17. HTPEEICACEffi. 67 



. THiiA. Sep. 5, deciduous. Pet. 5, with, or without a scale 

 at the base. Stam. many, free or polyadelphous. Ovary 

 glohose, S-celled, cells 2-8eeded. Style 1. Fr. 1-celled, 

 with 1 or 2 seeds. — No scale to the pet. in our plants. 



1. Til'ta Linn. Lime tree. 



$1. T. intermidia (DO.) ; I. obliquely cordate glabrous except 

 woolly tufts at the branching of the veins beneath, ped. many- 

 flowered, ripefr. woody not ribbed downy. — E. B. 610. — ^Fl. in a 

 naked cyme springing from a lanceolate leaflike bract. L. thin 

 membranous, light transparent green, twice the length of their 

 petioles. — In many old plantations. T. VII. E. 8. 



2. T. parvifdlia (Ehrh.) ; I. obliquely cordate glabrous except 

 woolly tufts at the branching of the veins beneath, ped. many- 

 flowered,/*". oblique angular thin and britth.^E. B. 1705. — L. 

 thick, coriaceous, opaque fihoye:,usually scaroelylonger than their 

 petioles, with stellate hairs beneath. Lobes of the stigma ulti- 

 mately spreading horizontally. — In old woods. T. VIII. E. 



t3. T. grandifdlia (Ehrh.) ; I. obliquely cordate downy be- 

 neath with woolly tufts at the branching of the veins beneath, 

 ped. mostly 3-flowered, ripefr. with 5 prominent angles woody 

 downy turbinate. — H. B. S. 2720. — ^Young shoots hairy. L. 

 thin, membranous, blight transparent green, longer than their 

 petioles, with solitary hairs beneath. Lobes of the stigma erect. 

 — T. rubra (Lindl.) is stated to have smooth fruit and to be T. 

 corallina Sm. I have not seen it. — Old and rocky woods by the 

 Wye, Teme and Severn. T. VL Vn. E. 



Order XYII. HYPEEICACE^. 



Sep. 4 — 5, distinct or cohering, persistent, with glandular 

 dots, imbricate. Pet. 4 — 5, twisted in the bud. Stam. many, 

 connected in 3 or 4 bundles at the base. Anthers versatile. 

 Styles several, rarely connate. Fruit a dry or fleshy capsule of 

 many cells and many valves, the valves curved inwards. Seeds 

 small, many, on a central axis or the incurved margins of the 

 valves, embryo straight with no albumen. — L. mostly opposite, 

 with pellucid dots. Stip. 0. Fl. yellow. 



1. HYPBEicrit. Cal. 5-parted or of 6 sepals. Pet. 5. Styles 

 3 (in nearly aU our plants) or 5. Caps, more or less per- 

 fectly 3-celled, many-seeded. — ^Fl. yellow. 



