884 THE VEGETABLE WORLD, 
tion, which is salutary in coughs and other local causes of irrita- 
tion. The flowers of the Holyhock are used in Greece for the same 
purpose ; various species of Sida are used as emollients. Abutilom 
esculentum is used as a vegetable in Brazil. The fruits of others 
of the order are favourite ingredients in soups. The barks of many, 
as Malva crespa, and several species of Hibiscus, yield a strong fibre 
suitable for cordage. The Holyhock (Althea rosea) is said to yield 
a dye not inferior to indigo, and, to crown the whole, King Cotton 
is produced by several species of Gossypium belonging to the 
order. There are three varieties of the Cotton plant cultivated in 
America, namely, the Nankeen Cotton, supposed to be derived 
from G. religiosum, and possessing naturally the yellowish colour 
which distinguishes it; the Green-seed Cotton, producing white — 
cotton and having green seeds; the Black-seed Cotton, producing 
white cotton and black seeds. Upland cotton is a fine white 
variety, known as the Short Staple cotton; the third variety 18 
cultivated on the low, sandy islands lying between Charleston 
and Savannah, and known as the Sea Island cotton, long cele- 
brated for its long staple and the high price it produces in the 
market. G. arboreum, the Tree-cotton, cultivated in India and 
Africa, small growing,—from four to ten feet high. 
The Trz1ace% or Lindens are trees or shrubs, rarely herbaceous. 
The Limes, the types of the order, are large trees with light white 
wood ; their leaves, sharply acuminate, ovals dentate, pubescent, sof 
glabrous. They are alternate, distichous, and furnished with cadu- 
cous stipules. The flowers have this remarkable character, that they 
are disposed in axillary paucifloral corymbs with peduncle, W . 
in its lower half is consolidated with a whitish membranous 
bract, and especially for their glandular dise, distinct —_— 
and two-celled anthers. ; called 
The Common Lime (Tilia Europea) (Plate XV-); usually ¢ Bier 
the Dutch Linden, is widely disseminated in our woods, pene 
of plains, hills, or mountains; it is rarely found beyond thealli® i 
of 300 feet above the level of the sea They are po ne a 
their elegant and graceful form and delicious aroma 10 ee easel 
public promenades. Its buds are velvety, and its mature 14 : 
are slightly pubescent on their lower surface. planted here and 
The forest Lime (Tilia sylvestris), which is 
