1856 



TRIPHASIA 



TRITELEIA 



in greenhouses. Produces an abundance of elliptical or 

 nearly globular, gland-dotted red berries about -'s-K in, 

 across. They are sweet and agreeable and are said to 

 be delicious when preserved. In trade catalogues the 



2577. 



Triphasia aurantiola (X %). 



namrs Triphasia aurantiola and T. trifoHata are 

 sometimes; erroDeously applied to tlie hardy trifoliolate 

 orange (Cltms trifolinta ). In the U. 8., little known 

 except in S. Fla. It withstands some frost. 



H. -T. Webber. 



TRtPSACUM (Greek, ^/-i^yo, to rub or thresh; probably 

 aJludiniL; to the ease with which the fertile spike can be 

 broken up). Gramtnea'. Species 2 or 3, of the warmer 

 parts of North America, one extending north to central 

 U. S. and in many places furnishing considerable na- 

 tive fodder. FIs. moncecion.s, in the same spike, the 

 staminate above; spikes terminal and axillary; stami- 

 nate spikelets 2-fld., in pairs at each joint; pistillate 

 single, 1-fld., imbedded in each joint of the rachis, so 

 that the smooth cartilaginous axis and the outer glume 

 form a nearly cylindrical mass. At maturity the pistil- 

 late spikes separate into the joints. 



dactyloides, Linn. {T. vioUceinn and T. Ddcfijlis of the 

 trade). Gtajia Grass. Sesame Grass. Culms in bundles, 

 4-7 ft. : spikelets 2-3 at summit and often single from the 

 upper axils. Moist soil, Conn., 111., Kans."and south- 

 ward.— A wild fodder grass, sometimes cultivated for 

 the same purpose and also in gardens as a curiosity. 

 Raised from seed, or more certainly from cuttings of 

 tlie rootstoeks. ^_ g_ Hitchoook. 



TRISTAGMA (Greek, three drops; alluding to the 

 tlirce nectar ^dands of the ovary). Including Stcpha- 

 voliriovi. Liliarecp. A genus of 3 species of bulbous 

 plants from Chile. Radical Ivs. few, narrowly linear; 

 scape naked, bearing rather numerous salver-shaped 

 pedicellate fls. in an umbel: perianth-tube cylindrical, 

 sometimes with a crown in the throat; lobes 6, spread- 

 ing, nearly equal; stamens G: ovary sessile, 3-loculed, 

 ovoid. Fall-blooming bulhs. 



niv^le, Foepp. {Milla ■niviyiis, Baker). Lvs. 6-9 in. 

 long, about 2 lines wide ; scape slender, about 1 ft. 

 long : fls. 1 in. long, 2-8 in an umbel, the segments 

 linear and greenish; crown none. — Offered byDutch 

 bulb growers. 



T. narcissoldes, Benth. A- Hook., does not appear to be ia the 



Aiuer. trade. It is 1 ft. or more liigli, witli short narrowdinear 

 lvs., and white tis. beurintj a bri^'ht orantji? narcissus - like 

 crown of '.l-G broad uneaual more or less (.■oniiute scales. 



F. W. Barclay. 



TRISTANIA (in honor of Jules M. C. Tristan, 177G- 

 18'J1, a French botanist). 31ijrtiXcea>. A small genus 

 of subtropical evergreen Australasian trees or small 

 shrubs. Lvs. alternate or rarely opposite, somewhat 

 whorled: lis. axillary, pedunculate, cymose, often fra- 

 grant; bracts ubovate or caducous; calyx -tube turbin- 

 ate-campanulate, lobes 5; petals 5, spreading; stamens 

 numerous, united in bundles opposite the petals: cap- 

 sule 3-loculed, many-seeded, partly exserted or inclosed : 

 seeds numerous, wingless, usually hnear-cuneate. Cul- 

 tivated as greenhouse shrul)s in N. Europe; hardy in 

 Calif, north to San Francisco, also in Fla. Fropagated 

 by half-ripened cuttings in san<l under glass, or by 

 seeds. 



conf^rta, R. Br. (Lophostemon arborescens, Schott.). 

 Brisb/Vnk Bos. Fig. 2578. An umbrageous tree attain- 

 ing 150 ft.: young shoots and calyx hoary-piibescent: 

 lvs. 3-6 in. long, ovate-lanceolate, glabrous, usually 

 crowded at the ends of the branches and apparently 

 verticillate; tis. mostly on the branches well below 

 the lvs.; pt^t^l^ about H in. long, white and spotted, 

 fringed. Queensland. B.R. 22:1839 (as T. macro- 

 phi/Ila).—A handsome evergreen shade tree, valuable 

 for avenues in hot, dry regions, as it withstands great 

 drought; it also produces timber yahied for strength 

 and durability. Mufdi grown in New South Wales as 

 a boulevard tree. Hardy in middle California, with- 

 standing an exceptional temperature of 26° Fahr. at 

 Berkeley. JosErn Burtt Davy. 



TRITELElA (three and complete; referring to the 3- 

 merous tls.). LlUace<('. Triteleia has been referred to 

 INlilla and Broditea; Ijut when the group is restricted to 

 the South American species, it seems to be advisable to 

 keep it distinct. In Brodifea proper the pedicels are 

 articulated at the apex; in Milla and Triteleia they are 

 not articulated. In Milla the stamens are inserted in 

 one series in the throat of the perianth; in Triteleia 

 they are distinctly in two series in the tube of the peri- 

 anth. See Brodiipa and Milla. 



About 16 Triteleias are known (see Baker, G.C. III. 

 20, p. 459). These are of two series, — those with peri- 

 anth-tube usually as long as the segments, and those 

 with tube shorter than segments. To the former sec- 

 tion belongs the common T. urnnora,thQ only species 

 in general cultivation. The species are native to the 

 Andes and Argentina as far east as Buenos Ay res. 

 They are all low grass-leaved bulbous plants, hardy or 



2578. Tristania conferta (X .^3). 



h;df- hardy, useful for planting in the border or for 

 sprhig blooming in pots. Sometimes the odor is un- 

 pleasant. 



unlflora, Lindl. (Milla nniflbra. Grab. Brodiifa tini- 

 flora, Baker). Spring Star-flower. Fig. 2579. Lva. 



