TABEBUIA (Brazilian name). Bianoniaccir-. Orna- 

 Tnental evergrt-fn trees with opposite, loiig-petioled, 

 simple leaves and showy Mowers in terminal, few-tld. 

 raceuifs. Only 7', /> nru.riflu seems ti* be introdui-e-l. It 

 requires the sann- rultivation as the tropical s]ipries of 

 Tecoma, which sue. The gemis contains 5 or fl species. 

 inhabitants of tropical America, closely allied to Te- 

 coma, but, according to recent monograph.s, chipfiy dis- 

 tinguished by the simple leavesand the irregnhirly split- 

 ting tubnlar calyx: furnieriy also species with liigitaTe 

 foliage were included, for which see Tevo)nit. 



Ieuc6syla, DC. i, Bif/iiotiia Jraruxiiln, Veil. /?. pul- 



U(hi, Lindh). Ev(.-r,ureeu ti'ee or slirub; Ivs. elliplic- 

 ol.ilung t'j ol.iuvate-oblong, oljtuse or sometimes eniargi- 

 nate at the apex, glabrods, dark green with distinct 

 pale midrib. 4—7 in. long: tls. in few-fld. terminal ra- 

 cemes; <'or<'lla fiumel-sb:i])e<l, about 2 in. bnii:;. with 

 yellow- tube and pah- lihu" limb. Brazil. B.R. l'J:'.n.ir;. 



Alfkeh KEirriER. 



TABERNfflMONTANA (J. T. TabernEemontjinus of 

 Heiileli.ierg, plj\'sician and botanist, author of Krauter- 

 buch mit KunstlirheuFiguren; diedl590). Aporynhceit.-, 

 A genus of more than HH.) species of trees or shrubs 

 widely scattered in tropical regions. Lvs. opposite, 

 peani-nerved: ds. white or yellow, in terminal or some- 

 tiines apparently but nottruly axillary cymes; calyxnsn- 

 ally short 5-lobfd or parted ; corolla salverforra; stamens 

 inserted on the coroila-tul)e, included : berries large and 

 globose or small, oldique and remirved. See Gonioutu 

 for distinctions from that genus. 



A. Fls. whiic. 

 coronaria, Willd. Ckate Jasmine. Nero's Crown. 

 A teiuler shrub, fl-S ft. iiigh: lvs. glossy green, oblong 

 to oblanceolate : tis. white, fragrant, 1-2 in. across, in 

 1-8-fld. clusters in the forks of the branches; petals 

 crimped on the margin, whence the common name. 

 Cult, in India but native country unknown. Var. fl6re- 

 pleno, with double, somewhat larger, very sweet- 

 scented flowers, seems to be far more common in culti- 

 vation. P.M. 16:.'i.j4. B.M. \m^{^^Nerium corowiruun). 

 — Cult, in the more sontliern states and also in green- 

 houses. Also known as Adam's Apple and East Indian 

 Rosebay. 



AA. F/s. i/eJhur. 



grandiflora, dacq. A small, tender shrub: ivs. ol>- 

 long-ovate, sharply acuminate, 2-:.{ in. long, thick : Hs. 

 single, yellow, 1-2 in. long, in few-tld. idusters; corolla- 

 lobes oval, obtuse, entire. Early fall. Carthagena, 

 Guiana. B.M. 5226.— Karely cult, in tlie more southern 

 portions of the United States. 



T. Camdssi, Regcl. See GonJoma K;nnassi. 



F. W. Barclay. 

 The East Indian Rr>,seljay, Tahenupuiou/'i tin rorci- 

 naria, is one of the best ornamental shrulis for sub- 

 tropical gardens. This species and T. Ca)iiassi. re- 

 ferred in this work to Gonioma, flourish everywhere in 

 Florida from Jacksonville southward. If they reeeive 

 proper attention, tiny cuttings soon develop into dense, 

 bushy plants 3-5 ft. high, covered with deliciously 

 scented flowers throughout the summer. Indeed the 

 plants are so densely covered with buds and flowers 

 that it is often ditficult to find a suflicient supply of 

 cuttings for propagation. T. coronnrUi has larger 

 leaves than T. Ctfina.ssi and the flowers are much like 

 those of the double white oleander, while T. Cain'is.'<i 

 has solider ami smaller blossoms. Both do well under 

 the same treatment. In order to enjoy the beauty of the 

 East Indian Rosebay to its fullest extent, it n"iust l-e 

 planted in rich, sandy soil, not too wer ami not too dry. 

 and in places fully exiiosed to the sun. Oril\- verv 

 strong pot-grown plants should be sot out in ifie :^ur- 

 den. Tills sliouhl be dr.ne durim: tlie raiuv s,..asou. 

