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'''''Tilia henryana''''' <small>[[Ignaz von Szyszylowicz|Szyszyl.]]</small>, commonly known as '''Henry's Lime''', is a medium-sized [[deciduous]] tree native to the provinces of [[Anhui]], [[Henan]], [[Hubei]], [[Hunan]], [[Jiangsu]], [[Jiangxi]], [[Shaanxi]], and [[Zhejiang]] in [[China]] <ref name=Tang>Tang, Y., Gilbert, M. G., & Dorr, L. J. Tiliaceae, in Wu, Z. & Raven, P. (eds) (2007). ''Flora of China'', Vol. 12. Science Press, Beijing, and Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis, USA. ISBN 10-193-072340-7 [http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=250077056]</ref>.
Introduced to the West by [[Ernest Henry Wilson|Ernest Wilson]] in 1901, the tree grows to 25 m tall, its bark pale grey and fissured. The sea green [[leaf|leaves]] are [[cordate]], < 10 cm long, with distinctive ciliate margins, and are borne on 3 - 5 cm [[petiole (botany)|petiole]]s. The tiny pale, almost white, fragrant flowers appear in clusters of up to 20 in autumn. The tree grows very slowly in cultivation, and performs best in sheltered locations <ref name=White>White, J. & More, D. (2003) ''Trees of Britain & Northern Europe''. Cassell's, London. [[ISBN 0-304-36192-5]]</ref>.
==Cultivation==
==Cultivation==
==Varieties==
==Varieties==
Two varieties are recognized, var. ''henryana'' and var. ''subglabra'', principally distinguished by branchlets that are yellow, stellate tomentose, and glabrous, resp.
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