72 TREES OF THE NORTHERN UNITED STATES 
Stercilia platanifolia, L. (CHinesz Parasou.) Leaves large, 
deciduous, alternate, palmately 3- to 5-lobed, deeply heart-shaped at 
base, the margin entire, the lobes acute; smooth or slightly hairy; 
leafstalk about as long as the blade. Flowers green, in axillary 
panicles; fruit star-shaped. A small, beautiful tree from China; 
probably not hardy north of Washington. 
ORDER VIII. TILIACEAS, (Linven Famiy.) 
An order, mainly of trees, abundant in the tropics; 
here represented by a single genus : 
Genus 11. TILIA. 
Trees with alternate, deciduous, obliquely heart-shaped, 
serrate leaves, about as broad as long. Leaves two-ranked 
ou the stem. Flowers small, cream-colored, fragrant, in 
clusters on a peculiar, oblong, leaf-like bract. Fruit small 
(% in.), globular, woody, in clusters from the same bract. 
Wood white and soft; inner bark very fibrous and tough. 
* Flowers with petal-like scales among the stamens; American 
species. (A.) 
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A. Leaves medium, 4 to 6in............. tedewiale ee seek e ages 1. 
A. Leaves small, 2 to 3 in ....... cece cece eens cee eeeenes 2. 
* Flowers with no petal-like scales among the stamens......... 4. 
1. Tilia Americana, L. (Basswoop. 
WHITEWOOD. LINDEN.) Leaves large, 
4 to 6 in. long, green and smooth, or very 
nearly so, thickish. Fruit ovoid, some- 
what ribbed, 14 in. broad, greenish when 
ripe in October, on a bract which is usu- 
ally tapering to the 
base. Tall tree, 60 
to 80 ft. high, wild in 
rich woods and often 
cultivated. 
2. Tilia pubéscens, Ait. (SMALL-LEAVED 
Basswoop.) Leaves smaller, 2 to 3 in. long, T. pubéscens, 
