SUPPLEMENT. 
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SUGEROKIA. A synonym of Heloniopsis (which 
see). 
SWAINSONA. To the species and varieties de- 
seribed on pp. 527-8, Vol. III., the following should now 
be added: 
S. Ferrandi alba (ferrand’s white). (1. yellowish-white in bud ; 
corolla snow-white when fully expanded, with a broad, spreading 
standard ; keel small; wings much reduced. Probably a garden 
variety of S. galegifolia. 
SYNTHYRIS (from syn, together, and thyris, a little 
door; in allusion to the closed valves of the pod). Orp. 
Scrophularinee. A genus comprising about half-a-dozen 
species of glabrous or pilose, hardy, perennial herbs, with 
thick rhizomes, natives of North-west America. Flowers 
bluish or reddish, racemose or spicate ; calyx four-parted, 
the segments narrow; corolla tube very short or wanting, 
the lobes erecto-patent, imbricated; stamens two; pe- 
duncles scape-like, simple, with alternate, amplexicaul, 
leafy bracts. Leaves radical, petiolate, ovate, or oblong 
and crenate or incised-pinnatisect. For culture of the 
only species introduced, see Veronica, on p. 148. 
8S. reniformis (kidney-shaped). fl. pale violet, about jin. long; 
corolla lobes oblong-lanceolate, unequal; raceme erect, 4in. to 
6in. long, many but not dense flowered; peduncle stout, Sin. 
to 10in. long. April. J. l}in. to 2hin. in diameter, orbicular- 
cordate, coriaceous, doubly toothed. 1885. (B. M. 6860.) 
SYRINGA. To the species and varieties described 
on pp. 536-7, Vol. IIL., the following should now be added: 
S. Emodi aurea (golden). This only differs from the type in 
having the leaves blotched with dull yellow. 1886. 
S. pekinensis (Pekin). J. opposite ; petioles and midrib blackish- 
urple. Branchlets slender, velvety, dark red. North China, 
886. A very bushy shrub or small tree. Syn. Ligustrina 
pelinensis. 
S. p. pendula (pendulous). 
This only differs from the type in 
its “ weeping” habit. 
TACSONIA. To the species described on pp. 3-4, the 
following should now be added: 
T. Jamesoni (Jameson's). fl. bright, rich rose-colour, large ; 
tube cylindrical, 4in. long ; tlower-stalk shorter than the leaves. 
1. glabrous, sub-orbicular, three-lobed, 2in. long, 2}in. broad. 
Ecuador. Greenhouse. 
TAGETES. To the species described on pp. 4-5, the 
following should now be added: 
T. gigantea (gigantic). #. unknown. J. opposite, pinnate, 
having a balsamic odour ; leaflets soft, narrowly elliptic, toothed. 
Stem stout, pruinose, 6ft. to 9ft. high. Bolivia, 1886. A stout, 
half-hardy herb. 
TAPEINZ:GLE. A synonym of Tapeinanthus 
(which see). 
TAPEINANTHUS (from tapeinos, low, and anthos, 
a flower; in allusion to the dwarfish habit of the plant). 
Syns. Carregnoa, Gymnoterpe, Tapeinegle. Orv. Amaryl- 
lidee. A monotypic genus. The species is a small, 
tunicated-bulbous plant, which bas not yet been success- 
fully cultivated in this country. 
T. humilis (dwarf). /. solitary or twin, jin. in diameter ; 
perianth yellow, funnel-shaped, with a very short tube, the 
segments narrow-oblong, erecto-patent, sub-equal, with a small 
scale at their base; scape very slender, 3in. to 4in. high. 
l., perfect one appearing late, filiform, with a small, stipitate 
sheath at base. Spain, Tangiers, 1887. 
TECOMA. ‘To the species described on p. 13, the 
following should now be added: 
T. amboinensis (Amboina). 7. orange-red, 3in. to 4in. long, 
freely produced in axillary racemes. J. pinnate. Amboina, 1886, 
A handsome, stove climber. 
T. Mackenii (Macken’s). A synonym of 7. Ricasoliana. 
T. Ricasoliana (Ricasol’s). l. in terminal panicles; corolla 
delicate rose-pink, with darker veins, the tube somewhat inflated 
or narrowly funnel-shaped, the limb spreading. J. pinnate ; 
leaflets ovate, acute, toothed. South Africa, 1887, A handsome, 
greenhouse species. Syn. 7’. Mackenii. 
TECOPHILZA. Tothe species and variety described 
on p. 14, the following should now be added: 
T. cyanocrocea Leichtlinii (Leichtlin’s). 1. of a deep blue, 
as In those of Gentiana verna, without a trace of yellow. 1886. 