 Avoid ]>reakinir the ball in trausphmting. Ir is use- 



less to transplant in November, the time when most 

 evergreens and other plants are most successfully set 

 out. The plants at this season have no time to become 

 '"-'Stablished before the first sharp trost comes, and a 

 weakened Tabenuenioiitana is usually killed outright by 

 even a slight frost. Just before Christmas all the plants 

 of this nature (bauhinias, cestrums, Poineiana regia, 

 Tri><f'nitii conferta , grevilleas, eucalypti, etc.) are 

 banked about 18 inches to 2 feet high with dry sand, and 

 they always come through without much damage. In 

 April or even earlier, the banking is taken away and the 

 jihuits cut back to sound wood. The Taberni^montanas 

 look best in gi-oups by themselves or in front of other 



Ljlossv -leaved ever;j:reens. 



TACAMAHAC. PopnJus huL 



H. Nehrlini 



TACCA (Malayan name). Taccarra:. A genus of 9 

 species from tropical regif>ns. Perennial herbs from a 

 tuberous or creeiiing rhizome with large, radical, peti- 

 oled leaves and umbels of lurid brown or greenish (low- 

 ers in a dense umbel borne on a leafless, rigid scape. 

 The flower-cluster is subtended by a few, usually 4, 

 leaf -like or colored bracts, and intermixed with the 

 flowers are more or less numerous, long and conspicu- 

 ous, sterile, filiform pedicels, which usually droop be- 

 low^ the flower-cluster. 



A. Lvs. much h'jhtd. 



pinnatiflda, Jack. Tender perennial herb, about 2 ft. 

 high; rootstock globose, becoming 1 ft. through : lvs. 

 large, usually 3-branched, the divisions pinnately cut or 

 <livided, the ultimate lobes sometimes irregular and un- 

 equal but usually ovate to lanceolate: fis. greenish, 8 

 lines across, many with the sterile pedicels purplish: 

 berry nearly globular, 1 in. through. Afr., India and 

 Australia. L.B.C. 7:602. B.M. 7299; 7300. -According 

 to Von Mueller's Select Extra-tropical Plants, the Fiji 

 Arrowroot is prepared from the tubers of this species. 

 The plant thrives even on the sand-shores of tropical 

 countries, and it is not unlikely that it will endure a 

 temperate climate. 



AA. Lvs. )lof JnliC'L 



cristata, Jack. {Afdccia rrisfata, Kunth). Rootstock 

 a short conic caudex, marked with leaf-scars: lvs. 1-2 ft. 

 long, oblong, acuminate, dark ptirplish green: scape 

 longer than the lvs.: fls. dark purple, l^.i in. across, in 

 a somewhat one-sided umbel, with numerous pale sterile 

 pedicelsS-10 in. long: involucral bracts 4, conspicuous, 

 the 2 inner elliptical, narrowed to a petiole, the 2 outer 

 revolute. Malaya. B.M. 4589. F.S. 9:860, 861. On. 45, 

 p. 415; 49, p. 423. — It requires, according to Gn. 45, p. 

 415, a good, rich, open soil, with ample drainage, jileiity 

 of water, and a stove temperature. During the winter 

 season the plant should be kept in astute of partial rest. 



F. ^^'. Barclay. 



TACSONIA (from the Peruvian name of one of the 

 species 1 . Passifloracece. From Passiflora, Tacsouia 

 •litfers in having a long-tubular calyx, styles 3, stamens 

 and petals 3 or 5, the latter never wanting, corona of 

 tubercles or very short threads, and in a short refiexed 

 crown near the base of the flower-tube. However, the 

 line of demarcation between the two genera is often not 

 well marked and Harms (Engler & Prantl's "Pllanzen- 

 familien") unites Tacsonia with Passiflora. Masters 

 accepts (Trans. Linn. Soc. 27) 25 species of true Tac- 

 sonia, reli-L'-ating the intermediate forms largely to Pas- 

 siflora, ( »tber species have been discovered subse- 

 qnenily, making the total nuud)er in the genus above 

 30. Tile species are all Soulb American, inhabiting the 

 -Vndes. They are tendril-climbing shrubs or herbs, re- 

 quirijiir the treatment given Passifioras. Tacsonias are 

 cultivated freely in the open in middle and nortliern 

 f.'alifornia. 



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