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TIPULARIA. 13-1. (.Orchidem.) 

 disco'lor, (vv. Au.) leaf solitary, plaited, and longitudinally-nerved; flowers in 

 nodding racemes. 

 TOFIELDIA. 6—3. 

 j/iibcs"cens, (p-w. Ju. '21-.) leaves sub-radical, ensiform, narrow, smooth ; ra''!'is 

 and pedicels scabrous; spike oblong, interrupted ; scape 18 i. Swamps. 

 TRADESCANTIA. 6—1. (Junci.) [From John Tradescant.] 

 virgin"ica, (spider-wort, b-p. M. 7]..) erect, branching; leaves lanceolate, f^lon- 

 gated, glabrous; flowers sessile; umbel compact, pub'j..M:ent. Cultivated 

 1-2 f. 

 rose' a, flowers smaller than the preceding; inner segments rose-coloured, long- 

 er than the outer. 



TRAGOFOGON. 17—1. (CickoracecB.) [From tragos, a goat, and pogon, beard, so called from 

 its downy seed.] 



porrifo'liu7)i, (vegetable oyster, goat-beard, salsify, p. Ju. J^.) calyx longer thaa 

 the rays of the corolla ; the florets very narrow, truncate ; peduncles in- 

 crassate. Ex. 

 TRICHOSTEMA. 13—1. (Labiates.) [From frjc/jos, hair, and siemas, stamens.] 



dichofoma, (blue curls, b. Au. @.) leaves lance-ovate; branches flower-bear- 

 ing, 2-forked ; stamens very long, blue, curved. Var. linearis, somewhat 

 pubescent ; leaves linear. 6-12 i. 

 TRIENTALIS. 7—1. {Lysimachim.) 



america'na, (chick wintergreen, w. Ju. %..) leaves lanceolate, serrulate, acu- 

 minate ; petals acuminate. 3-6 i. 

 TRIPOLIUM. 16—10. (Leguminosa.) [From tres, three, folium, leaf. 



re'pens, (white-clover, w. M. 7}..) creeping ; leafets ovate-oblong, emarginate, 

 serrulate ; flowers in umbelled heads ; teeth of the calyx sub-equal ; legumes 

 4-seeded. 



])ratcn"se, (red-clover, r. M. %.) ascending, smoothish ; leafet ovate, sub-entire ; 

 stipules awned; spikes dense ovate ; lower tooth of the calyx shorter than 

 the tube of the corolla, and longer than the other teeth. 2-3 f 



arveWse, (rabbit-foot, vv. J. ©.) heads very hairy, oblong cylindrical; teeth of 

 the calyx setaceous, longer than the corolla; leafets villose, narrow, obo- 

 vate; banner deciduous. 6-12 i. 

 TRIGLOCHIN. 6—3. (Junci.) 



palus"tre, (arrow-grass, g. Ju. %.) fruit 3 united capsules, nearly linear, atten- 

 uated at the base; scape very slender, 1 foot long ; leaves fleshy, nearly as 

 long as the scape ; flowers small, greenish, in a terminal spike. Marshes. 



marati'muvi, fruit of 6 united capsules, ovate-oblong. Salt marshes. 

 TRILLIUM. 6—3. (Asparagi.) [From trilex, triple.] 



pen"diilmn, (nodding wake-robin, w. M. '2|..) peduncles erect, with the flower a 

 little nodding; petals ovate, 'shortly acuminate, spreading, flat, longer than 

 the calyx; leaves rhomboid, acuminate, sessile. 



erec"t'um] (false wake-robin, p. w-y. M. %..) peduncles erect or erectish, with 

 the flowers a little nodding ; petals ovale, acuminate, spreading ; equalling 

 the calyx ; leaves rhomboid, acuminate. Var. atropurpureum, petals large, 

 dark-purple. Var. album, petals smaller, white ; germ red. Var. Jlavum, 

 petals yellow ; both petals and calyx leaves longer and narrower. 12-18 

 inches high; leaves often 3-4 inches broad; peduncles about 3 inches 

 long. 9-16 i. 



sessi'le, (p. Ap. %..) leaves .sessile, broad-ovate, acute ; flowers closely sessile; 

 petals lanceolate-ovate, very acute, alternate at base, erect, as long as the 

 recurved calyx ; stem smooth, 8-10 i. Leaves clouded with dark-green. 

 Shady woods. 



viri'de. \ea.ves solitary, with whitish spots on the upper surface ; petals dark 

 green. 



pic'tum, peduncle somewhat erect ; leaves ovate, acuminate, rounded at the 

 base, abruptly contracted into a short petiole ; flowers white, with purple 

 veins near the base. ' 



cer"nuum, (w. M. %.) peduncle recurved; petals lanceolate, acuminate, flg,!, 



