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(S'/»»»».) Host says th a t he has always found the calyx 6-sepaled, and the
corolla ] 2-petaled. A large tree. Hungary. Height 30 ft. to 50 ft. In-
Uoduced in 1767. Flowers yellowish white, very fragrant ; June to August.
Fru it yellow; ripe in October. J b .
Our own opinion is, th a t this is nothing more than a very distinct race of
the common hme ; notwithstanding the circumstance o f its having scales to its
petals, which no one of the other varieties of T. europæ'a is said to possess.
Even allowing this structure to be permanent in the Hungarian lime, the tree
bears such a general resemblance to T. europæ'a in all its main features, that
it seems to us impossible to doubt the identity o f their origin. We are
strengthened in this opinion by the circumstance of its being found only in
isolated stations m the FInngarian forests. We have, however, placed this
hme by itself, rather than among the other varieties ; because, from the white-
^ s s of Its foliage It is far more obviously distinct than T. e. grandifòlia or
T. e. parvifoha. The tree is at once distinguishable from all the other species
and varieties by this white appearance, even a t a considerable distance, and
by the strikingly snowy hue of its leaves when they are ruffled by the wind.
Its wood and shoots resemble those o f the common lime; but it does not
attain the same height as th a t tree.
Ï 3. T . a m e r i c a 'n a L . The American Lime Tree,
Identification. L in . Sp., 733. ; H o rt. Kew.; Willd. Spec. • T o r and Grav
Spec. Char., 4c. Petals each with a scale a t the base, inside. Leaves pro-
toundly cordate, abruptly acuminate, sharply serrated, somewhat coriaceous,
smooth. Petals truncate and crenate at the apex, equal in length to the
^y le . F ru it ovate, somewhat ribbed. {Don’s Miil.) A large tree. Canada,
He'ght 70 ft. to 80 ft. in America ; in England 60 ft.
to 70 ft Introduced m 1152. Flowers yellowish white ; July and August.
i l l to, : if 1 ° XT "P® in October.yellowish brown. Naked young wood dark brown. Decaying leaves
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Varieties. Those which we shall give as such are described in the Flora of
Torrey and Gray as species ; but with the following remark, which we think
fully justifies us in not considering them more specifically distinct than the
different alleged species o f the European lime. “ There is great uncertainty
respecting the synonymes. Indeed, nearly all the characters which have
been emiiloyed for distinguishing them are either inconstant, or are common
to them all. A careful examination of the flowers in the living plants may
afibrd more certain marks of discrimination.”
Ï T. a. 2 heterophylla. T. hetero|)hylla Vent., Pursh, Dec. Prod., Tor.
4 Gray. — A tree o f 30 ft. to 50 ft. high, found on the banks of the
Ohio and Mississippi, and introduced in 1811. Leaves glabrous and
deep green above, very white and velvety tomentose beneath ; the
veins dark-coloured, and nearly glabrous, with coarse mucronate serratures.
Pe ta ls obtuse, crenulate. Staminodia spatulate, entire.
Style hairy a t the base. {Tor. and Gray, i. p. 240.) Leaves 4 in.
to 8 in. in diameter, very oblique, and more or less cordate, with a
short abrupt acumination ; somewhat shining above ; the veins on
the under surface very conspicuous, in contrast with the white pubescence.
Cyme few-flowered, loose. Stvle longer than the petals.
(Ibid.)
t T. a. 3 àlha. T. SAoa Michx., Tor. 4 Gray; T. laxifiòra P«rs/2. (T h e
plate of this tree in Arb. Brit., 1st ed., vol. v. ; and our_^g. 103.) — A
103. Ti'lia americhiiR Allia.
large tree in Pennsylvania and M.aryland. Height 30 ft. to 50 ft.
Introduced in 1820. Flowers yellowish white, very pale ; June.
Leaves 3 in. to 4 in. in diameter, with a short abrupt acumination,
cordate, somewhat unequal a t the base ; the under surface rather
thinly pubescent, very pale, but scarcely white. Staminodia (.scales)
two thirds the length of the petals. Filaments slightly pentadel-
phous. (Tor. and Gray, i. p. 240.) We have only seen this tree in
the H. S., where, 10 years planted, it was about 10 ft. high in 1837.
T. a. pubescens. T. pubéscens Ail., Vent., Tor. 4 Gray. (T h e plate
of this tree in Arb. Brit., Is te d ., vol. v. ; an d o u r yig. 104.) — A large
tree found in Carolina and Florida, along the .sea coast. Height
50 ft. to 70 ft. Introduced in 1726. Flowers pale yellow; June.
Leaves 3 in. to 4 in. in diameter ; the under surface, when young,
rather paler than the upper, but a t length nearly the same colour ;
serratures broad and short. (Tor. and Gray, i. p. 240.) I
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