334 SELECT PLANTS FOR INDUSTRIAL CULTURE 



Trigonella Fcenum Graecum, Linne'. 



Countries on the Mediterranean Sea. The seeds of this annual 

 herb find their use in veterinary medicine. 



Trigonella suavissima, Lindley. 



Interior of Australia, from the Murray River and its tribu- 

 taries to the vicinity of Shark's Bay. This perennial, fra- 

 grant, clover-like plant proved a good pasture herb. A 

 lithogram, illustrating this plant, occurs in the work on the 

 " Plants Indigenous to Victoria.-" Some of the many Euro- 

 pean, Asiatic, and African plants of this genus deserve our 

 local tesfcs. 



Triphasia Aurantiola, Loureiro. 



South-East Asia. This shrub is worth cultivation for the 

 exquisite fragrance of its flowers. The fruits, though small, 

 are of pleasant sweetness. The plant may prove also adapted 

 for hedges. Glycosmis citrifolia (Lindley) and Claussena 

 punctata (Oliver), also both East Asiatic fruit shrubs, may 

 possibly show themselves hardy in sheltered forest regions of 

 temperate clime. 



Tripsacum dactyloides, Linne. 



Central and North America; known vernacularly as Gama 

 Grass. A reedy perennial grass, more ornamental than 

 utilitarian. It is the original Buffalo Grass, and attains a 

 height of 7 feet, assuming the aspect of maize. It is of 

 inferior value for fodder, but serves for binding sand. The 

 seeds are available for food. 



Tristama conferta, R. Brown. 



New South Wales and Queensland. A noble shady tree, 

 attaining a height of 150 feet. It is not only eligible as an 

 avenue tree, but also as producing select, lasting timber ; ribs 

 of vessels from this tree have lasted unimpaired thirty years 

 and more. 



Trithrinax Acauthocoma, Drude. 



Rio Grande do Sul, in dry elevations. A dwarf Fan Palm for 

 window or table decoration, attaining only a height of 6 feet ; 

 foliage not leathery. 



Trithrinax Brasiliensis, Martius. 



Rio Grande do Sul and Parana, Uruguay and Paraguay. A 

 very hardy Palm, not tall. 



