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T I L I A. 
The LIME, or LINDEN-TREE. 
Clafs 13. Order 6. Polyandria Hexagynia. 
r 'THE Empalement is five parted, concave, coloured, almofl 
A the length of the corolla, and deciduous. 
The Corolla is of five petals, oblong, obtufe and notched at the 
end. 
Th q Filaments are many, (thirty and upwards) awl-ihaped, and 
the length of the corolla. The Antherce are Ample. 
The G-ermen roundifh. The Style filiform, the length of the 
ftamina. The Stigma obtufely five-fided. 
The Seed-vejjel a Capfule,. coriaceous, globofe, five-eell’d, five- 
valved, and gaping at the bafe. 
The Seed folitary and roundiiTi. 
Obf. The Capfule appears to have but one cell and one feed 5 
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 , 
: T Tilia americana* American black Lime , 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 Tides, but paler and a little hairy under- 
neath; and (landing on long footftalks. The flow- 
ers are produced upon the fmall branches, and are 
remarkable for having an oblong braiiea or floral 
leaf upon each footftalk; they are of an herbaceous 
colour, having narrow petals furniflied with nedta- 
ries at the bafe. The capfules are round, a little 
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