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A light, rich soil is most suitable. 
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THE DICTIONARY 
Tecophilæa—continued. 
rich, sandy loam. The bulbs should be kept dry during 
their season of rest. Propagation may be effected either 
by seeds or by offsets. 
T, cyaneo-crocea (blue-and-yellow). Chilian Crocus. — fl., 
pone of a beautiful blue, with a whitish throat, 1łin. to 1}in. 
ong, the segments obovate, many-nerved; peduncles one to 
three, erect, simple, one-flowered, ebracteate, lin. to 2in. long. 
k, roduced radical ones two or three, linear, acuminate, chan- 
nelled, undulated, 3in. to 6in. long, łin. to żin. broad. 1872. 
T. c.c, Regelii (Regel’s). fi. perianth segments narrower 
than in the type, lin. long, oblong; peduncles longer. J. nar- 
rower, not undulated. (R. G. 718, under name of T. cyaneo- 
erocea.) 
TECTONA (Tekka is the Malabar name of T. grandis). 
Teak. Syn. Theca. ORD. Verbenacew. A small genus 
(three species) of very valuable, lofty, stove, Asiatic 
timber-trees. Flowers white or bluish, small, in dicho- 
tomous cymes, forming an ample, terminal panicle; calyx 
campanulate, shortly five or six-cleft. Leaves opposite 
or ternately whorled, ample, entire. The wood of 
T. grandis (Indian Teak-tree) is very valuable, and is 
largely employed in ship-building. This species has been 
introduced to our stoves; but, as it reaches a height of 
80ft. to 150ft., it is scarcely likely to find accommodation 
for its development in this country. 
TEEDIA (called after J. G. Teede, a German botanist 
and traveller, who died in Surinam). Syn. Borkhausenia. 
ORD. Scrophularinew. A small, South African genus (two 
species) of greenhouse, glabrous or pubescent shrubs. 
Flowers pink, rather small; calyx deeply five-cleft; 
corolla tube cylindrical, the limb of five short, rounded, 
sub-equal, spreading lobes; stamens four, didynamous; 
peduncles cymosely few-flowered in the upper axils, 
forming a terminal, leafy thyrse. Leaves opposite, entire. 
The species are rather pretty subjects when in flower. 
Propagation may be 
effected by seeds, or by cuttings. 
=, lucida (clear). fl., corolla four to five lines long; peduncles 
żin. to Zin. long, three to seven-flowered. April. l. ovate or 
n 
ovate- te, narrowed at base and embracing the stem, lin. 
to 4in. long, elear-surfaced, acute, serrulated. Beila tetra- 
t. 1774 Plant glabrous. (B. R. 209.) 
T. pubescens (down ki lla jin. long. May. l te 
elliptic, often eae t! ae = T- hatda ondal vi 
narrowed at base, clasping the stem. A. 2ft. 1816. Plant 
rusty-pubescent or villous. (B. R. 214.) 
TEESDALIA (named after Robert Teesdale, a York- 
shire botanist, author of “ A Catalogue of Plants growing 
about Castle Howard”). ORD. Crucifere. A genus con- 
sisting of two species of glabrous, hardy, annual herbs, 
with minute, white flowers, and rosulate leaves. They are 
natives of Western Europe, the Mediterranean region, 
and Asia Minor. T. nudicaulis (Pepper Cress) is a 
common British weed. 
TEETH. Any kind of small divisions. 
TEGANIUM. A synonym of Nolana (which see). 
TELANTHERA. Included, for garden purposes, 
under Alternanthera (which see). It is kept up asa 
distinct genus by Bentham and Hooker. 
TELEGRAPH-PLANT. A common name for 
Desmodium gyrans (which see). 
TELEIANTHERA. A synonym of Telanthera. 
TELEKIA. Included under Buphthalmum. 
TELEPHIUM (the old Greek name used by Hippo- 
erates for a similar plant, perhaps named after Telephus, 
son of Hercules, by Auge). Orpine. Orp. Ficoidee. A 
genus embracing one (or three) species of hardy, diffuse, 
often perennial herbs, inhabiting the Mediterranean re- 
‘gion. Flowers white, small, in terminal, sub-capitate 
cymes ; sepals, petals, and stamens five each. Leaves 
alternate, twin, or opposite, ovate or oblong, obtuse or 
acute, nerveless. T. Imperati (Tree Orpine) has been 
_ introduced, but is not worth cultivating. 
OF GARDENING, 
TELFAIRIA (so called after Charles Telfair, 1778- 
1833, an Irish botanist, who died in the Mauritius). 
