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Tassel Flower. See Cacalia. 



Tavernie'ra. Named in honor of J. B. Taver- 

 nier, a celebrated traveler in the Levant. 

 Nat. Ord. Leguminoace. 



A small genus of shrubs, natives of the East 

 Indies and the Orient. T. nummularia, the 

 East Indian Money-wort, is a dwart very 

 bushy, branching, green-house shrub, with 

 trifoliate, fleshy, obcordate leaves, and ra- 

 cemes of rather pretty, red flowers. Only 

 two species have been introduced. 



Taza'ceae. A sub-order of Coniferm, often con- 

 sidered as a distinct order, chiefly by their 

 fruits not being collected in cones, each ovule 

 growing singly, unprotected by hardened 

 scales. 



Taxo'dium. Bald Cypress, Deciduous Cypress, 

 From taxus, the Yew, and oides, like ; trees 

 resembling the Yew, Nat, Ord. Coniferce. 



T. di^tichum, the deciduous Cypress, abounds 

 in the Southern States, growing as far north 

 as Delaware and southern Illinois. It is one 

 of the most valuable trees for timber, and is 

 considerably grown as an ornamental tree for 

 the lawn. It is perfectly hardy as far north 

 as New York. Beautiful specimens are often 

 seen on lawns, where their feathery foliage 

 renders them attractive objects. 



Ta'zus, Yew. From taxon, a bow; the wood 

 anciently used for bows ; or from taxis, 

 arrangement, the leaves being arranged on 

 the branches like the teeth of a comb. Yew 

 is supposed to be from the Celtic word iw, 

 signifying verdure ; alluding to the Yew being 

 an evergreen, Nat. Ord, Coniferm. 



A genus of well-known evergreen trees, 

 popularly known as the Irish Yew, They are 

 compact in habit, their branches being densely 

 crowded with leaves ; they are also upright, 

 the branches perpendicular, giving the tree a 

 small circumference for its height. On this 

 account, it is a favorite tree for cemeteries 

 and churchyards. There is a native species, 

 T. baccata var. Canadensis, commonly known 

 as Ground Hemlock or American Yew, com- 

 mon in the more Northern States, on moist 

 banks and hills. It rarely grows more than 

 four feet high, and is branching and straggling 

 in habit. T. baccata, the common Yew of 

 England, is the species from which the ancient 

 English bows were made. Loudon says : " In 

 the days of archery the Yew was the principal 

 wood used for the bow in Britain, and in the 

 reign of Henry VIII., of England, the demand 

 was so great that it had to be imported from 

 the continent of Europe into England, and 

 various laws were passed concerning it from 

 the days of Edward IV. to Elizabeth," 



Tea-Berry. Canada Tea. A local name some- 

 times given to the Wintergreeh, GaulUieria 

 procumbens, which see. 



Tea-Plant or Tea-Tree, See Thea. 

 African . Lycium afrum. 



American Mountain. Gaultheria procumbens. 

 Australian. Various species of Leplospermum 



and Melaleuca. 

 Blue Mountain. Solidago odora. 

 Botany Bay or Sweet. Smilax glycyphylla. 

 Brazilian. Stachytarpheta Jamaicensis. 

 Cape Colony, HeUchrysum serpillifolium. 

 Ceylon. Elceodendron glaucum. 

 Duke of Argyle's, Lycium barbarum. 

 Malay, Eugenia variabilis. 



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Mexican, Paoralea glandulosa. 



New Jersey. Ceanothus Amsricanus. 



New Zealand. Ltplospermum flavescena and L. 

 acoparium. 



New Zealand, Sweet^cented. Philadelphua 

 aromaticus. 



Oswego, Monarda didyma. 



Paraguay. See Ilex Paraguarienaia. 



Tasmauian. Melalev/^a squarrosa. 



Wild, Amorpha canescens. 



"Winter Berry. Prinos glabra. 

 Teak Tree, Indian, See Teclona grandis. 

 Tear Thumb. A name commonly applied to 



several species of Polygonum, on account of 



their rough, bearded stems, which lacerate 



when handled. 

 Teasel. See Dipsabus. 



Teco'ma, From ' Tecomaxochitl, the Mexican 

 name of the species. Nat. Ord. Bignoniacece. 



A genus of hardy, deciduous and green- 

 house, evergreen, climbing shrubs, consisting 

 of upward of fifty species. They are mostly 

 South American plants. T. radicans, or 

 Trump,et Creeper, in general cultivation, is 

 a native species, common from Pennsylvania 

 to Illinois and southward. It is well adapted 

 for covering walls or arbors in exposed places, 

 being perfectly hardy and a rapid grower; 

 the flowers are large, tubular, and a brilliant 

 orange, T. grandiflora is nearly allied to T^ 

 radicans, but has larger flowers of a deeper 

 shade of orange. These two species are com- 

 monly known as Bignonias. Some of the 

 green-house species are objects of great 

 beauty, but as they -flower in summer, they 

 are not as generally grown as they should be. 

 All the species are propagated from cuttings 

 pf the root or suckers, 



Tecophylae'a, Chilian Crocus. Named after 

 Tecophila, the daughter pf the botanist Bil- 

 ^otti, Nat. Ord. Hemodoraceae. 



T. cyanocrocus, the only species yet intro- 

 duced, is a charming little Chilian, bulbous 

 plant, growing only a few inches in height, 

 having narrow leaves and erect bell-shaped, 

 flowers, of an intensely deep blue, with a light 

 centre. It is a spring flowerer, and nearly, if. 

 not quite; hardy. Introduced in 1872, 



Te'ctona. Teak Tree. From Tekka, its Mala- 

 bar name. Nat. Ord, VerbenacecR. 



This is a celebrated timber tree of the East 

 Indies, used for ship-building in preference to 

 all other woods, because of its strength, great 

 durability, the ease with which it can be 

 worked, and its non-liability to be injured by 

 the attacks of Fungi, Some of the species 

 ■have, been introduced into the green-house. 

 They are very handsome trees, with purple or 

 white flowers, but their size prevents their 

 general introduction, 



Tee'dia. Called after J. O. Teede, a German 

 botanist- and traveler, who died in Surinam. 

 Nat. Ord. Scrophulariacece. 



A small genus of green-house, glabrous or 

 pubescent shrubs, natives ef South Africa. 

 Two species, T. lueida and T. pubeacena, have 

 been introduced. They have small, pink flow- 

 ers, borne in a terminal, leafy thyrse, and are 

 quite pretty plants when in flower, A rich, 

 light soil is most suitable for them, and prop- 

 agation may be effected by seeds or by out- 

 tings. 



