44 THE TREES AND SHRUBS [LECT. 



bended by him under the heads of Crlanduliferce 

 and Piciferce. 



And first with regard to the Lime or Linden, 

 which was known to the Greeks by the name of 

 <f)L\vpa, and to the Latins by that of Tilia. 



In the former country it is rare, but Sibthorp 

 notices it as occurring in Laconia, and near Con- 

 stantinople. 



Theophrastus speaks of the male and female 

 (f)i\vpa, and Pliny also notices two varieties of the 

 Linden or Lime, which he distinguishes in the same 

 manner. These differences, however, as has been 

 already stated, have no reference to the sex of 

 the plant, but relate to the hardness and toughness 

 of the wood, and the thickness of its bark. 



The Tilia europcea of modern botanists probably 

 comprehends both varieties, one of which is called 

 Tilia macrophylla, and the other platyphylla. 



When Horace in his Odes says, " displicent nexce 

 pliilyrd coronce," he is supposed to mean the inner 

 bark of the Linden ; but the (f)i\Xvpia of Dioscorides 

 is identified by Sibthorp with the Pliillyrea latifolia 

 of Linnaeus, a shrub common in Crete, and in the 

 mountainous parts of Greece, and long introduced 

 into our gardens. 



Three varieties of"4cer" are especially singled out 

 by Pliny from the many which he says exist ; nor 

 can there be any doubt that this term, as well as the 

 corresponding one 20ey<5a/^oy employed by Theo- 

 phrastus, has reference to some members of the 



