TILIA EUROPÆA. COMMON LIME-TREE, OR
LINDEN.'
TILIA curopcea ; foliis cordato-subrotundis acuminatis imequaliter serratis, nuce turbinata costis nromi-
nentibus msigmter lignosa crassa. Vent. ... “
TILIA europasa. Linn. Sp. P i p . 733. Huds. Angl.p. 231. Lightf. Scot.p. . With Bot A rr
Cp / 4 ' T o M9Ï Fl- S 5 3 . Hojfm. Germ, eel.'t. ml. 1 . F.Wmffl1 „32 WÊË& II. p. 242. W i i ld S i B r it p. 571. Engl. Bot. t . 610. Ait. Hort. K ew. ed.8HÜ p.9,99. Pei s. Syn. PL vól. 2. p. 66. Hook. Fl. Scot. P . l . p. 170.'
TILIA t ó f “ Ani ' ° S Bo‘-v ° l- I- p . m . Decani.Fl. Fr.ed.3.
TILIA grandifolia. Ehrh.
TILIA foliis cordato-lanceolatis, spongiolis ad nervorum angulos sessilibus. Hall. Helv. n. 1030,
TILIA vulgaris platyphyllos. The common Lime-tree or Linden-tree. Rail Syn. p. 473.
/3. TILIA foliis inolliter hirsutis, vimlnibus. rubris, fructu tetfAgono. Red Lime. Rail Syn. V 473. A it
Hort. Kew. e d .* .v o l.3 .p . 299; Veht. mAnn. o f Bot. vol. 1. p. 210. Smith Fl. Brit. (var. y.V
TILIA corallina. Sm. in Rees’s Cyclop.
7- TILIA ulmifolia, semine hexagono. , Raii Syn. p . 473.
Angl.-Sax. Lind. Dan. Lindetreee. Dut. Lindenboom.
Island. Lind. Ital. Tiglio. Spm. Tilo.
Fr. Tilleul. Germ. Hie Linde.
Class a n p Order. POLYANDRIA MQNOGYNIA.
. [N atural Ord e r .1 TILIACEÆ, Jus's., De cani, Hook.
9 9 N at. Onu Cplyy quinquepardtus™ Petala quinque. Stamina indefinita. Ovarium mam, quinque-
loculare. Oiiiifa, defimla, peltata. Stylus unus. Stigma obscure quinquelobum. Fructus abortione, unilocularis,
monospermus &M,M peltata. Embryo transversus, axialbumiuis farinacei. Cotyledons, foliacei, lobati. Radi-
cula inféra.— Arbores. Folia alterna stipulata. Flores, corymbosi. ' Mirb.']
Ge n . Cha r. Calyx deciduus. Petala, quinque. Nux coriacea, quinquelocularis, loculis dispermis.
Gen . Char. Calyx deciduous. Petals five. N u t coriaceous/ five-celled, with the cells two^êedèd.
A rbor excelsa, cortice subrimosa, ramis junioribus læ-
vibus, fuscis, glabris, vel, in ß, pubescentibus.
Folia alterna, longe petiolata, inoequalia, late cordata,
margine inæqualiter argute serrata, apice in acumen
integerrimum attenuata, superne intense vi-
ridia, glabra, venosa ; inferne pallidiora, nervis
prominentibus, glabris, vel, una cum venis, sub
lente pulcherrime sericeo-ciliatis, in axillis nervorum
pubescentia.
P e t io l i graciles, teretes, glabri.
Flores umbellati vel cymosi, pendentes, flagrantes,
flavo-virides; Umbellæ vel Cymæ tri-quadrifloræ.
P e d ü NCü l i axillares, tri-quadripollicares ; Pedicelli
pollicares, graciles.
Bractea magna, lineari-oblonga, obtusa, flavo-viridis,
foliacea, nitida, venosa, parte inferiore pedunculo j
adnata.
Calyx pentaphyllus ; foliolis ovato-lanceolatis, conca-
vis, aeutis, subcoriaceis, patentibus, intus basi
subvillosis.
