64 15. MALVACB^.- — -16. THIACE^. 



2. Amh^'a Zinw. 



1. A. officinalis (L.) ; 1. soft on both sides crenate or crenate- 

 serrate cordate or ovate 3— 5-lobed, ped. axillary many-fl. 

 shorter than the leaves, st. downy. — E. B. 147. -H. v. 173. — 

 St. 2—3 feet high. Covered with soft velvety pubescence.— 

 Marshes, particularly near the sea. P. VUI. EX. Marsh- 

 Mallow. E.S.PI. 



t2. A.MrsutafJj.); 1. hispid cordate, lower 1. reniform bluntly 

 5-lobed, upper 1. palmate with 5 or 3 acute lobes, ped. axillary 

 1-fiowered longer than the leaves, st. hispid. — E. B. S. 2674. 

 H. V. 172. — Stem and calyx very hispid. — Between Cobham and 

 Ouxton, Kent. A. VI. Vn. E. 



3. Lavate'ea Linn. Tree-Mallow. 



1. L. arbdrea (L.) ; st. woody, 1. 7-angled plaited velvety, 

 ped. axillary clustered 1-flowered shorter than the petioles. — 

 E. B. 1841. — Fl. large, purplish rose-coloured with darker veins. 

 St. 3—8 feet high.— Maritime rocks, rai-e. B. VII.— IX. 



E. S. I. 



Order XVI. TILIACE^. 



Sep. 4 — 6, valvate in the bud. Pet. 4 — 5. Stam. many, 

 distinct, or slightly connected into bundles at the base ; auth. 

 2-ceIled, bursting longitudinally. Glands 4 — 5 at the base of 

 the petals. Fr. 4 — 10-ceUed, several 'seeds in each cell ; or by 

 abortion 1-celled 1-seeded. Embryo erect in the axis of fleshy 

 albumen; cotyledons flat, leafy. — L. alternate, with stipules. 



1. TiLiA. Sep. 5, deciduous. Pet. 5, with or without a scale 

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

 globose, 5-celled, cells 2-seeded. Style 1. Fr. l-ceUed, 

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



1. Ttl'ia Linn. Lime tree. 



Jl. T. intermedia (DO.) ; I. obliquely cordate glabrous except 

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

 flowered, ripe /r. 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. S. 



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

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

 flowered, fr. oblique angular thin and brittle. — E. B, 1705. — L. 



