TILIA EUROPÆA. COMMON LIME-TREE, OR
LINDEN.
T IL IA europcea; foliis cordato-subrotundis acuminatis intequaliter serrätis, nuce turbinata costis protni-
nentibus insigniter lignosa crassa. Vent.
T IL IA europtea. Linn. Sp. PI. p. 733. Huds. Angl. p. 2 31. Light/. Scot. p. . With. Bot A r r . .
1 bMÜM FI. Dan. t. 553. Hoffm, Germ. ed. 4.. ml. 1 . P . II. p- 242. Willd.Sp.
P i. ml. S. p. 1 1 1 Smith FI. Brit. p. 571. Engl. Bot.t. 610. ,. AU. Hort. K m . ed.2. m l S.,
p. 299. Pers.Syn. PI. ool.2ip.GG. Hook. FI. Scot. P . I. p. 170.
T IL IA platypbyllos. S cop./arn. n. 741,- ten t, in A m . .of B o t..m l.lip . *10. Pecand. / l . Fr.ed.3.
wh,4i. p. &%6. FI. Gall. Syt?.,p. ; . ..
T IL IA grandifolia. Ehrh.
T IL IA foliis cordato-lanceolatis, spongiolis ad nervorum angulos-sessilibus. Hall. Helvrn. 1030. ^
T IL IA vulgaris platyphyllos. The common Lime-tree or Linden-tree. R a iiS yn .p . 473.
ß. T IL IA foliis molliter hirsutis, viminibus rutyis, fructu tetragono. Red Lime. R a iiS yn .p .A 7 3 . Ait.
Hort. Kew. ed. 2. vol. S. p. 299- Vent, in Ann. o f Bot. ml. 1. p. 210. Smith FI. Brit. (var. y.)
T IL IA corallina. Sm. in Reesls Cyclop,
y. T IL IA ulmifolia, semine hexägono. R a iiS yn .p . 473.
Angl.rSaxI Lind. Dan. Ft. Tilteul. ' Germ. Die Linde.
Island. Lind. I till. Tig ho. Span. Tile.
Class and Ord er . POLYANDRIA MONOGYNIA.
[N atural Ord er. T IL IA CE sE, J us*., Decand., Hook.
Char N at. Okd. Calyx, quinquepartitus. , Petala quinque, Stamina indefinite, Ovarium unum, qupiquij,
loculare. Ovula definite,, peltata. .Stylus unns. Stigma obscure quinquelobum. Fructus abortion? umloculan|.
monospermus. Semina peltata. Embryo, transyersus, axi albumiuis fannacei. Cotyledones follacei, lobatl. Hath
cula mfein.— Arhoiies. Folia allema stipulata. Flores corymbosi. Mirb.j
Ge n - Char. Cafy.it deciduus. Petala quinque. N u x coriacea, quinquelocularis, local» dispermis.
Ge n . Ch a r. Calyx deciduous. Petals five. N u t coriaceous;five-celled, with the cells two-seeded.
Arbor excelsa, cortice subrimosa, ramis junioribüs loe-
vibus. fiiscis, glabris, vel, in (3, pubescentibus.
Folia alterna, longe petiolata, inæqualia, 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 etio l i graciles, teretes, glabri.
F lores umbellati vel cymosi, pendentes, fragrantes,
flavo-virides; Umbellæ vel Cymæ tri-quadrifloræ.
P edüNCüli axillares, tri-quadripollicares ; Pedicelli
pollicares, graciles. .
Bractea magna, lineari-oblonga, obtusa, flavo-viridis,
foliacea, nitida, venosa, parte inferiore pedunculo
adnata.
Calyx pentaphyllus ; foliolis ovato-lanceolatis, conca-
vis, acutis, subcoriaceis, patentibus, intus basi
subvillosis.
Corolla pentapetala, petalis obovato-lanceolatis, acutis,
flavis, patentibus.
Stamina circiter viginti, libera ; Filamenta gradua,
flexuosa, alba ; Antheræ subrotundatæ, flavo-au-
rantiaeæ.
PiSTlLLUM : Germen rotundatum, tomentosum, quin-
queloculare, loculis subdispermis, non raro om-
nino abortivis ; Stylus staminibus oequalis, erec-
tus, glaber ; Stigma parvum, quinquelobum.
P e r iCarpiüM : 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 fohacei,
nervosi, sublobati.
A lofty T ree, with somewhat rifted bark, its younger
branches smooth, brown, glabrous, or, in f3,
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,
oT, together with the veins, appearing, under the
microscope, beautifully ciliated with silky hairs,
downy in the axils of the nerves.
Petioles slender, rounded, glabrous.
Flowers umbellate or cymose, pendent, fragrant, yellow
green ; Umbel or Cyme consisting of three
or four flowers.
P eduncles 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, flexuos'e, white; Anthers somewhat
* rounded, of a yellowish-orange colour. -
P istil : 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 ica rp: 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. 1. Brae teas and umbel of flowers, natural size. Fig. 2. Single flower 1% 3 i l l
a calvx Fig. 4. Petal. Fig. 5. Stamen. Fig. 6. Back view of an anthei. Fig. 7. Pistil. Section
of a eermen Fig. 9- Abortive nut. Fig. 10. Nut with one perfect seed and four abortive cells. l<ig.\ 1. bee-
tion of the same/ l ig . 12. Seed. Fig. 13. Transverse section of a seed. Fig. 14. Vertical section of a seed,
shotring the albumenInd embryo -,-M lm tF ig . 1 . more or less magnified. (Figs. 13, 14, copied from Gartner.)
Until lately botanists were almost universally disposed to consider not only the I Tiliafoliis mnlliter hirsutis;'
&c of Ray, but also the “ Tilia folio minore” 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 mo e
or less Drominent angles of the nut. Now however, by almost general consent, the snialler-leaved species is con-
sW e r e d S ”c t7 a n lla te ly , in Rees's Cyclopedia, the variety /a b o v e cited is also thought worthy of the same
honour, and ^t there appeal under the m J of T. corallina/ With regard to the first, its leaves are, doubtless,