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TRICHONEMATA Greca. 
Greek Trichonemes. 
TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Nat. ord. IRIDACEÆ. (Iros, Lindley's Vegetable Kingdom, p. 159.) 
TRICHONEMA, Ker.—Perigonium corollinum, superum, infundibuli- 
forme, tubo brevi, limbi sexpartiti laciniis egualibus patentibus. Stamina 3, 
tubo perigonii inserta ; filamenta erecta, inclusa ; anthere oblonge, basifixae. 
Ovarium inferum, obtus® trigonum, triloculare. Ovula plurima, in loculo- 
rum angulo centrali biseriata, adscendentia, anatropa. Stylus filiformis ; 
stigmata 3, linearia, conduplicata, bipartita, laciniis brevibus recurvis, &c. &c. 
Endl. gen. no. 1247. 
1. T. subpalustre, W. Herbert, MSS. 
2. T. Pylium, Id. - 
We much regret our inability to furnish any account of 
these two pretty Trichonemes, which were collected by our 
late lamented friend the Dean of Manchester, drawn by his 
own faithful hand, and prepared for publication by himself; 
but, alas ! Diis aliter visum est. He is gone: and no trace 
of his views about them remains behind. 
All we can learn is, that T. subpalustre was found at 
Salonica, and in the Ionian islands; and Tr. Pylium at 
Navarino. Mr. Herbert regarded them as perfectly new 
forms, distinct from all that have yet been made known. We 
have not seen even a dried specimen of them ; and reluctantly 
leave them to some future botanist for elucidation. 
May be it was the remembrance of having gathered these 
aborigines of old Hellas that led the spirit of the poet into 
the train of thought which produced the following beau- 
tiful lines :— 
e Spectare campos ut vitreos libet, 
Litusque lotum marmore cærulo, 
Ét stagna quå venti quiescunt, 
Actiacå celebrata pugnå ! 
