TET 



OR, BOTANICAL DICTIONARY. 



TET 



in a double row into the base of the corolla, and shorter than 

 it; antherse linear, erect, length of the filamenta. Pistil: 

 germen superior, roundish ; style cylindric, length of the 

 stamina ; stigma capitate. Pericarp : berry juiceless, ovate, 

 even, two-celled. Seeds: about eight, convex on one side, 

 flat on the other. ESSENTIAL CHARACTER, Calix : five- 

 parted. Corolla: one-petalled, wheel-shaped, with the bor- 

 der bell-shaped, five or six parted. Anthers: thick at the 

 tip. Berry: juiceless, two-celled. The species are, 



1. Ternstroemia Meridionalis. Leaves obovate, emargi- 

 nate, quite entire ; peduncles axillary. This is a tree, with 

 determinate branches, and more simple stiffish branchlets, 

 With an ash-coloured bark. Found in New Granada. 



2. Ternstroemia Elliptica. Leaves elliptic, quite entire; 

 peduncles lateral. A shrub. The branches have a smooth 

 wrinkled bark. Native of the West India Islands. 



3. Ternstrosmia Punctata. Leaves oblong, quite entire, 

 subemarginate, dotted at the edge; peduncles axillary. This 

 is a tree about twenty-five feet high. Native of Guiana, in 

 ihe woods of Serpent Mountain. 



4. Ternstroemia Japonica. Leaves ovate-lanceolate, serru- 

 late at the tip; peduncles lateral. Stem arboreous, branched, 

 smooth all over. Native of Japan. 



5. Ternstroemia Dentata. Leaves oblong 1 , acuminate, tooth- 

 serrate; peduncles axillary and lateral. Stem straight, about 

 twenty feet high; flowers yellowish, appearing in August and 

 September. Native of the woods of Guiana. 



Tetracera; a genus of the class Polyandria, order Tetra- 

 gynia; or, according to Scrceber, of the class Icosandria, 

 order Monogynia. GENERIC CHARACTER.. Calix : peru 

 anth one-leafed, five or six parted, spreading, permanent; 

 segments roundish, a little unequal. Corolla : petals three 

 to five, roundish, concave, inserted into the calix. Stamina: 

 filamenta numerous, capillary, widening at the top, perma- 

 nent, inserted into the calix ; antherae twin, with the cells 

 disjoined. Pistil: germina three or four, sometimes solitary, 

 ovate, oblique, diverging; styles simple, permanent; stigmas 

 obtuse. Pericarp: capsules as many as there are germina, 

 ovate, divaricating, opening by the inner side. Seeds: soli- 

 tary or few, surrounded by a rayed aril. ESSENTIAL CHA- 

 RACTER. Calix: five or six leaved. Corolla : four or five 

 petalled. Filament urn: widening above, and antheree-bear- 

 ing on each side. Capsules : one to four, opening on the 

 side. Seed: arilled at the base. The seeds of the plants of 

 this genus being procured from the countries where they natu- 

 rally grow, should be sown in pots filled with light earth, and 

 plunged into a moderate hot-bed of tanners' bark, where they 

 must be treated in the same way as other tender exotic seeds 



from the same countries. The species are, 



* Flowers one-styled. 



1. Tetracera Sarmentosa. Leaves oblong, serrate, rug- 

 ged; flowers one-styled. Native of the East Indies. 



2. Tetracera Tomentosa. Leaves ovate, aeum'inate, toothed, 

 smooth above, tomentose beneath; flowers one-styled. Na- 

 tive of Cayenne, flowering in January. 



3. Tetracera Aspera. Leaves roundish, subrppand, rug- 

 d; flowers one -styled. This grows so plentifully in the 

 >ods of Guiana, as sometimes to be extremely inconvenient 

 those who endeavour to walk in them, from the entangle- 



of its stems and branches, which climb to the top of 

 trees, and hang from thence to the ground. The French call 



f* r ,iane rouge, or red climber, from the colour of its decoction, 

 ich is considered as a remedy for venereal disorders. 