Syns. Ampelosicyos, Jolifia. OBD. Cucurbitacee. A small 
genus (two species) of stove, climbing shrubs, natives of - 
tropical Africa. Male flowers mediocre or rather large, 
on bracteate’ pedicels, racemose; calyx tube short, the 
lobes lanceolate, serrated or crenate; corolla pale purple, 
rotate, five-parted, the segments fringed with elongated 
tendrils; stamens three. Female flowers solitary; rudi- 
mentary stamens wanting ; ovary oblong, tumid and lobed 
at the base, three to five-celled. Fruit large, orbicular, 
compressed ; seeds edible. Leaflets three or five, oblong, 
auricled at base, repand-toothed or cut. By pressure, the 
seeds of T. pedata yield an excellent bland oil, and they 
are said to be, when fresh, as palatable as almonds. Tel- 
fairias produce their handsome flowers in great profusion, 
but require a large space to grow in, and to be fre- 
quently pruned before flowering. Sandy loam and a little 
peat form a desirable compost for the plants. Cuttings 
of the flowering shoots should be taken, and inserted in 
soil or sand, under a glass, in heat, where they will readily 
root. 
T, occidentalis (Western). fl. 14in. to 2in. in diameter ; corolla 
white, with a purple eye; stamens five; male racemes lft. long, 
six to ten-flowered. September. „fr. yellow-green, 2ft. long, 
with ten thick wings lin. deep, and flesh of golden-yellow pulp. 
l. alternate, petiolate, pedately five-foliolate ; leaflets din. to 
6in. long, shortly petioiulate elliptic-ovate, obtusely acuminate, 
sinuate-toothed. Tendrils bifid. West Africa, 1870. (B. M. 
6272.) Said to be cultivated for the seeds, which the negroes 
boil and eat, 
T. pedata (pedate-leaved). fi. lin. or more long; calyx downy, 
large; corolla purplish; male racemes six to eight-fiowered ; 
peduncles 6in. to 8in. long. July. jr. always green, 1sft. to 
3ft. long, often 8in. across, with ten to twelve deep furrows ; 
seeds the size of a very Se kidney bean. Zanzibar, 1825. 
(B. M. 2751-2.) Syns. Fewillea pedata (B. M. 2681), Jolifia 
africana. 
TELIPOGON (from telos, the summit, and pogon, a 
beard; the column is bearded to its summit). SYN. 
Thelypogon. ORD. Orchidee. A genus embracing about 
forty species of stove, epiphytal Orchids, natives of the 
Andes of Columbia and Peru: it is doubtful, however, 
whether many of them are specifically distinct. Flowers 
few at the apex of the peduncle, loosely racemose, 
showy ; sepals sub-equal, free, much spreading, narrow ; 
petals much. broader; lip sessile, much spreading, un- 
divided, rarely small; column very short and thick, setose 
or hispid; pollen masses four; peduncles pseudo-terminal, 
rather long, erect, simple. Leaves distichous, short, coria- 
ceous or fleshy. Only one species calls for description 
here. It does best in small baskets full of peat fibre, 
potsherds, and sphagnum, or attached to a piece of 
teak, with a little fresh sphagnum wired over the 
base of the plant. 
T. Croesus (Creesus). /l. yellow, with a dark network, lin. in 
diameter; sepals triangular, acuminate, aristate, three-nerved, 
carinate outside on the middle nerve; petals cuneate, rhomboid, 
obtuse-angled, five-nerved; lip very broad, flabellate, rounded, 
many-nerved, the base velvety. J. distichous. Stems narrow 
and thin. Columbia, 1877. ; 
TELLIMA (an anagram of Mitella, under which this 
genus was formerly included). ORD. Saxifrageæ. A 
genus embracing half-a-dozen species of hardy, erect, 
pilose or glandular, annual or perennial herbs, natives 
of North-west America. Flowers greenish or white, pe- 
dicellate, bracteolate, nodding; calyx tube ample, the 
limb five-toothed or five-cleft; petals five, rarely reddish, 
inserted at the mouth of the calyx, entire, trifid, or 
pinnatifid; stamens ten; racemes terminal, elongated, 
many-flowered. Leaves petiolate, roundish-cordate, lobed, 
toothed; stipules wanting, or adnate with the base of 
the petioles. T. grandiflora, the only species known to 
cultivation, is a handsome perennial. For culture, see 
Mitella. 
T. ora (large-flowered). fl. greenish, about sin. long 
and broad ; petal Aa e piepatind, Senile > raceme somewhat 
spìcate. April. l. palmately-lobed, cut-toothed; cauline ones 
