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T I L I A. 



The LIME, or LINDEN-TREE. 

 Clafs 13. Order 6. Polyandria Hexagynia* 



EE Empalement is five Y)2iYted, concave, coloured, almofl 

 the length of the coroll^^, and deciduous. 

 The Corolla is of five petals, oblong, obtufe and notched at the 

 end. 



The Filaments are many, (thirty and upwards) awl-fhaped, and 



the length of the corolla. The Antherce are fimple. 

 The Germen roundilli. The Style filiform, the length of the 



ftamina. The Stigma obtufely five-fided. 

 The Seed-veJJel a Capfule^ coriaceous, globofe, five-cell'd, five- 



valved, and gaping at the bafe. 

 The Seed folitary and roundilli. 



Obf. The Capfule appears to have but one cell and one feed, 

 the other four being abortive. 



The American Tilia has five Scales placed round the bud 

 and joined to the claws of the corolla. 



The Species with us^ are^ 



I. TiLiA americana. American black Linie^ or 

 Linden-Tree. 



This often becomes a tree of a large fize, covered 

 with a dark brown bark, and dividing into many 

 branches. The leaves are large, heart-fhaped, point- 

 ed, and fawed on their edges, of a deep green on 

 their upper fides, but paler and a little hairy under- 

 neath; and (landing on long footftalks. The flow- 

 ers are produced upon the fitiall branches, and are 

 remarkable for having an oblong bradea or floral 

 leaf upon each footftalk; they are of an herbaceoUvS 

 colour, having narrow petals furniflied with nefta- 

 ries at the bafe. The capfules are round, a little 



hairy 



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