TRACHYCARPUS 



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TRAGOPOGON 



TRACHYCA'RPUS. (From trachus, rough, and karpos, 

 a fruit ; the fruits of some species are felted with hairs. 

 Nat. ord. Palmaceae. Allied to Chamaerops.) 



Greenhouse and half-hardy palms. Seeds. Loam, 

 peat, and sand. 

 T. exce'lsa (tall). 20-30. Yellow, green. July, August. 



India; China; Japan. 1844. Half-hardy. 

 Fortu'nei (Fortune's). See T. EXCELSA. 

 Griffi'thii (Griffith's). See T. MARTIANA. 

 khasya'na (Khasian). See T. MARTIANA. 

 martiafna (Martian). 10-26. Pale yellow. Hima- 

 laya. 1879. 



Ta'kil (Takil). Trunk covered with fibrous network, 

 but no bristles. Western Himalaya. 1906. 



TRACHYLO'BIUM. (From trachus, rough, and lobos, 

 a pod ; the pods are rough. Nat. ord. Leguminosse.) 



Stove evergreen trees. Seeds ; cuttings in sand, in 

 bottom-heat. Loam, peat, and sand. 

 T. hornemannia'num (Hornemannian). White. Trop. 



Africa. " Copal." 



verruco'sum (warted). 15-20. White. Mascarene 

 Islands. 1808. 



TRACHY MENE. (From trachus, rough, and hymen, 

 a membrane ; channels of the fruit. Nat. ord. Umbellifers 

 [Umbelliferae]. Linn. 5-Pentandria, i-Monogynia.) 



All the following are greenhouse, Australian, evergreen 

 plants, except c&ru'lea. The annuals never do much 

 good in the open air, however raised ; but if sown in a 

 gentle hotbed in March, pricked out and potted, and 

 flowered in the greenhouse in summer, they will reward 

 the trouble ; sandy loam and leaf-mould ; shrubs, cut- 

 tings of young shoots under a bell-glass, in sandy soil ; 

 sandy loam and fibrous peat. Winter temp., 40 to 50. 

 T. caru'lea (sky-blue). i. Blue. July. 1827. Annual. 



compre'ssa (fiat-stalked). See SIEBERA COMPRESSA. 



lanceola'ta (lance-shaped). See SIEBERA BILLARDIERI 



LANCEOLATA. 



linea'ris (narrow-leaved). See SIEBERA LINEARIFOLIA. 

 ,, ova'lis (oval-leaved). See SIEBERA BILLARDIERI. 

 ova'ia (egg-leaved). See SIEBERA BILLARDIERI. 

 pilo'sa (thinly- hairy), i. Blue. July. Australia. 



TRACHYSTE'MON. (From trachus, rough, and stemon, 

 a stamen ; the filaments are hairy. Nat. ord. Boragin- 

 aceae. Allied to Borago.) 



Hardy perennial herbs. Seeds ; divisions. Well- 

 drained soil. 



T. cre'ticum (Cretan), i. Blue. May. Grecian Archi- 

 pelago. 1823. 



orienta'le (oriental), i. Purple. April. Asia Minor. 

 1752. 



TRADESCA'NTIA. Spiderwort. (Named after /. 

 Tradescant, gardener to Charles I. Nat. ord. Spider-worts 

 [Commelinacea?]. Linn. 6-Hexandria, i-Monogynia.) 



All blue-flowered, except where otherwise mentioned. 

 Annuals, by seed ; perennials, by divisions in spring ; 

 rich, light loam ; those requiring the greenhouse and 

 stove will thrive better from having a little peat, and 

 they should be well drained. 



HARDY ANNUALS. 



T. ere' eta (upright). See TINANTIA FUGAX. 

 lalifo'lia (broad-leaved). See TINANTIA FUGAX. 

 re' eta (upright). See TINANTIA FUGAX. 

 ,, unda'ta (waved). See TINANTIA FUGAX. 



GREENHOUSE HERBACEOUS, &c. 



T. crassifo'lia (thick-leaved). 3. August. Mexico. 1796. 



iride'scens (iridescent). See T. CRASSIFOLIA. 



panicula'ta (panicled). i. August. E. Ind. 1816. 

 Biennial. 



pulche'lla (neat), i. July. Mexico. 1825. Ever- 

 green. 



,, tu'mida (swollen), i. Red. September. Mexico. 

 1837. 



STOVE HERBACEOUS, &c. 



T. cordifo'lia (heart-leaved). J. June. Jamaica. 1819. 



Evergreen. 



cra'ssipes (thick-stalked). See T. CRASSULA. 

 Cra'ssula (thick), i. White. July. Brazil. 1825. 



T. deco'ra (becoming). Leaves with a median band of 



silver. Brazil. 1892. 

