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Dicotyledons with Polypetalous Flowers . 
Natural Order 
TILIACE.E. Tab. 15. 
Diagnosis. — Trees or shrubs, rarely herbs, with alternate stipulate leaves. 
Flowers regular. Sepals distinct, valvate in bud. Stamens hypogynous, 
indefinite, distinct or nearly so ; anthers 2-celled. Pistil syncarpous. 
Distribution. —Extra-European, with the exception of the genus Lime (Tilia): chiefly 
tropical. 
One British Genus; Species, i. 
Leaves more or less oblique at the base in Lime. 
Flowers of Lime in axillary pedunculate cymes; the peduncle adnate half its length to the narrow bract. 
PETALS imbricate in bud, free. 
USES, &c.—Like Malvaceae in their copious mucilage and tenacious liber. The bark of tropical species ol 
Corchorus is imported as jute. The Common Lime {Tilia europcea) affords the Russia-matting of Northern Europe. 
The wood is close-grained, soft, and well-suited for carving. It is used in the construction of the frames of stringed 
musical instruments, for which its freedom from warping fits it. 
STERCULIACE/E, an extra-European Natural Order allied to Malvaceae, from which it differs in the stamens 
being frequently definite and the anthers 2-celled, includes the Cocoa-tree (Theobvoma Cacao), cultivated in Tropical 
America and in Trinidad. The seeds roasted and variously prepared constitute cocoa and chocolate. 
