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TI'LIA* *. 
Linnean Class and Order. Polya'ndria f, Monogy'nia. 
Natural Order. Tilia'cea:, Juss. Gen. PI. p. 289. — Sm. Gr. 
of Bot. p. 155. — Lindl. Syn. p. 54. ; Introd. to Nat. Syst. of Bot. 
p. 40. — Rich, by Macgilliv. p. 481. — Loud. Hort. Brit. p. 503. ; 
Arboret. Brit. p. 364. — Don’s Gen. Syst. of Gard. and Bot. v. i. 
p.540. — Mack. FI. Hibern.p. 52. — Hook. Br. Fl.(4thed.) p. 401. — 
Rosales ; subord. Rhceadosas ; sect. Malvina: ; type, Tiliacea ; 
Burn. Outl. of Bot. pp. 614, 784, 814. & 823. — Columnifera:, 
Linn. 
Gen. Char. Calyx (see figs. 1 & 2.) inferior, in 5 deep, valvular, 
concave, coloured, rather coriaceous, equal segments, about the 
size of the corolla, deciduous. Corolla (see fig. 1.) of 5, inversely 
egg-shaped, blunt petals, alternate with the segments of the calyx, 
with or without a scale or nectary on the inside at the base. Fila- 
ments (see fig. 3.) numerous, 30 or more, thread-shaped, the length 
of the petals. Anthers of 2 roundish lobes, bursting outwards. 
Germen (figs. 4 & 5.) superior, roundish. Style (see figs. 4 & 5.) 
columnar, upright, scarcely so long as the stamens, deciduous. 
Stigma with 5 blunt angles. Capsule (fig. 6.) roundish, more or 
less angular, bursting tardily at the base, of 5 cells, seldom all 
perfect ; partitions opposite to the angles. Seeds 1 or 2 in each 
cell of the germen, but many prove abortive, and the ripe capsule 
has often but one cell, with a solitary seed, which is globular and 
smooth. Embryo (see figs. 10 & 11.) large, heart-shaped andlobed. 
The 5-parted, deciduous calyx; the corolla of 5 petals, with or 
without a scale on the inside ; and the coriaceous capsule of from 
1 to 5 cells, with 1 or 2 seeds in each cell ; will distinguish this 
from other genera in the same class and order. 
Three species British. 
TI'LIA EUROPjE'A. European Lime-tree. Common Lime- 
tree. Linden-tree. Bast. 
Spec. Char. Leaves twice the length of the footstalks, quite 
smooth, except a woolly tuft at the origin of each vein beneath. 
Cymes many-flow’ered. Fruit coriaceous, downy. 
Engl. Bot. t. 610. — Hook. Ft. Lond. t. 190. — Loud. Arbor, et Frut. Brit. p. 364. 
t. 15. and t. 15, a.— Linn. Spec. PI. p. 733, a.— Huds. FI. Angl. (2nd ed.) p. 231, 
Willd. Sp. PI. V. ii. pt. II. p. 1161.— Sm. Ft. Brit. v. ii. p. 571, a. ; Engl. FI. 
v. iii. p. 17.— With. (7th ed.) v. iii. p. 654. var. 1.— Hook. Brit.Fl. p.259.— Hunt. 
Evel. Silva, p. 201, in part.— Light. FI. Scot. p. 280.— Sibth. FI. Ox. p. 166.— Abb. 
FI. Bedf. p. 116.— Davies’ Welsh Bot. p. 53.— Purt. Midi. FI. v. i. p. 253.— Relh. 
FI. Cant. (3rd ed. ) p. 215. — Hook. Fl. Scot. p. 170. — Grev. FI. Edin. p. 121. — 
FI. Devon, pp. 91 & 179. — Phillips’ Sylva Florif. v. ii. p. 53. — Sylvan Sketches, 
p. 216. — Winch’s Fl. of Northumb. and Durham, p. 36. — Walker’s Fl. of Oxf. p. 
100. — Don’s Gen. Syst. of Gard. and Bot. v. i. p. 552.- — Bab. Fl. Bath. p. 9.- — - 
Dick. Fl. Abredonensis, p. 41.— Mack. Catal. of PI. of Irel. p. 52. ; Fl. Hibern. p. 
Fig. 1. Calyx and Corolla.— Fig. 2. Calyx.— Fig. 3. Stamens and Pistil.— Figs. 
4 & 5. Germen, Style, and Stigma. — Fig. 6. Capsule. — Fig. 7. Transverse section 
of the seme. Fig. 8. Seed. — Fig 9. Transverse section of ditto. — Fig. 10. Verti- 
cal section, showing the large leaf-like Cotyledons.— Fig. 11. Embryo, magnified. 
* Supposed to be derived from ptilon, Gr. a feather ; alluding to the appear- 
ance of the flowers and floral-leaves. + See folio 43, note +. 
