16. TIXIACE^ 
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3. Lavate'ra Liiia. Tree-Mallow. 
1. L. arborta (L.) ; st. woodf/, 1. 7-aiigled plaited velvety, 
ped. axillary clustered 1 -flowered shorter than the petioles. — 
t £. B. 18-11. — Fl. large, purplish rose-coloured with darker veins. 
St. 3 — S ft. high.— Maritime rocks, rare. B. VII.— IX. E. S. I. 
*2. L. si/lves'trix (Brot.) ; st. herbaceous erect or ascending 
hispid, lower 1. orbicular-cordate, upper 1. .5-lobed truncate 
below, 1. -lobes triangular acute, ped. axillary 1-fl. shorter than 
petioles, fr. smooth its axis a cone with convex sides. — ./. of Jj. 
XV. t. 191. — Fl. rose-purple. St. rarely prostrate. Much like 
Malva si/lvestris. — Scilly Isles. Wareham, ManseL I'leydell. 
[Channel I.]. A. or B. VI. VII. ' E. 
Order XVI. TILIACE.E. 
8ep. 4 — 5, valvate in the bud. Pet. 4 — 5. 8tam. many, 
distinct, or slightly connected into bundles at the base ; anth. 
2-celled, bursting longitudinally. Glands 4 — 5 at the base of 
the petals. Fr. 4 — 10-celled, several seeds in each cell ; or by 
abortion 1-celled 1-seeded. Embryo erect in the axis of fleshy 
albumen ; cotyledons Hat, leafy. — ^L. alternate, with stipules. 
1. TiLiA. Sep. .5, deciduous. Pet. 5, with or without a scale 
at the base. Stam. many, free or polyadelphous. Ovary 
globose, 5-celled, cells 2-seeded. Style 1. Fr. 1-celled, 
with 1 or 2 seeds. — Xo scale to the pet. in our plants. 
1. Til'ia Linn. Lime tree. 
tl. T. europce'a (L. em., Sm.) ; I. obliquely cordate glahrous 
except woolly tufts at the branching of the veins beneath, ped. 
many-flowered, ripe fr.vf ooAy )iot rihhed downy. — E. B. 610. — 
T. intermedia (DC.). — Fl. in a naked cyme springing from a 
lanceolate leafiike bract. L. thin membranous, light trans- 
parent green, tivire the length, of their petioles.— \vi many old 
plantations. T. VII. E. S. 
2. T. corddta (Mill.) ; L obliquely cordate <jlabrom except 
woolly tufts at the branching of the veins beneath, ped. many- 
flowered, fr. oblique awjular thin ami brittle. — E. B. 1705. 
T. jxirvifoiia (Ehrh.). — L. thick, coriaceous, opaque above, 
tisKall;/ scarceUf longer than their petiolef. Avith stellate hairs 
beneath. Lobes of the stigma ultimately spreading horizon- 
tally.— In old woods. T. VIII. E. 
