16. TILIACE^. 
59 
feet high:. Covered with soft velvety pubescence.— Marshes, 
particularly near the sea. P. \T[I.IX. Marsh Mallow. E. S. ?I. 
t2. A. hirsuta (L.) ; 1. hispid coi-date, lower 1. reniform bluntly 
5-lobed, upper 1. palmate with 5 or .3 acute lobes, ped. axillary 
1-fl. longer than the leaves, st. hispid.— -B. B. S. 2674. K. v. 172. 
— Stem and calyx very hispid. — Between Cobham and Cuxton, 
Kent. A. VI. VII. E. 
3. Lav-ite'ea Linn. Tree-MaUow. 
1. L. arburea (L.) ; st. woody, 1. 7-an^led plaited velvety, ped. 
axillary clustered 1-flowered shorter than the petioles. — £. H. 
1841.— Fl. large, purplish rose-coloured with darker veins. St. 
3—8 feet high.— Maritime rocks, rare. B. VII.— IX. E. S. I. 
Order XVI. TILIACE^. 
Sep. 4 — 5, valvate in the bud. Pet. 4 — 5. Stam. many, 
distinct, or slightly connected into bundles at the base ; anth. 
2-celled, bui-sting longitudinally. Glands 4—5 at the base of 
the petals. Cai-p. 4 — 10-celled, several seeds in each cell ; or by 
abortion l-celled 1-seeded. Embryo erect in the axis of fleshy 
albumen ; cotyledons flat, leafy.— L. alternate, with stipules. 
1. TiLi.4. 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. l-celled, 
with 1 or 2 seeds. — No scale to the pet. in our plants. 
1. Til'ia Linn. lime'i-tree. 
tl. T. mropa'a (L.); I. obliquely cordate glahrom except 
woolly tufts at the branching of the veins beneath, ped. many- 
flowered,yr. not oblique nearly smooth coriaceous downy. — E. B. 
610. — Fl. in a naked cyme springing from a lanceolate leaflike 
bract. L. thin, membranous, light transparent green, twice the 
length of their petioles. — In many old plantations. ' T. VII. 
E. S. I. 
2. T. parvifdlia (Ehrh.) ; I. obliquely cordate glabrous except 
woolly tufts at the branching of the veins beneath, ped. many- 
flowered, fr. oblique angular thin and brittle. — E. B. 1705. — L. 
thick, coriaceous opaque above, usually scarcely longer than their 
petioles, with stellate hairs beneath. Lobes, of the stigma ulti- 
mately spreading horizontally. — In old woods. T. VIII. E. 
J3. T. grandifolia (Ehrh.) ; I. obliquely cordate do^uny beneath 
with woolly tuAs at the branching of the veins beneath, ped. 
mostly .3-flowered, fr. with 5 prominent angles woody downy 
