1780 



TELFAIREA 



TELFAIEEA (Charles Telfair, 1778-1833, Irish bota- 

 nist; (lied in Mauritius.)- Oucurbitdcete. Telfairea 

 pedata is a tall-frruwliiff (.-Umber from tropical Africa 

 with disitiite lc:n ■ . 1 'i-'' . imrplr-frinEred flowers of 

 curious appearMii ■' ■ : ' ' ■" ir<l- H-hioh sometimes 

 weik'h as iiiiicli M- ^' , , ...hiiuii IdO to 300 edi- 



ble seeds. It liM- "I . m l:iiLriish stoves, a 



Themal.- .•mmI l. !,,.■, ' ..■ i.^.i • - : :.:':->• lili'.i.l- 



The S[..--i. . I. ,. I.' :■- ■< ■ '■■" ■ < 



tory. Ii •■ .' ^ II- I -.:,.. ., i.ii ■ . .■ in i ...■ im 



1900, pn--,nn:, III., I..r i.- h-m. ' • n i TS -i -i 





sweet to the tas 

 monds. The ne 

 them. These sc- 



The fnii- III !■ I 

 oblong in I I 

 green. i;i.i ii n, i 

 fringed au,l |m,i 

 brownish, witli ;i 

 have a 5-pointed 

 fls. are about 2 n 

 ovary 2 in. lon^r. 

 when bruised, 



Telfairea is a genus of only 2 species, both tropica! 

 African, and very much alike. The two species are dis- 

 tinguished by the vendition of the Ivs.: T. p.data has 

 pinnate miiiiiIihi. -.lii:' '/" ....;-?,,'../;. li:i- " u. rv^ 



originillin.' m , i I'l. '• ,..:■'■ '. ■ : .. i . ■•. ! :iiMii- 



lud 8 in. wide. It is 

 rrows and is always 

 ■c- ,5-lobed, copiously 

 tViiinles somewhat 

 111 . ,. hile the males 

 I II iMI.i. The male 

 I I I. loss, with an 

 Ml niiiili-asant smell 



in one sltIi-s i,u the iintiertect sc-iii. .-.il- liin-ii^ 

 coated. See Cogniaux, DC. Mon. I'liau, r. \'nl, :;. y. :n'.i. 

 pedita, Hook. Root stout, fleshy, m. in iMimi,,,,!. 

 50-1110 ft. long: Ivs, long-stalked: llt>. :;-:. in. h.n-. n 

 pand-toothed: fls. and fr. described above. Zanzibar. 

 B.M. 2681 (Feuillaia pedala): 2751, 2752. w. M. 



TELLlMA (anagram of Mitella). SaxUrugAcerv. 

 Tellima is a genus of 8 species of perennial herbs whii-h 

 are the western representatives of the Bishop's Cap or 

 Mitella familiar to lovers of wild flowers in the East. 

 They have tubcn.us rontst.i.'ks. Most of their Ivs. are 

 from til !• iiiii . '^ii iii^- |il cii -I nd up numerous stems 

 one or iiv I I ii i i i i..ines of small white, 



pink or n I'll !i .ii..iee subjects for wild 



gardeiiiiiL i ' :r tufted habit, pretty 



Ivs,, an. I I ii . In ir inflorescence. On 



closeiii^l" I ' ne beautifully fringed 



or cut, -u iiinr, Tellima grandi- 

 floraU\'<- ' I ill- species. It is prac- 



tically th. ' I I I liinivii-.-in a-ardens. If 



many as 'i" ■' . i i ' i ., i 1 1, . .. i.-i' .n i — i.r 



more. Ii n^'i i-i i i ..i l ; ■ .I'.i 1 1.. il- .■li,-in._'i' 



from gr.'. i.i i i ■ , .; ^ ■ - :-i.,\ v a 



plant as // I , . . I, I i. I ni;..,.n,l 



to be hai-il .1 Ml ..'III • , I ,. i.i'.i. .1, nvr 



TEMPLETONIA 



AA. Petals palmately S-7-puHed. 

 parvifldra, Hook. Height %-l ft. : radical Ivs. mostly 

 3-5-parted or divided, the divisions narrowly cuneate 

 and once or twice 3-cleft into narrow lobes: fls. pink or 

 sometimes white; petals with a slender claw, the limb 

 palmately 3-7-parted. Brit. Col. to Utah and Colo. 



