T R A 



T R A 



J. T. BrattrL {P. baboMMik* ; n. 5.) 



Tite fnnt oi doi bt is WfoA wars harftbaaAatoi lie 



firft fpedes. Oa a. lewygm <d Aembolc gaasol PafiaeBa, 

 tbeie appeats to as not tlie flj^fateft diffiseoce ib the farm 

 of the feeds, nor in the « i: i «tfli»pfs of the ifl>s io the &vaal 

 fpecies, except that ^ latter are caaceaieA by the faaas in 

 p. iahmaiJa, thoogh thb is by 00 meats the cale in 

 P. Tragimmi, whofc ifts are mote ptmniDent than in any 

 other under our idpe&ioo. TlKie feeaB to be ao reafoa 

 for «4n«ging the fpaiBc name hmtam;ida, which is finga- 

 lariv espreffive of the habit of the plant. 



T RAGirM Germm^s-r, a najne gi*en by fonie aothars to 

 the airiplsx oEJs, or ftrnking otacji. 



TRAGOI, in Gagrtftj, a town of Bulgaria ; 24 mDes 

 E. of TerDOva. 



TRAGOLLES, a town of Africa, in the kingdom of 

 Bambouk. 



TRAGONERA. See DaAOOSEaA. 



TRAGOKICE, in Aad^mt Gtegr^, a town of Afia, 

 b the interior of tlje Perfide, according to Ptoieiiiy and 

 Asuniznu^ Msrcellis::;. 



TRAGONISI, or DRAGOSiir, in Geagmfhj, an ifland 

 in tie Grecian Aicfaipeiago, fo called £rora the anmber d 

 gosts, which are aliooft its only nhsdHtants ; 3 miks W. of 

 Mvconi. N. ki. 37- 27*. E. hrag. zf 30'. 



TRAGOPOGON, in 5*«»f, Goat's-beard, &TOn ir^®r, 

 J gy3i, and -r^. ^i, a huari, 2 naase adopted £nxn Dio£c»ndes, 

 vrbofe Ti^--5-j»->---> may very wdl bdraig to the genus which 

 now bears it- His dejcr^ttkra anfwers in ewry.particular 

 to our 7". parrifa&mt, except the ihortDels of the fiem. He 

 fkrs it is "an ."'H^Mg herb, with leaves like Garlic or Saf- 

 noE, a ihort Senj, a long fweet root, with a large flower- 

 cup on the top of the Salk, and a Uack, or dark, feed," 

 according to fome readii^s, " from wfaesice," itis oblersed, 

 "the name is derived." Bnt Saracenof, the 1^& cnm- 

 rsentator on this ancient antiKX*, inftfart of z3J:>f /^fTx;, and 

 xj3.:~-A ^>j,-, woold read zx%»| jaiXs; and T-a.'.^ic a^-x~ ; for 

 be iufilr remarks tTjj* " a black feed could oe*er have given 

 rife to the name of Goat's-beariL" With this explanatinn, 

 the dark calyx, and the large ^t^^^tx/, or feed-down, are in- 

 tfJHgiUe enough, as deCcTflnng the deep pnrfde florets 

 lining the czlyx, and the feathery feed-down, of 7*. fmti - 

 jrSai. So Matihiolns Ekewife irnVrSands the matter. 

 Dr. Sibthorp indeed did not meet -nith this plant in Greece, 

 aiid it Suds a place in his Prodr. Fl. Grtz. merdy as havii^ 

 been obferred bv the fbbate Se&im, Kar CanSaiitii»ple ; 

 bat it might hare been cultrrated in Greece, as we3 a^ elfc- 

 where. — Liim. Gen. 59S. Schreb. 525. WHkL Sp. PL v. 3. 

 145;. Mart. MilL Did. T. 4. Sm. FL Brit. 812. Prodr. 

 Fl. Grac. Sibih. v. 2. 120. Ait. Hort. Kew. v. 4. 432. 

 Juff. I7D. Lainarck IDnftr. t. 646. f. i. Gserto:. t- 159, 



T. prztenfe Oafs and order, Sjttgesrfa PtJt^amia-^gm£t. 



Kat. Ord. Camfefl^ JemifUiJcmkJt, Uaii. Cidxraa^ JnSl 



Gen. Ch. Commim CJjx fini|de, of about e^it, (£pom 

 five to twelve,) lanceolate eqnal leaves, fonr of wUch are 

 interior when dofed. Cor. oampotmd, knbricated, nnifanii. 

 Florets nonteroas, zll perfed, <rf^aae petal. Isolate, abrupt, 

 with five teeth, the ontermoft rather the long^ Slim. 

 FHaments, in each floret, five^ capillary, vay fimrt ; anthers 

 nsitEd into a cylindrical tnbe. Pjll. Geimen,ineachfla(et, 

 oUong ; ftyle thread-fliaped, the le^di of the frjim-ti* ; 

 fl^mas ^o, levolote. Ptwic. none, except the conrciging 

 pointed calyx, the length *of the feeds and their down, 

 fhgfatly tunud, finaDy reflexed. Seeds foHtary, obkng, ta- 

 pering at each end, angular, rough, eadb Cominating in a 

 long avl-fliaped ftalk, bearing the Sat, feathery feed-down, 

 coafi&icg of about thirty horizontally fpieafng lajs. 

