Note.—There is so close a resemblance between the lindens that it is difficult to distinguish the American species from each other, or from their European relatives.
American species sometimes found in cultivation:
Tilia pubescens, Ait., is distinguished from Americana by its smaller, thinner leaves and densely pubescent shoots.
Tilia heterophylla, Vent., is easily recognized by the pale or silver white under-surface of the leaves.
There are several European species more or less common in cultivation, indiscriminately known in nurseries as Tilia Europæa. They are all easily distinguished from the American species by the absence of petal-like scales.
Plate LXXVIII.—Tilia Americana.
| 1. Winter buds. |
| 2. Flowering branch. |
| 3. Flower enlarged. |
| 4. Pistil with cluster of stamens, petaloid scale, petal, and sepal. |
| 5. Fruiting branch. |