Tribulus 



( 4(13 ) 



Trichocladus 



vitrinti, pale grn., spotted 

 br. on lip. 



Principal Species : 

 oblouga, 3", Apr., grn., 

 br., lip pur. 



pictii, pule yd.. spotted 

 red, pur. 



TRIBULUS. (CALTROPS.) 



Kather weedy-looking, greenhouse, stove, or 

 hardy annual or perennial herbs (i>rd. Zygophyllerc). 

 The projecting points of the seed vessels, which 

 pierce things with which they come into contact, 

 are interesting. All have white or yellow flowers. 

 Cistoides, stove evergreen, and maximus and terres- 

 tris. both hardy, have been introduced. 



TRICHANTHA. 



Two species of climbing or creeping stove shrubs 

 (prd. Gesneraccjc). Propagation, by cuttings. Soil, 

 peat, leaf soil, and sand. 



Principal Species : 



minor, st. cl. slir., dull vio., tube marked yel. 



Principal Species : 

 exaltatum, 3', Je., yel., 

 tipped red ("' alope- 

 curoideum of Botanical 

 Register 28). 



Manglesii, 6" to 12", Je., 



pk. or wh (see figure). 

 Stirlingii, Je., pk., wh. 



TRICHOCAULON. 



Two species of succulent greenhouse plants (nrd 

 Asclepiadeae). Propagation, by cuttings, slightly 

 dried at the base. Soil, sandy loam with brii^; 

 rubbish. 



Principal Species : 



piliferum, 4", dark pur. inside, pale yel., red 

 on exterior (iyns. Piiiranthus piliferus and Stapelia 

 pilifera). 



TRICHOCENTRUM. 



About twenty species of intermediate Louse 

 epiphytal Orchids (vrd. Oichidacea;), growing on 





TKIUHIXIUM MANGLESII. 



TRICHILIA. 



little cultivated stove trees or shrubs (nrrl. 

 Meliaceai). The flowers are seldom produced in 

 Great Britain. Propagation, by cuttings of ripe 

 shoots, in sand, in heat. Soil, mellow, fibrous 

 loam and sandy peat. 



Principal Species : 

 glabra, 30', Je., wh. (/w. 



havannensis). 

 hirta, 12', Je., wh. 



Bastard Ironwood. 



TRICHINIUM. 



Perennial greenhouse herbs, sub-shrubs, or shrubs 

 (nrd. Amarantacea;), with close spikes of shaggy- 

 looking flowers. Propagation, by seeds sown in a 

 hotbed in April, or by root cuttings, 1" long, in 

 sand in bottom heat. Soil, rich loam and peat. 

 They should be near the light, or in full sun, in 

 a cool greenhouse. Re-t after flowering. 



odorata, 20', Je., yel. 



spondioides, 20', Je., gvn., 

 yel. White Butter- 

 wood. 



Tribraehiu/n (sec Jltilbujiliyllum). 



Principal Species : 



iillio-purpureum, br., wh., 



pur. 

 striatum, lip striped 



pur. 



orthoplectron, br., yel., 



wh., lake. 



Pfayii, br., wh., red. 

 tigriuum, yel., br., wh 



TRICHOCEROS. 



Stove Orchids (ord. Orchidacea;) growing in peat 

 and sphagnum in baskets or pans. 



Principal Species: 



parviflorus, grn., spotted and barred pur., br. 



TRICHOCLADUS (,*yn. DAIIUA of 



THUNBERG). 



Greenhouse evergreen shrubs (ord. Hamamel 

 idese). They are treated like Gardenias, which se:. 



Principal Species : 

 LTandiflonis, .Ty., shr., wh., pk. 



Trii'lincarjia (see Deparla). 



