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IIORTUS JAMAICENSIS. 



T~f : : . ' fyfium. A tergeminate or 

 thj af. 



Terminals Terminating - , or coming out 

 at the end of a dk .u h or stem. 



Terna folia, Tfar i . 13d leaves, ir> threes, 

 ortl : an ' three ; expressing the num- 

 ber of !c tv,es on ^ ach wb irl or set 



Teiinatum tulhnii. A ternate leaf. Hav- 

 ing thwe leaflets on one petiole. 



Tesselatum. Tt iate or chequered. 

 Painted on spotted like a chess- hoard. 



ThTKiDYNAMiA. The name of the fif- 

 i nth class i:i tlie Linnean System. 

 nprehending tliosc plants which bear 

 hermaphrodite flowers with six stamens, 

 four of them (more powerful) longer than 

 tiie other two. This is a truly natural 

 class, and the same with the Crucifo 

 of Tournefort the Siliculosa and .57//- 

 aiwsa of Ray; which last are the names 

 of the ordt rs into which the class is divi- 

 ded by Linneus. 



Tetraedra. Four-sided. 



Tetragonqus. Four-cornered. 



Tetragynia. One of the orders in several 

 classes of Linneus's System. Compre- 

 hending tliose plants which have four 

 pistils 



Tetrandaia. The fourth class in the Lin- 

 nean System. Comprehending those 

 plants winch have hermaphrodite flowers 

 with tour stamens of equal lengths. 



Tetrape i ai. a. Four-petaled. 



TF.THAPiivi.t.rs-. Four-leaved. 



Tf.TR.WKioiA. Four-seeded. 



THYRSUS. A panicle contracted into an 

 ovate form. 



TOMENTOSUS. Downy, nappy, cottony, 

 or fiocky. 



Tongue-sHAPi D. Linear and fleshy, blunt 

 at the end, convex underneath, and hav- 

 ing; usually a cartiliginous border. 



Tok>>sus. Torose, protuberant, swelling 

 out in knobs ; like the veins and muscles. . 



Torulosis. Swelling a little. 



'FORTIUS. Twisted,'" or twisting. 



TRACHEA. Air-vessels. 



Triandria. The name of the third class 

 in the Linnean System. Comprehend- 



ing those plants which Lear hennaphft)* 

 dite Sowers with three stamens. The 

 second order Digynia contains most oi 

 the grasses. 



Trichotomus. Dividing by threes. 



TfticcccA Swelling out in three protube- 

 rancies, internally divided into tinea 

 cells, with one seed in each. 



Tiueocc/E. The name of the forty-seventh 

 order in Linneus's Fragments, and of the 

 thirty-eighth in his Natural Orders. 



Tricuspid atum. Three- casped or three- 

 pointed. 



TriGYNIA. The name of the third order in 

 the first thirteen classes of the Linnean* 

 System, except the first, fourth, and se- 

 venth ; including those plants which- 

 have three pistils to each flower. 



TitiiiiLAT/E (three-scarred, see Hilumj. 

 The name of the fiftieth order in Lin- 

 neus's Fragments, and of the twenty- 

 third in his Natural Orders. 



Trijugum folium. A trijugous leaf. A 

 pinnate leaf with three pairs of leaflets. 



Tri<ECIA, The name of the third order in 

 the class Polygam a ; and signifying that 

 there are hermaphrodite male and female 

 flowers of the same species on three dis- 

 tinct individuals. 



TV . . The name of the sixth or- 



der in Linneus's Fragments; and of the 

 fifth in bis Natural Orders. 



Triqueter. Three-sided. 



Truncatum. Truncate. Ending in a trans- 

 verse line so that it seems as if the tip 

 of the leaf had been cut off. 



Tuber A knob, in roots 



Tt BERCULuM A little knob, like a pimple. 



'i UBEROSA. Tuberous or knobbed. 



Torus. A tube or hollow pipe. Put ftn 

 the lower, narrow, hollow part of a mo- 

 nopetalous corolla, by which it is fixeo 

 into the receptacle. 



Tunicatus Tunicated or coated". 



Turb.natum. Turbinate, or top-shaped, 



Turgidum. Turgid or swollen. 



Twining stem. Ascending spirally round 

 a branch, stem, or prop. This is done 

 either from the right to left, contrary to 



