NAMES OF PLANTS. 175 



general custom. Gerard gives two plates, the male 

 Trichomanes and the female. The first is Asplenium 

 Trichomanes, and the second seems to be the same. 



Trichone MA. G. tricho, hair, and nema, a filament. 



Trienta'lis, Cordus. It is not known for what reason this 

 name has been given. L. triejis means the third part 

 of anything, and it has been suggested by Theis that 

 the explanation may be found in the plant being four 

 inches high — more or less — or the third part of a 

 foot ; this is at least ingenious. 



Trifo'lium, Pliny. L. for clover, tri, three, ?Lnd folium, a leaf; 

 as we say trefoil, on account of the ternate leaves. 



Teiglo'chix, Linneus. G. tri, three, and glochin, a point; 

 from the three points or angles of the capsules in the 

 common species. 



Teigonel'la, Linneus. G. tri, three, and gon, angle, on 

 account of the triangular appearance of the flower. 



Tein'ia. Named in honour of Karl Bernhard von Trinius, 

 a German botanist, author of * Species Graminum,' 

 &c., who died at St. Petersburg in 1844. 



Teiod'ia, K. Brown. G. tri, three, and od, tooth ; because 

 the giumellas are three -toothed at the summit. 



Trise'tum. L. tri, three, and seta, a bristle or stiff hair ; 

 referring to the three awns. 



Teit'icum, Pliny. L. for wheat, from tritus, rubbed ; wheat 

 being rubbed from the ear. 



Trol'lius, Gesner. " Troll-flower, the globe-flower, from 

 Sw. troll. Da. trold, Fris. trol, a malignant super- 

 natural being, a name corresponding to Scotch 

 Witches Goivan, and given to this i^lant on account 

 of its acrid poisonous qualities." — Prior. 



Tu'lipa, Gesner. From an eastern name for a turban, 

 which has been variously written Tulipa, Tulipan, and 

 Tolibum, from some supposed similarity in the flower. 



