56 16. TILIACEA. 
+2. A, hirsuta (L.); 1. hispid cordate, lower 1. reniform ob- 
tusely 5-lobed, upper 1. palmate with 5 or 3 acute lobes, pedun- 
cles axillary 1-flowered longer than the leaves, st. hispid.— E. B.S. 
2674. R. v. 172.—Stem and calyx very hispid—Between Cob- 
ham and Cuxton, Kent. A. VI. VII. E. 
3. Lavarera Linn. Tree-Mallow. 
1. L. arborea (L.); st. woody, l. 7-angled plaited velvety, ped. 
axillary aggregated 1-flowered shorter than the petioles.—F. B. 
1841. R. v. 178.—Fi. large, purplish rose-coloured with darker 
veins. St. 3—8 feet high—On maritime rocks, rare. B. VII. 
—IX. 
Order XVI. TILIACEAE. 
Sep. 4—5, estivation valvate. Pet. 4d—5. Stam. distinct, 
indefinite, or (in exotics) polvadelphous ; anth. 2-celled, bursting 
longitudinally. Glands 4—5 at the base of the petals. Carp. 
4—10-celled, several seeds in each cell or by abortion 1-celled 
l-seeded. Embryo erect in the axis of fleshy albumen; cotyle- 
dons flat, leafy.—L. alternate, with stipules. 
1. Trnra. Sep. 5, deciduous. Pet. 5, with or without a scale 
at the base. Stam. indefinite, free, or polyadelphous. 
Ovary 5-celled, cells 2-seeded. Style]. Fr. 1-celled, with 
1 or 2 seeds.—No scale to the pet. in our plants. 
1. Tria Linn. Lime Tree. 
*1. T. europea (L.); 1. obliquely cordate glabrous except a 
woolly tuft at the origin of each nerve beneath, ped. many- 
flowered, fr. not oblique nearly smooth coriaceous downy.— 
E. B. 610.—F. in a naked cyme springing from a lanceolate leaf- 
like bract. L. twice the length of their petioles—In many old 
plantations. T. VII. 
2. T. parvifolia (Ehrh.); 1. obliquely cordate glabrous except 
a woolly tuft at the origin of each nerve beneath, ped. many- 
flowered, fr. oblique angular thin and brittle—E. B. 1705.—L. 
usually scarcely longer than their petioles, with stellate hairs be- 
neath. Lobes of the stigma ultimately spreading horizontally. — 
In woods. Probably the only truly native species. T. VIII. 
*3. T. grandifolia (Ehrh.) ; 1. obliquely cordate downy beneath 
with a woolly tuft at the origin of each nerve beneath, ped. mostly 
3-flowered, fr. with 5 prominent angles woody downy turbinate. 
—E. B.S. 2720.—Young shoots hairy. L. longer than their 
petioles with solitary hairs heneath. Lobes of the stigma erect. 
—T. rubra (Lindl.) is stated to have globose and smooth fruit 
