THE ACE AE 645 



Tetroncium Wilkl. Scheuchzeriaceae (Naiad. BH.}. i Str. of Ma- 

 gellan. 



Tetrorchidium Poepp. et Endl. Euphorbiaceae (A. II. 6). 4 trop. Am. 



Tetrorum Rose (Sedum p.p.). Crassulaceae. i S.E. U.S. 



Tetrouratea Van Tiegh (Gomphia p.p.). Ochnaceae. i Brazil. 



Teucridium Hook. f. Verbenaceae (4). r New Zealand. 



Teucrium (Tourn. ) L. Labiatae (i). too cosmop. ; 4 in Brit, (wood 

 sage or germander), incl. T. scorodonia L. Fl. with small upper lip, 

 protandr. with movement of style and sta. 



Texiera Jaub. et Spach. Cruciferae (2). i Syria. 



Teysmannia (Teijsmannia) Reichb. f. et Zoll. Palmae (i. 2). i Sum. 



Thacombauia Seem. Euphorbiaceae (inc. sed.) (Humir. BH.}. \ Fiji. 



Thalamus, the receptacle, q.v. 



Thalassia Banks. Hydrocharidaceae. i Ind. and Pac., i Atl. Ocean. 



Thalassium (Cl.), a sea formation. 



Thalia L. Marantaceae. 7 Am., Afr. The std. j3 (see fam.) present. 



Thalictrum Tourn. ex L. Rammculaceae (3). 10 N. temp. (T. ftavum 

 L., meadow-rue, and 2 others in Brit.). Fls. small; P sepaloid or 

 slightly coloured and soon falling. Some are visited by pollen-seeking 

 insects, but T. minus L. and others are wind-fert. and protog., re- 

 taining traces of entbmophiloiis ancestry in a slight cohesiveness of 

 the pollen and the fact that the anthers dehisce successively. 



Thalloid, of thallus form ; thallus, Podostemaceae, Tristichaceae. 



Thaminophyllum Harv. Compositae (7). 2 Cape Colony. 



Thamnea Soland. ex R. Br. Bruniaceae. 4 S. Afr. 



Thamnochortus Berg. Restionaceae. 158. Afr. 



Thamnoseris Phil. f. Compositae (inc. sed.). i Chili. 



Thamnosma Torr. et Frem. Rutaceae (i). 4 S.W. U.S., Socotra, 

 S. Afr. 



Thapsia L. Umbelliferae (in. 7). 6 Medit. 



Thapsus Rafin. = Verbascum Tourn. (Scroph.). 



Thaspium Nutt. Umhelliferae (in. 5). 3 N. Am. 



Thatch-palm, Sabal, Thrinax, &c. 



Thaumatocaryum Baill. (Antiphytuin EP.). Boragin. (iv. 4). i 

 Brazil. 



Thaumatococcus Benth. Marantaceae. i W. trop. Afr. 



Thaumatophyllum Schott. Araceae (?). i Amazonas. 



Thayeria Copeland. Polypodiaceae. i Phil. Is. 



Thea L. (Camellia p.p. BH.}. Theaceae. 16 India to Japan. The 

 chief is T. sinensis L. , the tea plant, largely cult, in China, India, 

 Ceylon, Japan, &c. T. nssamica}. W. Mast, (perhaps only a var.) 

 is also cult. It has larger 1. When growing wild it forms a small 

 tree, but in cult, is kept pruned into a small bush. The young shoots 

 (bud and 2 or more 1.) are nipped off, withered, rolled (to express a 

 little juice), then fermented (except for green tea), dried, and sorted 

 into grades (pekoe, souchong, congou, &c.). Cf. Watt, Commercial 

 Prod, of India. [Synonymy : T. Bohea L. and T. viridis L. = T. 

 sinensis; T. Camellia Hoffmgg. = Camellia japonica.] 



THeaceae (EP.; Ternstroemiaceae p.p. BH.}. "Dicots. (Archichl. Pane- 

 tales). 16 gen., 175 sp., trop. and subtrop. Trees or shrubs with 

 simple alt. leathery 1. Fls. usu. sol., 5 , often partly spiral. K 5, 



