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THE DICTIONARY 
OF GARDENING, 
Trixis—continued. 
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toothed, pilose-glandular above, slightly woolly beneath. Stems | 
branched from the base, panicled, pubescent and pilose-glandular. 
h. 1ft. Chili, 1821, Annual. (H. E. F. 101.) 
TRIXIS (of Gærtner). A synonym of Proserpinaca 
(which see). ; 
TRIZEUXIS (from treis, three, and zeuis, a union ; 
alluding to the cohesion of the three sepals). ORD. 
Orchideæ. A monotypic genus. The species is a small, 
stove, epiphytal Orchid, of no great beauty, but remark- 
able in having the lip superior, i.e. with the parts of 
the flower in their proper position, the ovary not being 
twisted as in the generality of Orchids. The plant will 
succeed if fastened to a piece of wood. It may be 
multiplied by divisions. 
T, falcata (sickle-leaved). fl. green, minute, densely racemose 
along the branches of the slender scape, which is 6in. to 12in. 
high. Z. distichous-rosulate, oblong-linear, acuminate, slightly 
faleate, Sin. to 6in. long, šin. broad. Columbian Andes and 
Trinidad, 1820. (H. E. F. 126; L. B. C. 975; L. C. B. 2.) 
TROCHETIA (named in honour of R. I. G. du 
Trochet, 1771-1847, a French physiologist and writer on 
botany). ORD. Sterculiaceæ. A genus comprising about 
half-a-dozen species of stove or greenhouse, evergreen | 
shrubs or trees, natives of Mauritius, St. Helena, and | 
Madagascar. Flowers rather large, often pendulous; 
calyx five-parted, coriaceous; petals five, flat, broad, 
persistent ; staminal column short, bearing five ligulate 
staminodes ; bracteoles none, or minute and deciduous ; 
peduncles axillary, one to three-flowered. Leaves entire, 
coriaceous. Two species have been introduced. They 
thrive in a compost of well-drained loam, leaf mould, 
‘and sand. Cuttings will root in sand, under a glass. 
T, erythroxylon (red-wooded), The correct name of plant 
described in this work as Melhania erythroxylon. 
T, grandiflora (larze-flowered). A synonym of T. triflora. 
T. triflora (three-flowered). fl. white and yellow; sepals 
acuminate, lin. long; tals obovate, lJjin. long; staminal 
column cylindrical ; uncles much deflexed, exceeding ‘the 
tioles, three-flowered. December. J. oblong, crowded near 
The ends of the branches, 4in. to 6in. long, acute, sub-entire or 
dentate, broadly rounded at base, coriaceous, brown-tomentose 
beneath ; petioles erect, lin. to 2in. long. h. 10ft. Mauritius, 
1842. Stove. (B. R. 1844, 21, under name of T. grandiflora.) 
TROCHISCANTHES (from trochiskos, a small wheel, 
and anthos, a flower; in allusion to the form of the 
umbels). ORD. Umbellifere. A monotypic genus. The 
species is a tall, hardy, perennial herb, with small, white, 
polygamous, umbellate flowers, and ample or ternately 
compound radical or lower leaves. It is a native of 
the South of France and the Alps, and has no horticultural 
value. ; : 
TROCHLEATE. Twisted like a pulley. 
TROCHOCARPA (from trochos, a wheel, and karpos, 
frnit ; alluding to the radiated arrangement of the cells 
of the fruit). Syn. Decaspora.. Orv. Epacridee. . A 
genus including half-a-dozen species of greenhouse, erect 
or diffuse shrubs or small trees, limited to Australia. 
Flowers spicate, each sessile within the small, subtending 
bract and two bracteoles; calyx five-parted; corolla tube 
cylindrical or campanulate, glabrous or with reflexed hairs 
inside at the top; lobes recurved, usually shorter than 
the tube; filaments short, filiform. Fruit a globular or | 
depressed drupe, containing ten stones (or fewer by 
abortion). Leaves usually petiolate, flat or convex. 
T, lawrina, the only species yet introduced, is a hand- 
some tree, thriving in sand and fibry peat. Cuttings of 
the points of young shoots, or stubby, short side shoots 
getting firm at the base, should be inserted in sand, 
under a bell glass, and kept close in a frame or pit, at 
any time during spring or summer. More heat and 
- moisture must be allowed after the flowering period, 
and an abundance of air and light before the end of 
Trochocarpa—continued. 
T. laurina (Laurel-like). fl. white, small, in terminal, solitary 
or clustered, interrupted spikes, łin. to lin. long. June. l. 
usually clustered at the end of each year’s shoots, so as to appear 
almost whorled, petiolate, broadly oval or elliptic, acuminate, 
shining, five to seven-nerved on both sides, mostly lfin. to 2in. 
long. A. 20ft. to 40ft. 1829. (B. M. 3324.) 
TROCHOSTIGMA. A synonym of Actinidia 
(which see). 
TROLL FLOWER. 
Trollius. : 
TROLLIUS (said to be derived from an old German 
word trol, a globe). Globe Flower; Globe Ranunculus. 
ORD. Ranunculacee. A genus comprising about nine 
species of hardy, perennial, erect herbs, inhabiting the 
temperate and frigid regions of the Northern hemisphere. 
Flowers yellow or lilac, ample, solitary or few; sepals 
five or indefinite, regular, petaloid, commonly deciduous; 
petals five to eight, small, clawed, rarely indefinite, long- 
linear. Leaves alternate, palmately lobed or dissected. 
The best-known species are here described. A rather 
heavy soil and moist situation are most generally suitable, 
but Globe Flowers succeed well in the front part of mixed 
borders, and in many other positions where the soil is 
fairly good. The plants are of very compact and flo- 
riferous habit. Propagation may be effected by divisions, 
which should preferably be made in September; or by 
seeds. The latter do not usually vegetate until the 
year after they are sown. 
An old name for the genus 
Fic. 109. FLOWERING STEM AND ROOT-LEAF OF TROLLIUS 
EUROP#US. 
T. acaulis (stemless). 7. golde! 
seven, broadly oval, obtuse ; pe fourteen, narrow-cuneate, tin. 
long, with a very short claw. July. l. five-partite, argutely cut. 
SS dwarf, leafy above. Western Himalayas, 1841. (B. R. xxix. 
llow, 2in. in diameter ; sepals 
