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TRIGLOCHIN— TRIOSTEDxM. 



praten/'se, (red-clover, r. M. 2X-) ascend- 

 ing-, smooth ; leafets ovate, sub-entire ; stip- 

 ules awned ; spikes dense-ovate ; lower 

 tooth of the calyx shorter than the tube of 

 the corolla, and lonsrer than the other teeth. 

 2-3 f. 



arvcn"se, (rabbit- foot, w. J. ^.) heads 

 veiy hairy, oblonjif-cylindrical ; teeth of the 

 calyx setaceous, longer than the corolla ; 

 leafets villose. narrow, obovate ; banner 

 deciduous. 6-12 i. 



rejlex"vm, (r. J. 21.) pilo.se; stem ascend- 

 ing ; leafets obovate ; stipules oblique, cor- 

 date ; heads globose ; llowers pedicelled ; 

 at length reflexed. 12—18 i. Dry hills. 



a^ra'rium, (y. J. 0.) stem ascending, 

 with erect branches ; leafets lanceolate-cu- 

 neate, obtuse, intermediate one sessile; 

 stipules lanceolate, acute ; heads oval, im- 

 bricate ; banner deflexed, persistent ; tee'.h 

 of the calyx subulate, glabrous, unequal. 

 6-14 i. Sandy soils. 



campes"tre, (y. J. ©.) stem sub-diffuse ; 

 branches decumbent ; spike ovate, imbri- 

 cate ; banner deflexed, persistent ; leafets 

 lanceolate-ovate, intermediate one petioled. 



stolo'nif'eriim, (running buffalo-clover, w. 

 J. 2X) stoloniferous, glabrous; lower leaves 

 long-petioled ; leafets obovate or cuneate, 

 serrulate, retuse or emarginate at the apex ; 

 stipules membranaceous, broad-lanceolate ; 

 flowers in globose heads, pedicelled, erect, 

 at length reflexed ; segments of the calyx 

 nearly equal, nan-ow, smooth, longer than 

 the tube. 4 8 i. 



procnm"beiis, (yellow clover, y. J. ©.) 

 procumbent, pubescent ; leafets oval ; ped- 

 uncles long, setaceous ; racemes short ; lo- 

 nients sub-orbicular. 2-3 f. 



carolin"ia'num, (p-'w. Ap. ZX-) small, pro- 

 cumbent; leafets obcordate (the upper one 

 only emarginate) , ternate, hairy, dentate ; 

 stipules 2-cleft ; heads capitate, peduncled, 

 reflexed, few-flowered ; corolla scarcely 

 exscrted ; legumes 3-4 seeded.' 3-10 i. S. 



TRIGLO'CHIN. 6—3. i^Junci:) 



pahts"tre, (arrow-grass, g. Ju. 7X-) 6*^11 

 3 united capsules, nearly linear, attenuated 

 at the base ; scape very slender, 1 foot 

 long ; leaves fleshy, nearly as long as the 

 scape ; flowers, small, greenish, in a termi- 

 nal spike. Marshes. 



marati'mum, fruit of 6 united capsules, 

 ovate -oblong. Salt marshes. 



triand"rnin, (Ju.) triandrous ; flowers 

 3-cleft, short-pedicelled ; leaves terete, lin- 

 ear. 6-9 i. 



TRI'GONEL'XA. IG— 10. (Lcs^uminosm) [Al- 

 luding to its little triangular Huwer.] 

 fae'numgrc^cnm, (fenu-greek, 0.) stem 

 erect ; leaves wedge-oblong ; legumes ses- 

 sile, solitary, straight, erectish, sub falcate, 

 acuminate. 



seri'cea, (y. Ju. Q.) leaves tematc, sessile, 

 oblong, acute, silky villose ; peduncles ax- 

 illary, 1-flowered, longer than the leaf; 

 flowers 1-bracted; divisions of the calyx 

 linear ; legume glabrous, very long. S. 