Corolla pentapetala, petalis obovato-lanceolatis, aeutis,
fiavis, patentibus.
Stamina circiter viginti, libera ; Filamenta gracilia,
flexuosa, alba ; Antheræ subrotuadatæ, flavo-au-
rantiaeæ.
P istillum : Germen rotundatum, tomentosum, quin-
queloculare, loculis subdispermis, non raro om-
nino abortivis ; Stylus staminibus æqualis, erec-
tus, glaber ; Stigma parvum, quinquelobum.
P ericarpium : Nux subrotundata, acuminulata, pu-
bescens, costata, hinc gibbosa, quinquelocularis,
loculis quatuor plerumque abortivis, unico semi-
nifero ; Semen solitarium, magnum, ovato-ro-
tundatum, fuscum, lateraliter axi communi loculi
affixum.
Albumen copiosum.
Embryo immersus, transversus ; Cotyledones foliacei,
nervosi, sublobati.
A lofty T re e , with somewhat rifted bark, its younger
branches smooth, brown, glabrous, or, in 8,
downy.
Leaves alternate, placed upon long footstalks, unequal,
broadly cordate, the margin unevenly and sharply
serrated, the apex attenuated into an entire point,
above deep-green, glabrous, veined; beneath
paler, with prominent nerves, which are glabrous,
or, together with the veins, appearing, under the
microscope, beautifully ciliated with silky hairs,
downy in the axils of the nerves.
P etioles slender, rounded,^glabrous.
F lowers umbellate or cymose,. pendent, fragrant, yellow
green ; Umbel or Cyme consisting of three
or four flowers.
Peduncles axillary, three or four inches long ; Pedicels
one inch in length, slender.
Bractea large, between linear and oblong, obtuse, yellow
green, leafy, shining, veined, its lower part
connected with the footstalk.
Calyx five-leaved ; the leaflets ovato-lanceolate, concave,
acute, subcoriaceous, patent, slightly villous
at the base within.
Corolla pentapetalous, the petals obovato-lanceolate,
acute, yellow, spreading.
Stamens about twenty in number, free; Filaments
slender, flexuose, white; Anthers somewhat
rounded, of a yellowish-orange colour.
P ist il : Germen rounded, downy, of. five cells, the cells
about two-seeded, these being not unfrequently
quite abortive; Style equalling the stamens in
length, erect, glabrous; Stigma small, five-lobed.
Pe r ic a r p : a roundish,acuminulate, downy Nut, ribbed,
gibbous on one side, five-celled, four of the cells
being generally imperfect, one only seminiferous;
Seed solitary, large, between ovate and rounded,
brown, affixed by its side to the common axis of
the cell.
Albumen in a large quantity.
Embryo immersed, transverse; Cotyledons leafy,
nerved, somewhat lobed.
Fig. I. Bracteas and umbel of flowera, natural size. Fig. 2. Single flower. Fig. S. Inner view o f the leaflet of
a calyx. F,g. 4. Petal. Fig. 5. Stamen. Fig 6. Back view of an anther. Fig. 7. Pistil. Fig. s. Section
of a germen. r ig . 9. Abortive nut. Fig. 10. Nut with one perfect seed and four abortive cells. Fig. 1 1 . Sec-
tion of the same. Fig. 12. Seed. Fig. IS. Transverse section of a seed. Fig. 14. Vertical section of a seed,
showing the albumen and embryo -.—all but Fig. I. more or less magnified. (Figs. 13,14, copied from Gtertner.)
Until lately botanists wot almost universally disposed to consider not only the “ Tilia foliis mollitcr hirsutis,"
&C. o f Ray, but also the Tilia folio mmore of the same author, as different states of the common European
Lime; and Willdenow has enumerated no less than six varieties of that species, principally founded on the more
or less prominent angles of the nut. Now however, by almost general consent, the smaller-leaved species is considered
distinct; and lately, in Reess Cyclopcedia, the variety f3 above cited is also thought worthy of the same
honour, and it there appears under the name of T. corallina. With regard to the first, its leaves ire, doubtless,