364- ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM. TART III, 



CHAP. XVIII. 



OF THE HARDY LIGNEOUS PLANTS OF THE ORDER TILIA^CEM. 



Distinctive Characteristics. Sepals 4 or 5, with a valvate aestivation, mostly 

 without an involucre. Petals 4 or 5, or rarely not any. Stamens hypogynous, 

 generally numerous, with filaments separate, and anthers 2-celled. Mostly 

 glands between the petals and ovarium. Ovary and fruit single, of 4 — 10 

 carpels grown together ; cells in the fruit, at least in some, not so many as 

 the carpel !-. (Lindley, Introd. to N. S.) The species are chiefly trees and 

 shrubs from warm climates. The only genus which is perfectly hardy is Jflia. 



Genus I. 



7TLIA. L. The Lime Tree. Lin. Syst. Polyandria Monogynia. 



Identification. Lin. Gen., 660. ; Dec. Prod., 1. p. 512. ; Don's Mill., 1. p. 552. 



Synonymes. Line Tree Gerard; Lind, Anglo-Sax.; Tilleul, Fr. ; Linde, Ger. and Dutch; Tiglio, 



Ital. ; Tilo, Span. ; Lipa, Russ. 

 Derivation. In London and Wise's Retired Gardener, the name of T^Iia is derived from the Greek 



word ptilon, a feather, from the feathery appearance of the bracteas ; but others derive it from the 



Greek word tilai, light bodies floating in the air like wool or feathers. 



Gen. Char. Calyx 5-parted. Petals 5. Stamens numerous, free, or some- 

 what polyadelphous. Ovary globose, villous, 1 -styled, 5-celledj cells 2- 

 ovuled. Nut coriaceous, 1-celled 1 — 2-seeded, from abortion (Don's Mill., 

 i. p. 540.) — Timber trees, with mellifluous flowers, and a remarkable bractea 

 attached to the peduncle of each of the cymes of flowers. The species are 

 three, according to some ; and more than twice that number, according to 

 others. Our opinion is, that they may be all included under two, T. 

 europ3e N a, and T. americana. 



*£ 1. T. EUROPi£ N A L. The European, or common, Lime Tree. 



Identification. Linn. Sp., 733. ; Don's Mill., 1. p. 552. ; Smith's Eng. Fl., iii. p. 16. 



Synonymes. T. intermedia Dec. Prod., 1. 513. : T. vulgaris Hayne Dend. ; T. europae^a borealis 



Wahl. 

 Engravings. Eng. Bot, t 610. ; CEd. Fl. Dan., t. 553. ; and our plate in Vol. II. 



Sjiec. Char. Petals without scales. Leaves cordate, acuminated, serrated, 

 smooth, except a tuft of hair at the origin of the veins beneath, twice 

 the length of the petioles. Cymes many-flowered. Fruit coriaceous, 

 downy. (Dons Mill., i. p. 552.) The extensive distribution and long 

 cultivation of this tree in Europe have given rise to the following races, 

 or varieties, described by De Candolle and others as species ; from which 

 high authority it may be considered presumption in us to differ; but we 

 have not done so without due consideration, and after having examined 

 the living plants of different ages, and in different situations, with the 

 greatest care and attention. 



¥ T. c. 2 microphylla. The small-leaved European Lime Tree. 



Synonymes. T. microphylla Vent, Willd , Dec, and G. Don; T. e. var. y L.; T. ulmi- 

 fblia Scop. ; T. sylv£stris Desf. ; T. parvifblia Ehrh., Hayne Dend. ; T. cordata MUl. ; 

 Tilleul a petites Fcuilles, Fr. ; klcinbliittrige Linde, or Winterlinde, Ger. 



Engravings. Willd. Holzart, t. 106. ; Engl. Bot, 1. 1705. ; and our plate in Vol. II. 



Description, fyc. Petals without scales. Leaves cordate, roundish, 

 acuminated, sharply serrated, smooth above, glaucous, and bearded 

 beneath on the axils of the veins, as well as in hairy blotches. 

 Fruit rather globose, hardly ribbed, very thin, and brittle. Native of 

 Europe, in sub-mountainous woods. In England, frequent in Essex 