 ,, dile'cta (chosen). Leaves with greenish- white stripes 



above, violet beneath. 1897. 



,, di'scolor (various-coloured). See RHCEO DISCOLOR. 

 diure'tica (diuretic). See T. ELONGATA. 

 ,, divarica'ta (straggling). See DICHORISANDRA AUBLIE- 



TIANA. 



,, elonga'ta (elongated), i. June. Trop. Amer. 1825. 

 ,, flumine'nsis (river). . Blue-purple. April to July. 



Brazil. 1905. 



,, fusca'ta (browned). See PYRRHEIMA LODDIGESII. 

 genicula'ta (knotted), i. July. W. Ind. 1783. 

 ,, hypophtz'a (dusky-beneath). See T. GENICULATA. 

 malaba'rica (Malabar). See ANEILEMA NUDIFLORUM. 

 ,, martensia'na (Martens'). See CALLISIA MARTENSIANA. 

 multiflo'ra (many-flowered), . June. Jamaica. 



1820. 



,, navicula'ris (boat-like). Rose. Peru. 1877. 

 procu'mbens (trailing). See T. MULTIFLORA. 

 Regi'ntz (Queen's), i. Leaves whitish, transversely 



lined with dark green near margin. Peru. 1892. 

 ,, specio'sa (showy), i. July. Mexico. 1825. 

 spica'ta (spiked). 2. Purple. Mexico. 

 supe'rba (superb). Leaves dark green with white 



stripe on each side of the midrib. Peru. 1892. 

 tri'color (three-coloured). See ZEBRINA PENDULA. 

 ,, tubero'sa (tuberous). See CYANOTIS TUBEROSA. 

 undula'ta (waved). See TINANTIA FUGAX. 

 veluti'na (velvety). Leaves purple along the middle, 



with a silvery white band on either side. 1893. 

 ,, vitta'ta (striped). Leaves striped with grey. 

 warscewiczia'na (Warscewiczian). 2. Purple. May. 



Guatemala. 1860. 



,, Zano'nia (Zanonia). See CAMPELIA ZANONIA. 

 zebri'na (zebra). See ZEBRINA PENDULA. 



HARDY HERBACEOUS. 



T. caricifo'lia (sedge-leaved), i. August. Texas. 1835. 



conge'sta (crowded). 2. August. N. Amer. 1826. 



pilo'sa (hairy-herb aged). 2^. Purple. July. Louisi- 

 ana. 1832. 



ro'sea (rosy), i. Pink. June. Carolina. 1802. 



virginia'na (Virginian), i|. July. N. Amer. 1629. 

 " Flower of a Day." 



a'lba (white), i. White. July. N. Amer. 1629. 



cczrulea a'lba (blue- and- white), i. Blue, white. 

 July. N. Amer. 1629. 



ela'ta (tall). 2. 



latifo'lia (broad- leaved). 



pilo'sa (shaggy), i. White. July. N. Amer. 

 1629. 



> ple'na (double- flowered), i. Blue. July. N. 

 Amer. 1629. 



,, ru'bra (red), i. Red. July. N. Amer. 1629. 



sple'ndens (splendid). 



TRA'GIUM ANI'SUM. See PIMPINELLA ANISUM. 

 TRA'GIUM TAU'RICUM. See PIMPINELLA PERE- 



GRINA. 



TRAGOPO'GON. Goat's Beard. (From tragos, a goat, 

 and pogon, a beard ; long, silky beards of the seed. Nat. 

 ord. Composites [Composite]. Linn. ig-Syngenesia, i- 

 JEqualis.) 



Hardy biennials, yellow-flowered, except where other- 

 wise mentioned ; seeds in March and August ; common 

 garden soil. See SALSAFY. 

 T. austra'lis (southern). Spain, &c. 

 ,, du'bius (doubtful). 3. May. Podolia. 1818. 

 ftocco'sus (woolly). 3. May. Hungary. 1816. 

 gla'ber (smooth). See T. HYBRIDUS. 

 hirsu'tus (hairy). See SCORZONERA HIRSUTA. 

 ,, hy'bridus (hybrid). i. Pink. July. Italy. 1704. 

 ma'jor (greater). 6. May. Austria. 1788. 

 mi' nor (smaller). 2. June. Britain. 

 muta'bilis (changeable). 3. Pale. May. Caucasus. 



1816. 



orienta'lis (eastern). 3. June. Levant. 1787. 

 ,, porrifo'lius (leek-leaved). 4. Purple. May. England. 



" Salsafy." 

 ,, prate' nsis (meadow). 2. Yellow. June to August. 



Europe (Britain). " Goat's Beard." 

 pusi'llus (small). . June. Iberia. 1820. 

 ro'seus (rosy). See T. RUBER. 



