Order XXVII
TILIACEÆ.
Trees, shrubs, or herbs, in general not remarkable for their beauty, the greater part of the last being the commonest weeds of the tropics. The Lime, from which the order derives its name, is a genus of fine trees with fragrant flowers, and Sparmánnia and Enteléa are handsome broad-leaved greenhouse arborescent plants. The inner bark of Tilia is tough and separable, and supplies the material whence the Russia mats used by gardeners and others are prepared. Corchorus olitórius is cultivated in Egypt as a kitchen-garden vegetable; the fibres of the bark of Córchorus capsuláris are twisted into fishing lines; and the roasted nuts of the Lime tree are reported to bear some resemblance to chocolate. 1087 Triumfétta W. 1100 Heliocárpus W. 1180 Sloánea W. 1181 Apeíba W. 1182 Sparmánnia W. 1183 Enteléa R. Br. 1184 Muntingia W. 1185 Gréwia W. 1186 Tília W. 1187 Córchorus W.
ORDER XXVIII.
ELÆOCARPEÆ.
These differ from Tiliaceæ in nothing except their lobed petals and anthers opening by two pores at the apex. The flowers of some of the species of Elæocárpus are fragrant, the fruit eatable, and the hard rugose stones manufactured into necklaces. 1192 Elæocárpus W.
ORDER XXIX.
SAPINDACEÆ.
One of the distinctive peculiarities of this order consists in the petals having an additional lobe in the inside, or a tuft of hairs instead. Nearly all the plants have compound leaves, and bunches of white flowers; a few of them are twining herbs, but the greater part are trees or shrubs, all natives of the warmer parts of the world, and in a great proportion, of the East. The only genus which will bear the climate of England is Kolreutéria, a fine shrub or small tree, with panicles of white or pale yellow flowers. Nephélium and Dimocárpus are both genera bearing excellent fruit. The rind of the berry of Sapindus saponária is of a soapy quality, as the name of the plant indicates. The pulp of Melicócca, the arillus of Blíghia sápida, and the kernel of Berthollétea and Pékea are all excellent eating. 926 Sapíndus W. 832 Ornítrophe W. 1971 Nephélium W. 884 Melicócca W. 883 Dimocárpus W. 885 Blíghia H. K. 887 Kolreutéria W. 923 Paullínia W. 924 Seriána W. 925 Cardiospermum W. 897 Dodonæ'a W. 1991 Amiróla Pers. 831 Cossígnia Juss. 886 Metáiba Aubl.
ORDER XXX.