TR1L"LIUM. 6—3. {Asparagi.) [From trilex, 

 triple.] 

 r>en"dulum, (nodding wake-robin, w. M. 



li.) peduncles erect, with the flower a little 

 nodding ; petals ovate, shortly acuminate, 

 spreading, flat, longerthan the calyx ; leaves 

 rhomboid, acuminate, .sessile. 



ercd'tum, (false wake-robin, p. w-y. M. 2_(.) 

 peduncles ei'ect or erectish, with tlie flow- 

 ers a little nodding , petals ovate, acumi- 

 nate, spreading, equalling the calyx ; leaves 

 rhomboid, acuminate. Var. atro-parfii'rmm, 

 petals large, dark-purple. N^LX-aVhum, pe- 

 tals smaller, white ; germ red. "S ^r.jla'vnm., 

 petals yellow; both petals and calj'X leaves 

 longer and narrower. 12-18 inches high; 

 leaves often 3-4 inches broad; peduncles 

 about 3 inches long. 9-16 i. 



se!>"sile, (p. Ap. 2/.) leaves sessile, broad- 

 ovate, acute ; flowers clo.sely sessile ; petals 

 lanceolate-ovate, very acute, alternate at 

 base, erect, as long as the recurved calyx , 

 stem smooth. 8-10 i. Leaves clouded with 

 dark-green. Shady woods. 



viri'de, leaves solitai-y, •with whitish spots 

 on the upper surface ; petals dark-gi'een. 



pic"tum, peduncle somewhat erect ; leaves 

 ovate, acuminate, rounded at the base, ab- 

 ruptly contracted into a short petiole ; flow 

 ers white, with purple veins near the base 



ce.r"nunm, (w. M. 2^.) peduncle recur- 

 ved; petals lanceolate, acuminate, flat, re- 

 curved, as long as the calyx ; leaves rhom 

 bold, on short petioles ; flowers small, ber- 

 ries red. 12-18 i. 



grandijlo'rum, peduncle a little inclined, 

 nearly erect; flower solitary; petals spa- 

 tulale, connivent at the base, much longer 

 than the calyx ; leaves broadly rhomboid, 

 ovate, sessile, abruptly acuminate. Rocky 

 banks of streams. Flower much larger 

 than in any of the preceding species, vary- 

 ing from white to rose-color ; stem 8-12 i. 



petiola'tum, (p. J. 2^.) leaves long-peti- 

 o^.ed, lance-oval, acute ; flowers sessile, 

 erect ; petals lance-linear, erect, a little 

 longer than the calyx. 



pusWIum, (dwarf wake-robin, r. M. 11.) 

 leaves oval-oblong, obtuse, sessile; pedun- 

 cle erect ; petals scarcely longer than the 

 calyx. 



obova'tum, (r. w. 24!.) leaves rhomb-ovate, 

 acuminate, close sessile; peduncles erect; 

 petals obovate, obtusish, flat, spreading. 



stylo'sion, (w-r.) slender ; leaves sub- 

 petioled, lance-oval, acute at both ends; 

 peduncle much shorter than the flower, re- 

 curved ; petals undulate, expanding, ob- 

 long-obtuse, larger than the calyx; germ 

 'styliferous; style 1. 8-10 i. S. 



nervo'siim, (r-w. M.) leaves lanceolate 

 and ovate, acute at each end, membrana- 

 ceous, nerved ; peduncle recurved ; petals 

 lance-oblong, larger than the calyx. 6-8 i. S. 



ova'f.nm,(p. Ap. 2^.) leaves ovate, gi'adu- 

 ally acute, clcsely sessile ; peduncle erect; 

 petals obloi>g, acute, expanding, a little 

 longer than the linear sepals. S. 



TRIOS"TEUM. 5—1. (Caprijolia.) 



pcrf alia' turn, (fever-root, p. J. 2_f .) leaves 

 connate, spatulate, lanceolate, acuminate 

 pubescent beneath, margin undulate , flow- 

 ers 1-3, in the axils of the ieave.«, .<=fcs.<ile : 

 berries purple, or yellov/ ; the rout is nx-di- 



