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TECOMARIA 



TEEDIA 



shrubs with handsome pinnate foliage and yellow, 

 orange, or scarlet flowers in rather dense terminal 

 clusters. They can be grown outdoors only in sub- 

 tropical regions. Of the several species in cultivation 

 only T. capensis seems to be planted in southern Cali- 

 fornia and Florida. Moderate pruning in spring insures 

 a more profuse blooming. Propagation is by seeds 

 and by cuttings under glass in spring or in midsummer. 

 The cape honeysuckle, T, capensis, grows most lux- 

 uriantly in Florida gardens and in those all along the 

 Gulf coast. It is usually grown on trellises on verandas 



3784. Tectaria cicutaria. 



and piazzas with a southern exposure. Of all the spe- 

 cies this is the best and most suitable for verandas, 

 being a dense and compact grower, evergreen, almost 

 constantly in flower, easily kept in health and readily 

 trained into shapely specimens. If the long shoots are 

 cut back severely, the plant can be easily trained into 

 shrub form. These long shoots, usually lying flat on 

 the ground, readily strike root and form an excellent 

 material for propagation. T. capensis and Tecoma 

 Smithii are the only ones which grow and flower fairly 

 well as pot-plants in northern greenhouses. They need 

 good soil and rather large pots to do well. If not well 

 cared for they lose most of their foliage and look poor 

 and unshapely. (H. Nehrling.) 



capensis, Seem. (Tecoma capensis, Lindl.). CAPE 

 HONEYSUCKLE. Half-climbing or nearly upright 

 shrub: Ivs. odd-pinnate; Ifts. 7-9, broadly oval to 

 ovate, acute, serrate, glabrous, %-2 in. long: fls. in 

 peduncled terminal racemes; corolla tubular, curved, 

 with 4-parted spreading limb, the upper lip emarginate, 

 orange^red to scarlet, about 2 in. long; calyx 5-toothed: 

 caps, linear. 1-2 in. long. Aug.-Nov. S. Afr. B.R. 

 1117. L.B.C. 17:1672. R.H. 1895, p. 108. 



T. fiilva, Baill. (Tecoma fulva, Don). Evergreen upright shrub 

 to 15 ft. high. : Ivs. odd-pinnate, with 9-13 small, ovate, toothed_lf ts. : 

 fls. in terminal panicles, tubular-funnelform, slender, yellow, tinged 

 red, \Yi in. long; stamens slightly exserted. Peru. B. M. 4896. F.S. 

 11:1116. T. shirtnsis, Schum. (Tecoma shirensis, Baker. T. 

 Whytei, C. H. Wright). Similar to T. capensis. Shrub, to 10 ft.: 

 Ifts. 9-13, ovate, serrate, 1-1 Yi in. long: corolla about 2 in. long, 

 orange-yellow, the limb marked with red stripes. Nyassaland. 



B.M. 7970. ALFRED REHDER. 



TECOPIfflJSA (named for Tecophila Billotti, 

 daughter of a botanist). Amaryttidacese. CHILEAN 

 CROCUS. Bulbous plants, useful for blooming in pots 

 indoors early in the spring. Lvs. radical, few or 1, 

 inclosed in a long scarious sheath at the base, blade 

 spreading, linear or lanceolate: scape included with 

 the Ivs. at base in the sheath, otherwise leafless, 1-fld. 

 or laxly few-fld.: fls. blue; perianth campanukte, 6 

 segms.; stamens 3 perfect and 3 staminodia; ovary 3- 

 celled: caps, conical toward the top, loculicidally dehis- 

 cent. Two species, Chile. The botanical position of 

 Tecophilsea is open to discussion, but the inferior ovary 

 seems to take it out of the Liliacesc, with which it has 



been placed by some writers. The plants are useful for 

 blooming in pots indoors early in spring. T. violxflora, 

 Bert., does not appear to be introduced. 



cyanocrocus, Leyb. (sometimes written T. cyano- 

 crocea). Scapes 1-3, erect, 3-6 in. high, 1-fld. ^Ivs. 2^3, 

 linear-canaliculate and undulate: fl. azure-blue with 

 white throat, about 1% in- long, with a narrow tube 

 and oboyate segms. G. 37:183. R.H. 1900:70. Var. 

