Flora Medica

TILIACE^E.Nat. si/st. ed. 2. p. 99.TILIA.Calyx 5-parted, deciduous. Petals 5, naked, or furnished witha scale in the inside near the base. Stamens numerous ; filamentsdistinct or slightly polyadelphous. Ovary globose, villous, with1 style, andfive 2-seeded cells. Nut leathery, by abortion 1-2-celled,1 -2-seeded.293. T. europaea Linn. sp. pi. 733. E. Bot. t. 610. Acommon tree all over the north of Europe. (Lime or LindenTree.)A tall and handsome, hardy tree, with smooth, round, brown, leafy,spreading branches, green while tender. Leaves 3 or 4 inches broad,and rather more in length, undivided ;unequal, and somewhat heartshaped,as well as entire, at the base the ; margin acutely and ratherunequally serrated the; point elongated, acute, serrated at its base ;upper surface quite smooth, of a bright pleasant green under ; paler, orslightly glaucous, likewise smooth, except small depressed tufts ofbrown woolly hair, where the lateral ribs branch off from the 5 principalones. Stipules oval, smooth, in pairs at the base of each footstalk,soon deciduous. Footstalks cylindrical, slender, smooth, not half solong as the leaves. Flower-stalks axillary, cymose or imperfectlyumbellate, smooth, hardly so long as the leaves, drooping, with from6 to 10 flowers; each bearing an oblong, smooth, pale, flat, entire,membranous bract, originating above the base of the flower-stalk, andfor about half its length firmly united therewith, its blunt point nearlyon a level with the flowers, or longer. Flowers greenish, delightfullyfragrant, especially in an evening. Petals obovate, pale lemon-coloured,destitute, like all our European species, of the scales attached to thepetals of the American ones. Stamens spreading, shorter than thecorolla. Ovary densely hairy ; stigma 5-lobed. Capsule downy, leathery,not woody, uncertain in the number of perfect cells and seeds.Smith. Flowers, separated from the large leafy bracts, are used as aninfusion in Austria with much success in vertigo and spasms; they promoteperspiration and alleviate coughs. But if the bracts and fruit aremixed with the flowers, the infusion then becomes astringent and confinesthe bowels. Host.TRIUMFETTA.Sepals, 5, obtuse, or apiculate beneath the point. Petals 5,or occasionally0. Stamens 10-30, free or scarcely united exceptat the very base. Ovary roundish. Style 1. Carpels 4, more147 i, 2