642 TEONONGIA 



Teonongia Stapf. Moraceae (i). i Tonquin. 



Teosinte, Euchlaena mexicana Schrad. 



Tepals, the 1. of a homogeneous P. 



Tepa.ry,P/tase0/its acutifolius A. Gray, var. latifolius Freeman. 



Tephea Uelile. Apocynaceae (inc. sed.). i Irop. Afr. 



Tephroseris Reichb. = Senecio Tourn. p.p. (Comp.). 



Tephrosia Pers. Leguminosae (in. 6). 140 trop. and subtrop. 



Tepualia Griseb. Myrtaceae (n. i). i Chili. Hard wood. 



Teramnus Sw. Leguminosae (in. 10). 6 trop. 



Terana La Llave. Compositae (inc. sed.). i Mexico. 



TeraucMa Nakai. Liliaceae (in), i Corea. 



Teratology, the study of monstrosities. 



Terebinthus (Tourn.) P. Br. (Pistacia p.p. BH. ; Bursera, &c. p.p.). 



Anacardiaceae (3). 60 N. Am. 

 Terete, cylindrical tapering. 



Terminalia L. Combretaceae. 120 trop. The fr. of many are winged 

 (see fam.). Those of T. Chubula Retz. and others (myrobalans) are 

 used in dyeing and tanning, and also in medicine. The seed of T. 

 Catappa L. is ed. (country almond). T. glabra Wight et Am. has 

 aerating roots. The bark is burnt for lime. Good timber: tan from 

 bark. 



Terminthodia' Ridley. Rutaceae (i). i Malay Peninsula. 

 Ternary, trimerous. 



Ternate, with three leaflets arising from same point. 

 Terniola Tul.= Lavvia Tul. (Trist.). 

 Ternstroemia Mutis ex L. f. ( Taonabo Aubl.). Theaceae. 35 S. Am., 



As. 



Ternstroemiaceae. A fain, in Bentham and Hooker's jth cohort 

 (Guttiferales) divided into several fams. by Engler. The bulk of the 

 genera are placed in Theaceae, the rest in Caryocaraceae, Marcgra- 

 viaceae, Stachyitraceac, Dilleniaceae, Gnttifcrae, &c. 

 Ternstroemiopsis Urb. (Etirya p.p.). Theaceae. i Hawaiian Is. 

 Terrellia Lunell (Ely/tins p.p.). Gramineae (12). 8 N. Am. 

 Tersonia Moq. Phytolaccaceae. 2 W. Austr. 



Tertrea DC. (Machaonia p.p. EP.). Rubiaceae (n. 2). i Martinique. 

 Tessarandra Miers (Linociera BH.}. Oleaceae. i Brazil. 

 Tessaria Ruiz et Pav. Compositae (4). 4 Argentina to Calif. 

 Tessellate, chequer- worked. 



Tessenia Buhani (Erigeron p.p.). Conipositae (3). ^o^N. Am. 

 Tesmannia Harms. Leguminosae (n. 2). i Spanish Guinea. 

 Testa, the seed coat, cf. Seed. 

 Testaceus (Lat.), brick-red. 



Testudinaria Salisb. Dioscoreaceae. 2 Cape Col. incl. T. Elephant ipes 

 Salisb. (Hottentot bread). General habit of a Dioscorea, but an 

 enormous tuber, the swollen first internode of the stem, projecting out 

 of the soil, with a thick outer coating of cork. From it yearly, during 

 the wet season, springs by adv. budding the year's shoot, a long thin 

 climbing stem with large 1. and small rls. This dies down in the dry 

 season, and the corky covering protects the mass of the plant from 

 drought. 

 Tetaris (Lindl. in) Chesn. Boraginaceae (inc. sed.). 2 Mesopotamia. 