 \. Tetracera Doliocarpus. Leaves oblong, acuminate, 

 thed at the end; peduncles axillary, one-flowered; flow- 

 one-styled. Native of Surinam. 



5. Tetracera Stricta. Leaves ovate-lanceolate, toothed ; 

 flowers terminating, one-styled; stem strict. Native of .Su- 

 rinam. 



6. Tetracera Nltida. Leaves lanceolate-oblong, rugged, 

 quite entire; flowers one-styled; branches round, smooth. 

 Said to have been found in Trinidad. 



** Flowers mostly four-styled. 



7. Tetracera Euryandra. Leaves oblong, obtuse, even, 

 quite entire ; flowers three-styled. Stem shrubby, climbing. 

 Native of New Caledonia. 



8. Tetracera Volubilis. Leaves very rugged, serrate ; 

 flowers four-styled. This has a woody stalk rising to the 

 height of twelve or fourteen feet, covered with a gray bark, 

 and sending out several slender woody branches, which 

 twine about any neighbouring support. Native of South 

 America. 



9. Tetracera Leevis. Leaves oblong, even, almost quite 

 entire, acuminate; flowers terminating; capsules four. Stem 

 shrubby; branches flexuose, with an ash-coloured bark, 

 smooth, somewhat angular. Native of the East Indies. 



10. Tetracera Alnifolia. Leaves oblong, acute, almost 

 entire, somewhat rugged beneath ; panicle terminating. 

 Branches woody, round, smooth. ^Native of Guiana. 



Tetragonia; a genus of the class Icosandria, order Pcnta- 

 gynia. GENERIC CHARACTER. Calix: perianth four- 

 leaved, superior; leaflets four, ovate, bent down, and flat, 

 rolled back at the edge, coloured, permanent. Corolla: none, 

 unless the calix be called so. Stamina.: filamenta twenty, ca- 

 pillary, shorter than the calix ; antherae oblong, incumbent. 

 Pistil: germen roundish, four-cornered, inferior; styles four, 

 awl-shaped, recurved, length of the stamina; stigmas longi- 

 tudinal of the styles, pubescent. Pericarp: drupe coriaceous, 

 four-cornered, with four longitudinal wings, the opposite 

 angles narrower, not opening. Seed: one, bony, four-celled ; 

 kernels oblong. Observe. The first flower adds a fifth part 

 of the number in every part of the fructification : hence, 

 according to the general rule, it is placed in the order Penta- 

 gynia. ESSENTIAL CHARACTER. Calix : three to five 

 parted. Petals : none. Drupe : inferior, enclosing a nut 

 from three to eight celled. The species are, 



1. Tetragonia Fruticosa; Shrubby Tetragonia. ShruH'iy : 

 leaves linear; fruits winged. Stems slender, woody, rising 

 three or four feet high if supported, otherwise trailing, 

 covered with a light gray bark, and dividing into a great 

 number of trailing branches, which when young are succulent, 

 of an herbaceous colour, and covered with small pellucid 

 drops, which reflect the light somewhat like the Diamond 

 Ficoides. It is a native of the Cape. This, and the five 

 next following species, may be propagated by cuttings, 

 which should be cut off from the plants a few days before 

 they are planted, that the part where they are cut may be 

 healed, otherwise they will rot, for the leaves and stalks are 

 very full of moisture. The best time to plant them is in July, 

 that they may have time to make good roots before winter. 

 They mav be planted on a bed of fresh earth, and should be 

 shaded from the sun in the heat of the day: they ought to be 

 frequently refreshed with water, but must not have it in too 

 great ple'nty, for that will rot them. In about six weeks 

 after planting, the cuttings will be sufficiently rooted to 

 transplant ; therefore they should be taken up, and planted 

 into pots filled with light fresh undunged earth, and placed 

 in a shady situation till they have taken new root; after which 

 time they may be placed with other hardy exotic plants in a 

 sheltered situation, where they may remain till the middle or 

 latter end of October, and should then be removed into the 

 green-house, and placed where they may enjoy as much free 



