THE LINDEN, or LIME TREE 
Natural Order Tiliace^e (Jussieu). Linnsean Classification , 
PoLYANDRIA, MoNOGYNIA. 
TXLIA.t (Linn.) 
Sepals 5. Petals 5. Stamens numerous, disposed more or less 
in 5 clusters, the central tuft (chiefly in the native species) 
transformed into a petal. The ovary globular, villous, and 
5-celled, each of the cells bearing 2 ovules. Capsule lig- 
neous, globular, by abortion only 1-celled, with 1 or 2 seeds. 
Cotyledones sinuate. 
Trees of Europe and North America with alternate dilated or 
cordate leaves, oblique at the base, serrated on the margin, and 
with a tough and fibrous bark; stipules caducous. The flowers 
disposed in flattish pedunculated clusters (or cymes), and with 
the peduncle curiously adnate for a great part of its length to a 
large membranaceous, linear bracte. The rest of this family of 
plants are nearly all tropical productions. 
LARGE LEAVED LINDEN, or LIME. 
TILIA heterophylla, foliis ovatis , argute serratis , basi 
nunc cordatis , nunc oblique aut xqualiter truncatis , subtus 
tomentosis ; nuce pisiformi. Ventenat, Mem. de PInstitut., 
tom. 4. p. 16. pi. 5. Pursh, Flor. Bor. Amer., vol. 2. p. 363. 
Nouveau Duhamel, vol. 1. p. 229. Decandolle, Prod. vol. 
1. p. 513. 
Telia heterophylla, leaves glabrous and deep green above, 
f An ancient Latin name, probably from the Greek the 
Elm. 
