72. 



Triquina'tcs— When the lower divisions 

 of a bi{)innate leaf are triiid. 



Tris'tis (Sad)— Of a dingy or dull colour. 



Tkisuloa'tuS— Marked by three depressed 

 lines or furrows. (See the Duck -Weed, - 

 ijerrma trimdea.) 



Tkitbr'nate, TriternA'tus — Where the 

 petiole becoming twice coiUpouhd in a 

 ternato manner, e^lch partial petiole 

 bears three leaflets. 



Teiv'ial, TIiivia'lis — The common or 

 specifio name given in addition to the 

 generic name of a plant. 



TftocHLEA'Eis— Pulley-shaped. 



Tkun'oate, Teunca'tus — Terminating 

 abliiptly, as though it had been 

 shortened by the removal of the ex- 

 tremity. . TEUNCATULABtS, TrUNODLA- 

 ins — slightly truncate. Example, 

 EplphyUv/m truncatum. 



Tbun'oheOSs — These are offsets from ^ the 

 base of tree-stumps, and are obtained 

 in the foUoWinpr manner : — In the pro- 

 pagation of the Olive and similar trees, 

 an old tree is cut off near the base Of 

 the stem, which latter being left in the 

 ground will Usually send up shoots 

 from the ooUum below the surface of 

 the soil ; these are allowed to grow 

 until their stems have attained a 

 diameter of one or two inches, when 

 they are each cut off at about two feet 

 from the ground, and with an axe each 

 is severed With a portion of the butt 

 from the old stump. Each of these 

 offsets is termed a truncheon, and can at 

 once be planted where a tree is required. 



Teun'ous, Trcnk — The main stem, with- 

 out the branches. 



Truss is the florist term for what the 

 botanist calls an umbel of flowers. At 

 Queensland Horticultural Exhibitions 

 the terms "truss" and "spike" are 

 used to include all kinds of inflorescence, 

 which, to say the least of it, is very 

 confusing. 



Tey'MA— A form of fruit. Drupaceous, 

 superior, by abortion one-celled, one- 

 seeded, with a two-valved indehiscent 

 endocarp, and a coriaceous or fleshy 

 valveless saroocarp. Example, the 

 Walnut {Juglans). 



Tdb^efoe'mis, Tcba'tds— Trumpet-shaped. 



Tube, Tu'bus — The tubular portion formed 

 by the cohesion of the subordinate 

 parts composing a floral whorl, as the 

 part of a gamo-sepalous or petalous, 

 calyx or corolla, formed by the union of 

 the edges of the sepals or petals. The 

 staminal tube is formed from the co- 

 hesion of the filaments in monadel- 

 phous flowers. 



Td'ber — This term is applied to a short, 

 thick, more or less succulent rootstock 

 or rhizome, as well as to a root of that 

 shape, although some botanists pro- 

 pose to restrict its meaning to the one 

 or the other. An Orchis tuber, called 

 by some a Knob, is an annual tuberous 

 rootstock with one bud at the top. 

 The potato is an annual tuberous root- 

 stock with several buds. (Examine the 

 roots of the Eringe Violet, thysatlotus 

 tuherosus, also.) 



Tu'bebole, TDBER'oultJM— a Small wart- 

 like excrescence. Td'behclbDj TubEb^ 

 cula'tus — Covered with tubercles. 

 TuBBft'cui.AU,TuBER6nto'suS— Having 

 swollen appendages. Or excrescences. 



TuBirlo'BUS— Whete the tube of a mono- 

 petalous corollA is very long. Tubipor'- 

 Mis— Kesembling a tube. Tubil'lus— 

 Eloiigated cells of cellular tissue. 

 Tu'bclae— Hollow and cylindrical. 

 (See the flowers oilochroma tubtdosa.) 



TCiTANs'^When leaves, during sleep, in- 

 cline downwards, and appear, as it 

 were, to protect the stem. 



Tu'MiDUS— SwoUeJi. Synonym for " In- 

 ■ flatus." 



Tu'NlCA— A loose membranous skin invest- 

 ing some organ; synonym for "Sper- 

 moderm." The peridium of some Fungi. 

 TuRNiCATUS (Coated)— When invested 

 with a tunica. 



Tue'binatb, Tuebina'tus— Top-shaped. 



ToRP — Turves should be .cut as thin as 

 possible, for if the ground is properly 

 prepared to receive them the herbage 

 Will form fresh rootlets in the fresh 

 soils ; besides, a thin sod is more elastic, 

 and thus is more evenly beaten down. 



Tdefa'cecs, Tcepo'sus — IJsed as " Torfa- 

 ceus," growing in bogs. 



Tur'gidus — Swollen; thick, _ and as if 

 swollen, but not inflated with air. 



Tu'Bio (A tendril) — The early stage of a 

 sucker when invested by leaf-scales. 

 TuBlONlFBBUS — Throwing up turiones, 

 as the Asparagus plant. 



Tym'panCm — A drum. A membrane 

 closing the mouth of the thecse in some 



tJuGiNo'sus, Uligina'rids — Growing in 

 marshy places, as Selaginella vliginosa, 

 a little LycopOdinous plant, plentiful 

 around the swamjjs of Stradbroke 

 Island. 



Ul'na (A man's arm)^=Estimated at about 

 twenty-four inches. Ulnaeis — Of the 

 length of an ulna. 



U'lotheix — In hair-like crisped linear 

 divisions. 



ITm'bEl, TJmbel'la^ a form of inflorescence 

 in which all the pedicels start from the 

 summit of the peduncle. Umbblla'tus 

 — When the inflorescence is in umbels, 

 or approaches to such a disposition of 

 the flowers. Umbellif'erus — Bear- 

 ing umbels. An umbel is said to be 

 simple when each of its branches or 

 rays bears a single flower ; compound 

 when each ray bears a partial umbel 

 or umbellnla. (See the inflorescence 

 of the Order UmbelliferBe, also of 

 the lovely garden plant Agapanthus 

 umhellatus, the African Lily or Love- 

 flower.) 



Um'bee — A dark brown ; grey with a little 

 red. 



Umbil'ical-ohoed {Umbilicus, the navel) — 

 Synonym for "Funicular-chord." Um- 

 Bit'loATB, Umbilica'tus— Having a 

 depression in the centre. Also {umbilicus, 

 a boss) With an elevation in the centre ; 

 sytionym for "Peltate." 



