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Thun-berg’-i-i ws (com.) of K. P. Thunberg ; 
Thuy’-a oe ... Thuia (Greek), name used by Theophrastus (N, 4/33) ; 
Thwaites’si-i ... . (com.) of Dr. G. H. K. Thwaites, r.t,s., author of “ Knumeratio 
plantarum zeylanicarum,’’ 1836; 
Thym’-el-wa'-cd-x2 ... (Latin), Thymelwa [thimos, eldia (Greek), thyme, olive; (all :) 
Thyme like foliage and olive like fruit] Family, or Order ; 
thyr-sif-Jo’-ra we (Latin), with flowers in a thyrse, or a panicle whose principal 
diameter is midway between the base and apex|(N. 4/36) ; 
thyr-so-i’-dé-a «» (Greek), resembling a thurse ; 
Thys’-an-ol-we-na —...._— thiisdnoz, Lénos (Greek), fringe, wool ; (all :) erect white hairs on 
the innermost glume of the spikelets, which are innumer- 
able 3 
Tib-ouch-i’-na ss (com.) Tibouchin [(pr :) Tee-boo-shang ], French botanist ; 
tig’-li-um =... . (Chinese), name of the plant; 
Til-i-a 5a .. (Latin), name of the plant used by Virgil and Pliny (N. 4/39; 
Cass. Lat. Dic.) ; 
Til-i-a’-ce-m ... ... (Latin), Linden (Tilia) Family, or Order ; 
til-i-a’-cé-us .. (Latin), resembling the Linden (Tilia) ; 
Til-1-a’-cor-a ... .. (Tiliakorw) (Bengali), name of the plant (N. 4/41) ; 
til-i-2e-fol’-i-a ... .«. (Latin), with leaves like the Linden (‘Vilia) ; 
ti-mor’-i-en’sis ... (loc) pertaining to Timor, an island of the Malay Archipelago ; 
tinc-to’-ri-a... .. (Latin), used for dying ; 
ting’-ens it . (Latin), used for colouring ; 
Ti-nos'-por-a ... ss. téino, spora (Greek), to stretch like a bow, seed ; fall :) seeds 
curved round the intruded endocarp ; 
ti’-nus ee ... (Latin), name used by Ovid for the plant (Cass. Lat. Dic.) ; 
tir-uc-al’-li... ... © tirukalli (Malayaiam), twisting, false tree; (all:) absence of 
leaves ; name of the tree ; 
Ti-tho’-ni-a... . (Clas.) Tithonus, husband of Aurora (goddess of the morning), 
who obtained the gift of immortality, but not of perpetnal 
youth, and was ultimately changed into a grasshopper ; (all :) 
preference of the flowers for the morning sun ; 
tith-ym-al’-d-i’-dés ... (Greek), resembling the spurge (Tithymalus alias Euphorbia) ; 
tjak’-el-a. Soc ... chakka, ila (Malayalam), death, leaf ; (all:) deciduous nature 
of the foliage (MeL. 78) ; 
Tod’-dal-i-a ... ... toddali (corrupted from titali) (Malayalam), chain plant ; (all :) 
chain of thorns (McL. 905): Nicholson makes the a in the 
second syllable long, which is not justified from the word 
whence the name is derived ; 
to-men-to’ -sa ... (Latin), tomentose, or felted densely covered with short soft 
tangled hairs like matted wool (H.); 
too’-na bat ... tun (Hindustani), name of the plant ; 
to-po’-si-@ —... ... Topost (Bengali), name of the plant; 
tor’-a ... eat ... tora (Singhalese), name of the plant; 
Tor-rey-a’-na .. (com.)of Dr John Torrey, 1796—1873, American botanist, author 
of Synopsis of North American plants, 1836, ‘* Flora of 
North America,” etc. (N. 4/59) ; 
tor’-ta Act ... (Latin), twisted ; 
tor’ -til-is nor ... (Latin), twisting ; 
tor-tu-o’-8us ... .. (Latin), tortuous, bent irregularly in different directions (H.) ; 
fOL-ul-0'-S2 .,. .. (Latin), torulose, or knotted, more or less cylindrical with eor- 
tractions at intervals (H.); 
tor’yum : ... (Latin), Savage, armed with severe prickles ; 
Tour-nef-or’-ti-a —...._ (com.) Joseph Pitton de Tournefort [(pr:) Zho-zeff Pee-torng 
der ‘Toor-ner-for ], 1656—1708, distinguished French author 
of ** Institutiones rei herbariz ” (N. 4/64) ; 
tox-ic-a’-ri-a ... ... (Latin), Poison producing ; = 
Tox-oc-ar’-pus ... togon, Karpos (Greek), bow, fruit; (all:) the follicles when. 
ripening ave spread out and curved, much in the form of a 
bow, between them ; 
Trach-e’-los-per’-nium. trehélos, sperma (Greek), neck, seed ; (all:) apical elongation 
’ of the seeds (N. 4/64) ; 
Tra-chyc-ar’-pus ... trchuis, a ane (Greek), rough, fruit ; (all:) rough, hairy fruit 
(N. 4/64) ; 
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