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hairy and about the fize of a fmall pea, having each 

 one roundifti feed. 



2. TiLiA caroliniana. Carolinian oblique-leaved 

 Lime-Tree. 



This is of fmaller growth than the former, rifing 

 commonly to the height of about forty feet, with a 

 trunk of eighteen inches or more in diameter: co- 

 vered with a hghtiih and fomewhat furrowed bark, 

 and fending off many branches. The leaves are 

 fmaller and fmoother than thofe of the other kind, 

 fomewhat heart-ftiaped, ending in long points, un- 

 equal at the bafe, or larger on one fide ot the midrib 

 than the other, and llightly fawed on their edges. 

 The bunches of flowers ftand upon long flender 

 footftalks, furnifhed with floral leaves. The flow- 

 ers are fmall, and have narrow, pointed petals, fur- 

 niftied with ne£laries or fcales at the bafe ; they dif- 

 fufe a fragrant odour, and are continually haunted 

 by bees during their continuance. An infufion of 

 the flowers of Lime-tree has been ufed with fuccefs 

 in an Epilepfy. The timber is too foft for any fl:rong 

 purpofes, therefore, chiefly ufed by turners, carvers, 

 &c. alfo, by architefts in framing models of build- 

 ings, &c. 



T I L L A N D S I A. 



T I L L A N D S I A. 

 Clafs 6. Order i. Hexandria Monogynia. 



THE Empalement is of one leaf, three-parted, oblong and 

 permament: the divifions oblong-lanced, and Aarp- 

 pointed. 



The Corolla tubiilous and of one petal. The tube long and bel- 

 lied. The border three-cleft, obtufe, ere6l and fmall. 



The 



