AN ENCYCLOPADIA OF HORTICULTURE. 5 
Tagetes—continued. 
l. pinnatisect ; segments lanceolate, serrulated ; serratures, 
especially those of the upper leaves, aristate. 
branches erect. h. 2ft. Mexico, 1596, See Fig. 2. 
T. florida (flowery). A synonym of T, lucida. 
T. glandulifera (gland-bearing). f/l.-heads pale yellow, fascicled- 
corymbose ; involucre cylindrical. October. J. alternate, pin- 
natisect ; segments thirteen to seventeen, linear-sub-lanceolate, 
acuminate at each end, l4in. or more long. Stems and branches 
erect, the latter short. h. 4ft. South America, 1826. 
T. lucida (shining). Sweet-scented Mexican Marigold. fl.-heads 
yellow; involucre cylindrical. August. /. lanceolate, argutely 
serrated, aristate-serrated at base. Stems erect, scarcely 
branched. h, 1ft, Mexico and South America, 1798. Half-hardy, 
(A. B. R. 359; B. M. 740.) This species varies in having the 
lower leaves obtuse, and the upper ones acute and narrower. 
SYN. T. florida (S. B. F. G. ser. ii. 35). 
T. patula (spreading).* French Marigold. fl.-heads fuscous-golden 
or fulvous ; involucre smooth ; peduncles elongated, one-headed, 
<Mearly cylindrical. August. /. pinnatisect; segments linear- 
ceolate, serrated; serratures, especially the upper ones, 
aristate. Stems erect; branches spreading. h. 14ft. Mexico, 
1573. See Vig. 3. (B.M. 150.) Syn. T. corymbosa (B. M. 3830; 
S. B. F. G. 151). 
T, signata (distinct). Striped Mexican Marigold. fl.-heads yel- 
low ; involucre oblong-ovate, five-angled ; peduncles one-headed, 
scarcely thickened above. Summer. l. poo segments 
six pairs, oblong-lanceolate, incised-serrated, the lower serratures 
aristate. Stems erect, branched. k. 14ft. Mexico. 
FIG. 4. TAGETES SIGNATA PUMILA, showing Habit and detached Portion of Inflorescence. 
T. s. pumila (dwarf). This is of dwarfer, more compact habit 
than the type. See Fig. 4. (R. H. 1863, p. 11.) 
T. tenuifolia (slender-leaved).* /l.-heads yellow, unspotted ; ray 
florets ample, nearly round; involucre obovate, smooth, shorter 
than the disk ; achenes black. August. J. opposite or alternate, 
pinnatisect ; segments thirteen to seventeen, linear, serrated, the 
Serratures of the upper leaves aristate. A. 2ft. Mexico and Peru, 
1797. Plant erect, slightly branched. (B. M. 2045; S. F. G. 141.) 
TAIL-FLOWER. A common name for Anthurium. 
TAILS. The long, feathery or hairy terminations of 
certain fruits. 
TAINIA (from tainia, a band or fillet; in allusion to 
the shape of the lip). Syns. Ania, Mitopetalum. ORD. 
Orchidew. A small gengs (six or seven species) of stove 
orchids, natives of the Hast Indies, South China, and the 
Malayan Archipelago, Flowers pedicellate, scattered, 
rather large or mediocre; sepals and petals narrow, 
slightly acute or long-acuminate; lip erect; column 
id long; pollen masses eight; scape florid, tall, leaf- 
a few-sheathed at base; raceme “términal, simple. 
tems at length thickened into psendo-bulbs. Only two 
Fata call for mention here. For culture, see Calanthe. 
» bicornis (two-horned). J., sepals and petals green, with a red- 
dish tinge; lip yellow, blotched with red the nadie lobe emar- 
oe apiculate, not spurred, having two lamelle at base ; 
oa ers two-horned. March. /. oblong - lanceolate, fleshy, 
À ote scape. Ceylon, about 1842. Syn. Ania bicornis 
» latifolia (broad-leaved). ji. green and brown ; petals slightly 
= g; lip unguiculate, produced with the column in a 
per eg trilobed sac, the lateral lobes obtuse, the middle one 
» Shorter; scape 2ft. long. l. oblong, plicate, shorter than 
the scape. Sylhet, 1852. SYN. Calanthe FaN 
Stems and 
i-fusca (B. M. 4669). 