TELOPEA 



W. M. 



seen at a distan.- 

 I is one of the si,.. 

 grows 6-8 ft, hii;! 

 ds of rich erims.ii 



nthc 



.' ili.i.i, .1-- III' til.' j'. I i.iil I. ink their 

 . ■ . •Ill .'i ' .1 . '.'. ...|nr of the 



■ ■ ". . ' ' "I lias been 



Il i.i'i n . 11 .i.-i.-asional 



. il ai 111., L:.li.nuioii,s, The 

 ; . :..ls throve bu wonderfully 



I with the modern hothouse 



I.r maintaining a hot anil 

 ^11 il i)lants require too much 



iiL- 1 iiiK-ertain in blooming ever 



ill). .1^ for northern conserv*atories, 

 ill |ilaiits for exhibitions. Ernest 

 It til.. Waratah is imported every 

 into California but is very hard to 

 ; agree that proteads should have 

 plenty of water while growing, 

 i-d, Telopea can probably bo propa- 



; of 3 species, 2 An- Ii m I 1' . - 



regular, the tub.. ..[i i . i I : 'm 

 linsB broad and ..Mi , i 





specioslssima, R. Br. {JSmlMhrhim .yurw.ilssimum, 

 Sm.). Wakatah. Warratau. Stout, glabrous shrub 

 6-8 ft. high: Ivs, cuneate-oblong, 5-10 in, long, mostly 

 toothed in the upper part, coriaceous: fls, crimson, in a 

 dense ovoid or globular head 3 in, across: involucral 

 bracts colored, the inner ones 2-3 in, long, N. S. Wales. 

 B.M. 1128. G,C. II, 17-677, Gn, 22:361. I.H, .34:29, 

 -Hijlogyne speciosa, Salisb., is an older name for this 

 plant. W. M. 



TEMPEKATUEE. 



See Co 



and Green 



TEMPLETONIA (.T. Templeton, botanist of Belfast, 

 ailv part nf iiiniti-enth centuryl. Leguminds(r. The 

 '.in \l. Ill sH .it' .\iistralia, Templetnvia retii.ia, is a tall 



stameus 10; ovary 1-loculed; seeds numerous. 

 A. Petals pinnatehj cut into long, thread-like segments. 

 B. Fls. not fragrant. 

 grandifldra, R. Br. False Alum Root. Height 

 1)4-2% ft.: Ivs. rounded, cordate or angle -lobed and 

 toothed: Bs. greenish, becoming pink or red; calyx in- 

 flated-bell-shaped, nearly % in. long; petals laciniate- 

 pinnatifid, sessile. Calif, to Alaska. B.R. 14:1178, 



BB, Fls. fragrant. 

 odorita, Howell. Height 1-2 ft. : Ivs. broadly cordate, 

 obscurely lobed and crenately toothed: fls. red. Wet 

 places near Columbia river. 



ered in April or May. It was usuall> : i ' li. 



greenhouse border rather than in pill s 1 1 ^ '' 



to prefer a compost of peat and Inam I' i. 



propagated by cuttings and went out . i i i l- 



with Australian shrubs in general, li i i . n 



offered for outdoor cultivation in sum I 

 where many choice plants of its class i 



vated. T. retusa is probably the most U.,. uai!.- i . . ;.^ 

 of the genus. 



Generic characters: shrubs or subshrubs: Ivs, when 

 present alternate, simple, entire: fls. axillary, solitary 

 or 2 or 3 together, red or yellow; standard orbicular or 

 obovate, usually reflexed; wings narrow; keel as long 

 as the standard or shorter; stamens all united in a 