TERMINALIA ELEGANS. A garden synonym 
of Polyscias paniculata (which see). 
THALICTRUM. To the species and varieties de- 
scribed on pp. 23-4, the following should now be added: 
T. adiantifolium (Adiantum-leaved). 
(which see, on p. 24). 
THEOPHRASTA IMPERIALIS. 
of Chrysophyllum imperiale (which see). 
THUNBERGIA. To the 
species described on 
pp. 32-3, the following should now be added: 
T. affinis (related). . ample, sub-solitary; corolla violet, the 
tube yellow within and tinged yellow outside, twice as long as 
the bracts, recurved above the base, the lobes ample, rounded, 
retuse. September. J, shortly petiolate, elliptic, acute or obtuse, 
entire, acute at base. Stem quadrangular, rambling. Zanzibar, 
1886. ‘* Perhaps a glorified form of 7’. erecta” (Sir J. D. Hooker). 
(B. M. 6975.) 
THUYA. ‘lo the species and varieties described on 
pp. 33-4, the following should now be added: 
T. tatarica compacta (compact). A garden variety, of com- 
pact, narrow, conical growth. 1886,- 
TIGRIDIA. ‘To the species and varieties described 
on pp. 38-9, the following should now be added : 
T. grandiflora alba (large-flowered, white). /., pearly-white, 
large, marked at the base of the perianth segments with large 
spots of reddish-brown on a yellowish ground. 1882. This plant 
has the general habit of 7. pavonia conchiora, from which it is 
presumed to have originated. 
T. Pringlei (Pringles). /., perianth with a campanulate base, 
blotched within with crimson; sepals 2hin. long, with a re- 
flexed, scarlet limb; petals broadly cordate or reniform at base, 
the narrower, triangular-ovate, acute limb not spotted. July and 
August. Stem slender, lft. to 2ft. high, with two or three 
winged, plicate leaves, and a single flower. Bulbs small, with 
fusiform roots. Southern Mexico, 1888. (G. & F. i. 389.) 
TILLANDSIA. To the species and varieties de- 
scribed on pp. 42-6, the following should now be added: 
T. foliosa (leafy). /l. violet, produced in an ample panicle ; bracts 
reddish. Mexico. A fine plant. 
T. Furstenbergii (Furstenberg’s). jl., spikes erect, furnished 
with lanceolate, rosy bracts, dusted over with whitish meal. 
l. tufted, piaueone, linear-lanceolate, finely toothed, dilated at 
base. 1882. Acaulescent. The correct name of this plant is 
Streptocalyx Furstenberg. 
T. Pastuchoffiana (Pastuchoff’s) J. broad, recurved, acuminate, 
clear, shining green, irregularly marked with a mosaic pattern of 
dark green lines. Brazil, 1885. Allied to 7. fenestralis. 
T. retroflexa (bent-back). /. yellow, with green tips, spreading, 
distichous ; bracts scarlet ; scape scarlet, pendulous, bearing ten 
to fifteen flowers. 1885. This garden hybrid resembles 7’. scalaris 
in habit, but is stouter. 
TODEA. To the species and varieties described on 
p. 50, the following should now be added: 
T. grandipinnula (large-pinnuled). fronds ovate, tripinnate, 
lft. to 14ft. long, 8in. to 9in. broad, pellucid-membranous ; 
pinne sessile, crowded, oblong-ovate ; pinnules overlapping, 1}in. 
long, ovate, pinnatifid. 1886. A handsome, garden hybrid. 
TORENIA. To the species described on p. 59, the 
following variety should now be added: 
T. Fournieri compacta (compact). This differs from the 
type in its dwarfer and more compact habit. (R. G. 1887, p. 667, 
f. 172.) 
TOURNEFORTIA. To the species described on 
p. 62, the following should now be added: 
T. cordifolia (cérdate-leaved). . white, small, in large, 
terminal, corymbose cymes. J/. opposite, lft. long, cordate, 
acute; petioles 3in. to 4in. long. Tropical America, 1887. A 
greenhouse or half-hardy shrub, of bold habit, clothed with 
short hairs. (R. H. 1887, p. 128, f. 26-7.) 
A form of T. minus 
A synonym 
TRADESCANTIA MULTICOLOR. A garden 
name for a form of Zebrina pendula. 
TRAGOPYRON. Included under Atraphaxis 
(which see). 
TRICHOCENTRUM. To the species and varieties 
described on p. 79, the following should now be added: 
T. albo-purpureum striatum (striated), . having a large 
purple blotch on each side of the base of the lip, and the apical 
part striped purple. 