 Leichtlinii, Hort., has fls. deep blue with no trace of yel- 

 low; said by some to have a white center. Var. Regelii, 

 Baker (not known to be in the trade), has longer pedun- 

 cles, longer and narrower scarcely undulate Ivs., and 

 narrow oblong segms. Species hardy at New York 

 City in protected places, but usually the plants do not 

 thrive more than a year or two; they ought to do better 

 farther south. Blooms very early in spring. Fls. 

 violet-scented. p. TRACY HuBBARD.f 



TECTARIA (Latin for cover, the indusium having 

 shield-shaped coverings). Polypodiacese. A group of 

 ferns, mostly of large and coarse habit, with superior 

 reniform or heart-shaped indusia fixed by the sinus, 

 as in Dryppteris, but with veins uniting freely to form 

 areoles with free included veinlets. About 25 species 

 are known, largely from the E. Indies, a few from 

 Trop. Amer. By some included in Polystichum. 



decurrens, Copeland. Lf.-stalks narrowly winged 

 from a creeping rootstock: Ivs. 2-4 ft. long, 1 ft. or 

 more wide, cut down to a winged rachis and with 4-^8 

 pairs of pinnae 6-12-in. long, 1-2 in. wide: sori large, in 



2 regular rows between the principal veins. India to 

 Polynesia. 



cicutaria, Copeland. Fig. 3784. Caudex stout, erect, 

 scaly above: Ivs. 6-8 in. to 1H ft. long; pinnae horizon- 

 tal, subsessile from a rather broad truncated base, 2-3 

 in. long: sori on disk of larger pinnules in 2 rows, oblong, 

 those on terminal narrow segms. solitary, quite mar- 

 ginal. Trop. Amer. 



TECTONA (derived from Tekka, the Malabar name 

 of T. grandis). Syn., Theka. Verbenacese. Tall trees, 

 stellately tomentose, including the well-known teak- 

 wood, sometimes grown in the warmhouse as a curi- 

 osity. Lvs. opposite or ternately verticillate, large and 

 entire: cymes dichotomous, many-fld., arranged in a 

 large terminal panicle: fls. small, white or bluish, sessile ; 

 calyx campanulate, shortly 5-6-cleft, inflated in fr.; 

 corolla-tube short, limb spreading, 5-6-cleft; stamens 

 5-6; ovary fleshy, 4-celled, cells 1-ovuled: drupe inclosed 

 in the calyx, 4-celled; endocarp bony. Three species, 

 Asia, India, Burma, Malaya, and Philippines. 



grandis, Linn. TEAK. Tree, 80-150 ft. high: branch- 

 lets quadrangular: Ivs. 8-12 in. (of seedlings sometimes 



3 ft.), ovate, cuneate at both ends, close tomentose 

 beneath: fls. white or bluish, numerous, but only a few 

 fertile, in panicles 18 in. diam.; calyx stellately white- 

 tomentose, 1 in. diam. in fr. when it is ovoid or sub- 

 pyramidal; corolla scarcely ^in. long. India, Malaya. 

 The timber of this important tree is much used in 

 ship-building because of its durability, great strength, 

 and the ease with which it can be worked. Not planted 

 in this country except experimentally. 



F. TRACY HUBBARD. 



TEEDIA (named for J. G. Teede, German botanist). 

 Scrophulariacese. Glabrous or pubescent shrubs, grown 

 in the greenhouse. Lvs. opposite, ovate, entire : pedun- 

 cles in the upper axils, bearing a few-fld. cymose infl.: 

 fls. rose, rather small; calyx deeply 5-cleft, lobes nar- 

 row; corolla-tube cylindrical, limb spreading, 5-lobed, 

 lobes subequal, rotundate; stamens 4: berry subglobose, 

 indehiscent. Two species, S. Afr. The foliage of both 

 species has an objectionable odor. 



lucida, Rud. Glabrous: st. 4-cornered: Ivs. oblong- 

 ovate, acuminate, 2 in. long, decussate; petioles winged: 



