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*'TRITELEÍA láxa. 
Loose-flowering Triteleia. 
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HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Nat. ord. AseHopELEx, Juss. (Introduction to the Natural System 
of Botany, p. 273.) 
TRITELEIA Hooker. Perianthiwm tubulosum, subinfundibulare, mar- 
cescens. Stamina 6, duplici serie inserta ; superioribus petalis oppositis. Sguame 
hypogyne nulle. Ovarium sepius stipitatum, raró sessile, polyspermum ; stig- 
mate trilobo. Herbe (Austro et Boreali Americane), cormis induviatis. 
Flores umbellati. 
T. laxa ; foliis linearibus glaucis scapo longioribus, involucro pedicellis duplo 
breviore, pedicellis laxiusculis perianthio basi angustato equalibus, ovario 
longé stipitato, filamentis 6 decurrentibus basi cristatis, umbella multiflora. 
T. laxa. Bentham in Hort. Trans. vol. l, n. s. p. 413, t. 15, f. 2. 
Involucrum membranaceum, sepe 3-phyllum, sed ¿bus numerosioribus 
polyphyllum ; bracteis pedicellis brevioribus. Umbella multiflora, (6—20), 
laziuscula. Flores cerulei, infundibulares, pedicellorum longitudine, circa 
ovarium marcescentes; laciniis ovatis, dorso viridi-costatis, exterioribus 
paul) angustioribus et acutioribus. Stamina 6, duplici serie ordinata, tubo 
adnata, filamentis elevatis basi incrassatis et crenulatis ; superiora petalis 
opposita. Ovarium stipite longo curvo subhexagono impositum, oblongum, 
cyaneum, 3-loculare, polyspermum ; stylus unicus brevis ; stigma trilobum. 
Mr. Bentham remarks that this is “a very handsome 
re the scape of which is from a foot to eighteen inches 
gh. Its flowers are about the size of those of Brodiea 
grandiflora, and of the same deep blue colour. They grow 
m a lax umbel, but notwithstanding the length of their 
stalks stand nearly erect; the scape is, however, apt to be 
procumbent if not supported. It seeds freely, and will soon 
€ very common." 
No plant can be more easy to cultivate ; it will grow in 
common garden soil, but prefers such a mixture of peat, 
* From rpeic three, and réXewc complete, in allusion to the perfectly 
ternary arrangement of its parts. 
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