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THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 
Trichosma—continued. 
T. suavis (sweet). Hair Orchid. £ fragrant, rather large, in a 
short, terminal raceme ; sepals and petals creamy-white, lanceo- 
late; ‘lip three-lobed, the side lobes white, striped with brownish- 
crimson, the middle one undulated, recurved, yellow, margined 
with crimson, and bearing several crispy crests on the disk. 
Spring. l two, vaii lanceolate, obsoletely three-nerved. 
OR. tufted, 8in. to 10in. high. Khasya Mountains, 
1842, 21; W. O. x iii. Ra Syns. Cælogyne coro- 
ia, Eria coronaria, E. sua 
TRICHOSORUS. Trielbäod under Alsophila. 
p : 
TRICHOSPORUM. A synonym of Æschynan- 
thus (which see). 
TRICHOSTEMA (from thrig, trichos, hair, and 
stema, stamen; referring to the capillary filaments). Blue 
Curls. ORD. Labiate. A -genus comprising about half- 
Fig. 99. FLOWERING BRANCH OF TRICUSPIDARIA HEXAPETALA. 
a-dozen species of hardy, North American herbs. Flowers 
commonly blue or violet, in axillary, dense or loose, many- 
flowered whorls. Leaves entire; floral ones conformed. 
Two of the species have been infroduced; but they are 
probably not now in cultivation. 
