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  • A plant genus (of the family Tiliaceae) of trees that are native in temperate regions and often planted as shade trees, that are distinguished by having cordate leaves, a winglike bract coalescent with the peduncle, indehiscent fruit with one or two seeds, and soft easily carved wood, and that have a strong hybridizing tendency. A few are outstanding as ornamental and shade trees.

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        Donald Pigott Collection
        GB 235 PIG · Collection · 1980 - 2012

        4 folders containing Donald Pigott's notes and photos relating to his research on Tilia:
        1: Photographs of living Tilia; folder of labelled photographs of living trees taken by Donald Pigott
        2: China 1993, 1995; folder of notes on Donald Pigott's China trips in 1993 and 1995
        3: Chinese Visit; folder detailing further Chinese trips taken by Pigott, includes 1993 and 1995.
        4: Tilia Types, China; a folder containing good images / copies of Tilia type herbarium specimens from China.
        1 folder of original drawings by Professor Donald Pigott; A collection of drawings, both in pencil and ink, of leaves and flowering parts of different species of Tilia, the subject of his monograph (Lime-trees and Basswoods; A Biological Monograph of the Genus Tilia; Donald Pigott, Cambridge University Press, 2012, ISBN 978-0-521-84054-5)

         Pigott, Donald