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the direction o£ oigang). 2. Deviations 

 from ordinary forms, comprisinpr (a) 

 straaimorphy (persistence of juvenile 

 forms) ; (6) pleiomorphy (irregular 

 peloria) ; (c) metamorphy (phyllody, 

 metamorphy of the floral organs) ; (d) 

 heteromorphy (deformities, polymor- 

 phy, alteration of colour). 3. 'Deviation 

 from ordinary number — (a) increase of 

 number of organs (multiplication of 

 axile organs, inflorescence, multiplica- 

 tion of foliar organs) ; (6) diminished 

 number of organs (suppression of axile 

 organs, suppression of foliar organs). 

 4. Deviation from ordinary size and 

 consistence — (a) hypertrophy (enlarge- 

 ment, elongation, enation); (6) atrophy 

 (abortion, degeneration). 



Tehoi'ne, Terci'na— a membrane between 

 the secundine and nucleus, but not 

 generally allowed to be any more than 

 some layer of the regular envelopes to 

 the latter. 



Te'kjste — An organ, or any part of a plant, 

 is so called when the transverse section 

 is not angular, nearly cylindrical, but 

 somewhat tapering into a very elon- 

 gated cone. (See leaves of Dendrobium 

 teretifoUum, and the flower buds of 

 Eucalyptus tereticomis, Blue Gum.) 



Tbkgispeb'mus — Synonym for " Dorsif- 

 erus," which is the better term. 



Teb'oum — The back. 



Teb'minal, Termina'lis— Situate at the 

 extremity of some part. 



TEBMINOL'OGY—Synonymfor "Glossology." 



Tebn — In threes, or in a whorl of three. 



Teena'te, Tebna'tus — Arranged by threes, 

 about the same part. TEKNA'TO-Plif- 

 na'tus — When three secondary petioles, 

 attached to a common petiole, bear 

 leaflets arranged in a pinnate manner. 

 (See leaves of Queensland Nut, whose 

 leaves are in a whorl of 3 or 4, Maca- 

 damia ternifolia.) 



Teera'neus, Teeees'tris — Growing above 

 the surface, on dry land. Teericole — 

 Growing on the earth. 



Tessella'teDjTessella'tus— When colours 

 are so blended in nearly square or ob- 

 long patches as to represent an appear- 

 ance of chequer-work. (See the bark 

 at the base of the trunk of the Moreton 

 Bay Ash, Eucalyptus tessellaris.) 



Tessula'ris (Tessera, a die) — Approaching 

 the form of a cube. 



Tes'ta (A pot) — The outer coat of the 

 spermoderm. 



Testa'ceous, Testa'ceus — Brownish -yel- 

 low ; orange-yellow with much grey ; 

 brick-dust colour. 



Tkstic'ula, Testio'ulate, Testioula'tcs — 

 Solid and ovate. Testic'ulus, Tes'tis 

 — Synonym for "Anthera." (Seethe 

 oval tubers of many terrestrial Orchids. ) 



Te'teb (Stinking) — Gi ving out a foetid odour. 



Tet'ra — Four in composition. Thus: — • 

 Tetbachocar'pium — A cluster of four 

 spores in certain Algse. Tetbaoho'- 

 TOMUS — When a cyme (in its restricted 

 sense of fascicle) bears four lateral 

 peduncles about the terminal flower. 

 Tktraooo'ous — A fruit composed of 

 four cocca. Tbtbadymus — Whereevery 



alternate lamella of an Agaric is shorter 

 than the two contiguous to it, and one 

 complete lamella terminates a set of 

 four pairs of short and long; also, 

 where four cells or oases are combined, 

 TeTEA'dTNAMIA, TSTRADl'NAMOnS— a 



name given to flowers where the 

 stamens are six, two of which are 

 shorter than the other four. Tetra'- 

 GONons, Tetkago'nus — Having four 

 angles, not very acute. Tetra'gynous, 

 Tetra'gynus — Where the four carpels, 

 or at least styles, are free. Tbtean'- 

 DBons — Having four stamens. Tet'- 

 bahe'deical— Saving four sides. Tbt'- 

 EASPOBBS — Certain spores produced in 

 fours. 



Thal'amiplo'h-b (1st series of Polype'talse) 

 — Torus small or elongated, rarely 

 expanded in a disk. Ovary superior. 

 Stamens definite or more frequently 

 indefinite. 



Thalamium — Synonym for "Hymenium." 



Thalline — Composed of, or of the same 

 substance as the thallus. 



Tha'llos — A frond or expansion somewhat 

 resembling a leaf. 



The'ca=As'cus. 



Thelb'phobds— Covered with nipple-like 

 prominences 



Thinning Feuit — If we were not aware 

 of the fact, a glance at the bulk of ' 

 fruit brought into the towns for sale 

 would at once show that little or no 

 attention was paid in Queensland to 

 this most important operation. Tiie 

 exhaustion consequent upon the pro- 

 duction of seed is a chief cause of the 

 decay of plants. This explains why 

 fruit trees are weakened or rendered 

 temporarily unproductive, and even 

 killed, by being allowed to ripen too 

 large a crop of fruit, or to "over bear " 

 themselves, as it is termed.- .Will 

 amateurs who we often hear boasting 

 that their trees are breaking down with 

 fruit bear this in mind ? An English 

 writer on the subject says truly — "The 

 thinning of fruit is one of the most 

 important operations of the garden, 

 though one of the least generally 

 practised. It should be done, however, 

 with a bold and fearless hand ; and the 

 perfection of that which is allowed to 

 remain will amply reward the grower, in 

 harvest time, for the apparent sacrifice 

 made. But he will not reap his reward 

 only in this year, for the trees, thus 

 kept unweakeued by over-production, 

 will be able to mature their wood, and 

 deposit their store of sap in their 

 vessels, so absolutely necessary for 

 their fruitfulness next season. 



Thrix, Teiohos— Hair. As in the words 

 triohocephalus, acrotriche, &c. 



Thyese, Thyr'sus— a branched raceme, in 

 which the middle branches are longer 

 than those above or below them. 

 Thyb'sula— Diminutive of "Thyrsus." 

 Thyesip'ebus, Thyesiflo'uds— Where 

 the infloresence is a Thyrsus. (See 

 Sichorisandra thyrsilora, hot an un- 

 common garden plant, with deep-blue 

 flowers. ) 



