96. l ì l i a europoi'a.
spec. Char., 4^. Petals without scales. Leaves cordate, acuminated, serrated,
smooth, except a tuft o f h air at the origin o f the veins beneath, twice
the length of the petioles. Cymes many-flowered. F ru it coriaceous,
downy. (Don s MiU.) A large deciduous tree. Europe, and Britain in
some aboriginal woods. Height 60 ft. to 90 ft. Flowers yellowish white •
August and September. F ru it yellow ; ripe in October. Decaying leaves
yellow, or yellowish brown. Naked voung wood reddish, or yellowish
Varieties. The extensive distribution and long cultivation o f this tree in
Europe have given rise to the following varieties, or races, described by
most botanists as species : —
A. Varieties differing in respect to Foliage.
2 T. c. 1 parvifòlia. T. microph/lla Vent., Willd., Dec., and G. Don ; T.
e. var. y L. ; T. wlmifòlia Scop. ; T. sylvéstris Desf. ; T. parvifòlia
Ehrh., Hayne Dend. ; T. cordàta MiU. ; Tilleul à petites Feuilles
Fr. ; kleinblättrige Linde, or Winterlinde, Ger. (Willd. Holzart
t. 106.; Engl. Bot., t. 1705.; and our 97.)
— Leaves cordate, roundish, acuminated, sharply
serrated ; smooth above, glaucous and bearded
beneath on the axils o f the veins, as well as
in hairy blotches. F ru it ra th e r globose, hardly
ribbed, very thin and brittle. Native o f Europe,
in sub-mountainoiis woods ; in England, frequent
in Essex and Sussex, This variety is distinguish- i
able, a t first sight, from all the" others, by the
smallness o f its leaves, which are only about 2 in.
broad,- and sometimes scarcely longer than their
slender footstalks. The flowers are also much
smaller than in any o f the other varieties ; they expand later ; and
they are very fragrant, having a scent like those of the honeysuckle
There was, in 1834, a subvariety o f this in the garden o f the Hort
Soc., under the name o f T. parvifòlia glaùca.
2 T. e. 2 grandifòlia. T. platyphylla Scop.; T. cordifòlia Bess. ; T
europaea D e s f ; T. grandifòlia Ehrh. and Smith; broad-leaved
downy Lime Tree ; Tilleitl à grandes Feuilles, or Tilleul de Hol-
98. T iiia e u ro pæ 'a platyphylla.
lande, Fr. (V e n t. Diss., p. 6. t. 1. f. 2. ; the plate in Arb. Brit., 1st
edit., vol. V . ; and our fig . 98.) — Leaves cordate, roundish,
acuminated, sharply serrated, downy beneath ; origin of their veins
woolly. Branches hairy. Cymes 3-flowered. F ru it woody, downy,
turbinate, with 5 prominent angles. This tree is readily distinguished
from T. e. parvifòlia by its much larger and rougher leaves, and, also,
by its rougher bark and hispid branches.
2 T. ». 3 intermèdia. T. intermèdia Hayne ; T. platyphylla minor
Hort. (T h e plate of this variety in Arb. Brit., 1st edit., vol. v. ;
and our fig. 99. ) — Leaves intermediate between T. e. grandifòlia
99. m i a e u ro pæ 'a inte rm èd ia.
and T. e. parvifòlia. This variety is the most common in Britain ;
T. e. grandifòlia in the South of Europe ; and T. e. parvifòlia in the
North o f Europe, and especially in Sweden.
T. e. 4 laciniàta. T. platyphylla laciniàta Hort. ; T. asplenifòlia
nova Hort. (T h e plate in Arb. Brit., 1st edition, vol. v. ; and our
fig. 100.) — Leaves deeply and irregularly cut and twisted, scarcely
two on the tree being alike. Apparently a subvariety o f T. e. parvifòlia.
Height 20 or 30 feet.
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