1858 



TRITONIA 



nently if given protection o{ mulch in cold climates. As 

 far north us New York and Mass., however, they are usu- 

 allv best wintered in damp (not wet ) earth indoors. The 

 best known kinds are T. crocosmceflora and T. Pottsii. 

 Jlostot the Liitiri names in catalogues belong to these, as 

 sulphurea, Tigridia pyramidal is, 

 grandiflora, elegans, florihnnda. 

 To gardeners, Tritonlas are usually 

 known as Montbretias. Garden Tri- 

 tonias grow 1 ft. or more tall, pro- 

 ducing several to many showy flow- 

 ers of a yellow, orange or red color, 

 and bearing several stiffish linear 

 or sword-shaped 



TROLLIUS 



cemes, and few or several firm narrow Ivs. : fl. about 

 1 in. long, bright yellow tinged red, the tube broadly 

 funnelform and twice longer than the oblong unequal 

 ascending segments, the stamens about half the height 

 of the limb. Natal, Transvaal, etc. B.M. 6722. G.C. 

 III. 7:301, showing how the corms form one above the 

 other. 



ciocosmaBfUra, Lemoine (T. Pottsii x pollen of Cro- 

 co«mia ain-ftj [Fig. 582, Vol. I]). Fig. 2581. Slender, 

 much branching, erect plant 3-4 ft. high, with several 

 or many sword-shaped Ivs., and loose, more or less dis- 

 tichous racemes: fls. 2 in. across, orange-crimson, with 

 a slender curved tube nearly or quite equaling the ob- 

 long spreading segments. R.H. 1882:124. Gn.25, p. 363; 

 31:598. GM.3G-AH.-Crocosma inn ■ - 



(into England) in 1847, and Trilmn,, 

 land) in 1877 by G. H. Potts. Vi. t.n 

 France, hybridized the two, nnd tin i 

 mipflora, bliionicd in ISSII Tin- li\lii 

 popular of Ti il'itii I- 1 1 i Mmii i i ' i 



ntroduced 

 into Scot- 

 I . Nancy, 



the most 



VfU 



I. Tritonia Pottsi (X K) 



ing limb of obovate or oblong 

 nearly equal segments. Tlu 

 stamens are 3, inserted in th( 



branched st\ le, npeni: 

 3-valved capsule. 

 A. Perianth-segments 



crocita, Ker-Gawl. Slender, 

 simple or branched from 

 the base, bearing few fls. in 



loose 1-sided racemes: fl. about 2 in. across, tawny yel- 

 low or orange-red, the stamens one -third the length 

 of the perianth-linili. Ciipe Colony, 1),M, 184 (as /j-;<( 

 rrnriifii]. (in, ,''i4 : 11S1 , - V:ir, minikta, Biiker ( T. »ini- 

 irita, Ker-Gawl,). lias liKlit r.-d tls. H.M,(;09. There 

 are color varieties, as purpurea, coccinea, aurantiaca. 

 These plants are usually treated as greenhouse bulbs 

 in the North. 



AA. Perianth-segments oHong. 



rdsea, Klatt. Tall and branched, with short linear Ivs. 

 and loose G-15-fld. racemes: fl. bright red, with oblong 

 segments (the three lower ones yellow blotched at the 

 base) as long as the tube and anthers .iust protruding 

 from the tube. Cape Colony. B.M. 7280. —Can be left 

 in the open as far north as Mass., if well protected, but 

 are usually safer if taken up. 



P6ttsii,Benth. {Uonthretia PSItsii, Bilker). Fig. 2580. 

 Strong, branching plant 2-4 ft. tall, with several lax ra- 



securlgerl — l l 



segments. H M m * i I i < m i 



Ker ("fawl. L\s plaiu' i>r fiisi.i d i 

 with nearl.v equrtl i)hUuteol.tl. i I ' 



127,1.-2', Wilsoni, Baker, Lvs. ^ . i 

 racemes simple or forked, lax. t. 

 tinged with purple, the segments (i1m. i u , l,i, 

 L. II. B 

 TR6LLIUS (old German trot, something 

 round; in allusion to the shape of the flow- 

 ers.) KanunculAcece. Globe Flower. A 

 group of neat, hardy, herbaceous perennials 

 of about 10 species, mostly found in marshy 

 places, of the north temperate zone. Roots 

 fibrous, thickened: lvs. palmately divided or 

 lobed: fls. large, solitary, yellowish or pur- 

 l>lish; petals 5 to many, small, unguiculate, 

 with a nectariferous pit at the base of the 

 blade: stamens many: carpels 5 to many, ses- 

 sile, many-ovuled: follicles in a head. Plants 

 of this genus grow freely in a mixture of 

 dy loam and peat, and in rather damp 

 situations. They may be increased either by 

 seeds, or by dividing the old plants; but the 

 young plants grow slowly at first, and will not 

 flower before the second season from seed. 



Trne petals shorter tha 

 B. Plautii-lthtrii,-stem. 

 B. Plant, ritli s,;,,„snr 





. the Stan 



' ft.hiqh. 



lazus 



Ifi^ 



Jattt'd, ell ft and toothed: sepats 



hardly spreading : 



BB. Lrs. smaller, bronze-green ; Jfts. 

 more finely lobed, cleft and toothed: 

 sepals spreading 4. AsiaticuB 



l&zuB, Salisb. Slender, weak stems, K-2 ft. long, 

 somewhat ascending: radical and lower stem lvs. long- 

 er short-petioled : all the lvs. 5-7-parted; Ifts. cuneate 

 and much cleft and toothed: fls. usually solitary, 1 to 2 

 in. across; sepals 5-7, entire or toothed at the end, more 

 spreading than the other species; petals many, much 

 shorter than the stamens : follicles H in. long, straight 