TALAUMA (the vernacular name of the South 
American species). ORD. Magnoliacee. A genus em- 
bracing about fifteen species of mostly stove, evergreen 
trees; three or four are natives of tropical America, 
and the rest inhabit tropical Asia and Japan, Flowers 
and leaves as in Magnolia; but the fruit differs in the 
fusion of its constituent carpels, and in the irregularly 
circular mode of splitting. The under-mentioned species 
are well worth cultivating on account of their beautiful 
and fragrant flowers. A compost of loam, peat, and sand 
is most suitable. Propagation may be effected by layers, 
or by inarching on some of the stronger-growing Mag- 
nolias. Ripened cuttings, with the leaves intact, will 
sometimes root if inserted in a pot of sand, under a 
glass, in heat. 
T. Candollii (De Candolle’s). /. cream-coloured, large ; petals 
nine to twelve, the outer one short; peduncles one-flowered, 
rather drooping, and, as well as the petioles of the younge 
leaves, clothed with rufous hairs. June and July. 1 
T 
. oblong, 
acuminate at both ends. h. 6ft. Java, 1828. (B. M. 120i: 
B. R. 1709.) 
T. C. Galeottiana (Galeotti’s). /. dull yellow, 3in. in diameter ; 
sepals and petals narrower than in the type. J. 4in, to 7in. long, 
narrowly elliptic-lanceolate. (B. M. 6614.) | 
| T. Hodgsoni (Hod, ’s). fl. creamy-white, large, te 
tts o hts s ie reddik a yee 
3. Sepa tinted out- 
side, thick ; petals six, the inner ones 
mall inter and spring. ‘ 
carpels sub-tetragonal, ar- 
beaked. Z. ample, obovate- 
oblong, coriaceous, glabrous, the 
margins slightly sinuated. Hima- 
mix A medium-sized tree. (I. H. 
1857, 141.) 
T. Plumieri (Plumier’s). /. white, 
large, terminal, solitary; petals 
to twelve. All the year. 
oblong, glabrous, 6in. long, 
in breadth from din. to 5in., cori- 
aceous. A, 12ft. West Indies, 1829 
T; (dwarf).* cream- 
coloured, drooping, very fragrant at 
night; petals six to mine. All the 
year. i elliptic, acuminate at both 
ends, smooth, reticulate-veined. h. 
2ft. to 4ft. Amboyna and Java, 1786. 
The correct name of this Aak rd 
Magnolia pumila (A. B. R. 
977; L. B. C. 1655). 
TALEA. A cutting; a small 
branch used for propagation. 
TALEWORT. An old name for Borage (Borago 
officinalis). 
TALIERA. A synonym of Corypha (which see). 
TALIGALEA (said to be the native name in Guiana). 
Amasonia is now the correct name of this genus. ORD. 
Verbenacee. A genus comprising six species (which may 
be reduced to four) of stove sub-shrubs, natives of tropical 
America. Flowers yellow or sulphur-coloured, racemose 
or panicled; calyx coloured, loosely campanulate, mem- 
branous, five-cleft ; corolla tube elongated, straight or 
incurved at base, the limb five-cleft, sub-bilabiate, with 
short, spreading or reflexed lobes. Leaves alternate, 
toothed or rarely entire; upper ones few, small. For cul- 
ture of the only species introduced, see eg S 
puni ish- . le sulphur-yellow, wit! y 
Tent pe eer pois Eling clothed with red-purple 
hairs. May and June. J. slender, 6in. to-12in. long, oblong- or 
elliptic-lanceolate, shortly acuminate, unequally toothed. sony 
Spey he ae ee 
ok) Ye anion pune (Gn. xxvii. 130; R. G. 1886, 337). 
TALINUM (said to be the name given to the plant 
i 5 t 
by the negroes of Senegal, who eat it as a salad; bu 
w may have been invented by Adanson). ORD. Portu- 
lacee. A genus comprising about eleven species of 
stove, greiui, or hardy, fleshy, highly glabrous, 
sometimes suffrutescent herbs, inhabiting tropical and 
warm regions: two are African and Asiatic, and the 
rest American. Flowers disposed in terminal panicles, 
cymes, or racemes, rarely solitary, axillary or lateral ; 
