1856 TRIPHASIA 



in greenhouses. Produces an abundance of elliptical or 

 nearly globular, gland-dotted red berries about %-ii in. 

 across. They are sweet and agreeable and are said to 

 be delicious when preserved. In trade catalogues the 



< .■n-.,,i,M,n.lv :,|.|.li.-.l 1" tin- |]:n-.iv trifoliolate 

 '//,■.,;,■ /,■,/-. /m//,,,. In til.- r. S.. little known 

 xcept in S. Fhi. It witlistands sum.- frost. 



H. J. Webber. 

 TRlPSACUM (Greek, (ri6o, to rub or thresh; probably 

 Ihidint; to the ea.se with which the fertile spike can be 

 ■ rnki-ii lip), (,'mmiiieie. Species 2 or 3, of the warmer 

 -:ii-t^ nf Xortli America, one extending north to central 

 '. .^- .111.1 ill iiiiiiiv places furnishing considerable na- 

 iv.. r.i.i.l. r. lis. monrpcinns. in the same spike, the 



dactyloides, Linn. ( T. vioidcevm and T. Ddctylix of the 

 trade). Gama Grass. Sesame Grass. Culms in bunches, 

 4-7 ft. : spikelets 2-3 at summit and often single from the 

 upper axils. Moist soil. Conn., 111., Kans. and south- 

 Ward.— A wild fodder grass, sometimes cultivated for 

 the same purpose and also in gardens as a curiosity. 

 Raised from seed, or more certainly from cuttings of 



the rootstocks 



A. S. Hitchcock. 



TKISTAGMA (Greek, three drops; alluding to the 



liree nectar glands of the ovary). Including Stepha- 

 olirioH. Liliiii-eie. A genus of 3 species of bulbous 

 lants from Chile. Radical Ivs. few, narrowly linear; 

 [■ape naked, bearing rather numerou.s salver-shaped 

 edicellatp fls. in an umbel: perianth-tube cylindrical, 



sometimes ■ 

 ing, nearlv 

 ovoid. Fall 

 niv41e, r. 

 long, about 



linear and greenish; 

 bulb growers. 

 T. narcissoldea, Benth. & Hook., does not appear 



the 



dlis, Baker). Lvs. G-9 in. 

 scape slender, about 1 ft. 

 a an umbel, the segments 

 I none. — Offered by Dutch 



pr. trade. It is 1 ft. or iii( 

 , and white Hs. bearing 

 •>n of ;J-^3 broad unequal more 



high, with sho 



TEISTANIA (in honor of Jule 

 1861, a French botanist). JlliiH 

 of subtropical evergreen Au-n 

 shrubs. Lvs. alternate or rm- i 



W. Barclay. 

 ?. Tristan, 1776- 

 ,^ '-■iiKiH genus 

 "1- small 



whorled: fls. axillary, peduii.-nl -li.-n fra- 



grant: bracts obovate or ciui in , . ■,.(-.- turbin- 



ate-i-anipaiiulat.-. Ii.li.-s :.: i-.i.il- , - ■ - :i.; in l- : stamens 



num.-l-'-u-. iMill.'i in i ■! ■ :- ih-- [.- lals: cap- 



sule :;-l."-n[i-. I, lii;ili\ .,,1. , ; - , . .- I -. .1 ,.,■ iiR-losed: 

 seeds iiiiiin-r., 11-. « iiiL'Ii- , n i,;ill> ii m ,ir .-un.-ate. Cul- 

 tivated as greenhouse shrubs in N. Europe; hardy in 

 Calif, north to San Francisco, also in Fla. Propagated 

 by half-ripened cuttings in sand under glass, or by 

 seeds. 



confcrta, K Hi-, f r,. ,-;,.- ';„ ,,'..,-• ■■■ n , S.-hott.). 



Biii-i '^^ !■- r . ■ , . ,-,-•,,•-., -M .- attain- 



ini; i: ■ II" ■:---! .III., .-.,. •. . I . I i-iili.-scent: 



.1 1-. usually 



1..S ami apparently 

 raiK'lics well below 

 white and spotted, 



Berkeley. Joseph Burtt Davy. 



TRITELEtA {three and complete; referring to the 3- 

 meroustis.). Lilidceie. Triteleia has been referred to 

 Milla and Brodisea; but when the group is restricted to 

 the South American species, it seems to be advisable to 

 keep it distinct. In Brodiffia proper the pedicels are 

 articulated at the apex; in Milla and Triteleia they are 

 not articulated. In Milla the stamens are inserted in 

 one series in the throat of the perianth; in Triteleia 

 they are distinctly in two series in the tube of the peri- 

 anth. See DmU'oa and MiUa. 



About ir, Tiit.l.ias are known (see Baker, G.C. III. 

 20, p. I."i'.ii. Till -.- arc of two series, — those with peri- 

 antli-tiili.- iisinilly ;is long as the segments, and those 

 with tub.- slnui.-i- ilian segments. To the former sec- 

 tion bi-l.,uKs the common T. )(H('«om, the only species 

 in general cultivation. The species are native to the 

 Andes and Argentina as far east as Buenos Ayres. 

 They are all low grass-leaved bulbous plants, hardy or 



■hardy, useful for pla 

 spring blooming in pots, 

 pleasant. 



unifldra, Lindl. (Milla unifldra, Grab. Broduta uni- 

 fldra, Baker). SPRiNa Star-flower. Fig. 2579. Lvs. 



