Northern Europe is the 

 small -leaved species T. parvifolia. The species we 

 generally plant, T. platyphyllos, which has much 

 larger leaves, is probably of South European origin, 

 though it is considered by some authorities to be 

 truly wild in Herefordshire, Eadnorshire, and the 

 West Riding. The flowers are very sweet-scented, 

 smelling strongly of honey. They are pendulous, and 

 so arranged as to lie under and be protected by the 

 broad leaves. The nectaries are at the base of the 

 calyx. The flowers are protandrous, and so richly 

 visited by insects that cross-fertilisation is well assured. 

 Nevertheless, though the visits of insects are so numerous 