 Rerjft. saked, flat, rough. 



Obf. Vaillast diflii^aiiied his T rwg^gm hf „ 



fiiaight fields, and a calyx loiter than tlKoorolla; wUefav 

 TngoftgamaiJet has incnrved fads, and a calyx flioiter than 

 the coroDa. T.mmjr"^ makes no fncfa diftia3Joa. Jaflkn, 

 and after hmi Willdsow, haie adopted the latter genus of 

 Vaillant, t h o u gh by a diffenari. charader and name, le&niag 

 thereto foch fpecies as haie a tmbinate finqtleJeared calyx, 

 in e^ht fegments only, not e^it leaves. Of this we ihall 

 treat at the end of the pefent article, defcribing £irs tie 

 genuine fpecies of Tri tga fa gt m, aD canlefcent, irom wfaidi 

 are to be removed what cooAitate the Tsoxiatox of Gsrt- 

 Der, to be defcribed in its propo- place. 



£^. Ch. Receptacle n^ed. Calyx of fercral leaves in a 

 fimpk feries. Seed-down fialked, feathery. 



1. T. frsiemfii. Common Goat's-beard. Usn. Sp. 

 PL 1109. Wind- n. I. FL Brit. n. i. EngL Bot. 

 t. 434. FL Dan. t. 9c6. Bnlhard. t. 209. (Tragopo- 

 gon ; Focfaf. Hifi:. S21. Matth. Valgr. v. i. 490. T. 

 mtenm ; Ger. Em. 735. ) — Cahrx nearly as long as the ce- 

 roDa. Leaves keded, pointad ; dilated at the bale. 

 Flower-ftalk round. — Native of dry fef^y paftnres, ia 

 Ei^land, and other parts of Europe, floweiiag in Jane. 

 The mt is bieimial, tapamg, milky asd fweet. Whole 

 kcri perfedly finooth, amd deflitute of hairinels, braschedj 

 eied, eighteen inches or more in height ; the _^em leafy, 

 often pmpliflL. Zjoaei alternate, undivided and entice, 

 t^Kzh^ ; flaccid at the pcnat ;.clafpiiig the iiem with tiieir 

 tmnid and fimkewfaat uadnlated bafe. Sts&t terminal, ia- 

 litary, predifely cyhndrical, each bearing ooe very large 

 bigfat-ydlow fiafmir, openii^ in a moning, and clo&ng at 

 noon, except in clondy weaths. Amtbtrt bniwniih. Stedt 

 rough, with a broad feathery crown. — ^The character of 

 *^ft&t iMegrit" is now needld^ retained by WiUdeaov, 

 as cuiHraBing only with fpecies that he himfflf has removed 

 to his geniK Ajlxofogok, hereafter deficiSied. 



2. T. mmUdOr. Chai^eabk Goafs-bead. Jacq. JVCfe. 

 T. 2. 316. Ic Rar. t. 157. VViUd. n. 2. — Calyx as loc^ 

 as the condla. Leaves lanceolate, roo^i-edged ; recurved 

 at the point ; femewhat ovate at the haie. — Sa[4>ofed to be 

 a Dative of Siberia, the feeds having been fent to JacqniB by 

 Pallas. We have feen no fpecinEn. The iscger appear to 

 be broader at the bafe^ and k& flifaihing, than in the £ne- 

 going, and their points rather leriJnte than flaccid. The 



^/msatrtf idndi opesi at fnn-iife, and dofe about ten in the 

 ftnoioon, for three fucceffive days, are ufuaDy whitiih ; in 

 fame individaals rofe-adomed, with red fiieaks ; in others 

 yeOow, with purple ones ; but thefe varieties are not cob- 

 fiant from feed. 



3. T. mmUMmt. Wa«e4eaved Goat^s^ieard. Jacq. 

 M^. V. 2. 317. Ic Rar. t. 158. WiDd. n. 3. Ait- 

 n. 2. Marf(du van Bidierfi. Tanr.-CancaL v. 2. 232. — 

 Calyx as long as the coroDa. Leaves neatly linear ; thofe of 

 the fiem v«ry much vrarcd, revolote at the point. — Found 

 in the meadow? i£. Tanria, aloi^ with 7*. prMemfii, of which 

 fome think it a variety ; hot the fimwert are much {jnaDer 

 and paler, and the SrcMigly nndnlated lema are lemarkajile. 



4. T. trit^^. OiKntal Goat's4iezrd. Lion. Sp. PL 

 1109. Willd. n. 4. Ait. n. 3. (Barbola bird; Caner. 

 £pn:.3i2.) — Calyx ihorter tbon the cnroDa. Leaves ta- 

 pering, lomeiriiat wavy, with fpkal points. — Found by 

 TournefiRt in the Levant, and by Camerarias, as it feems, 

 iuGomany. M-Tliaain fent feeds to Kew garden in 1787. 

 It is a hardy bvunbl, floweiiag, like all the fu it^ o ii ^ in 

 June and Jidy, nor does the plant feem to difiiar nMKh nom 

 the firft, or moft common, kind, except in the greater fize 

 of its golden Jhaxrit whofe marginal^^Bgrcb extend br be- 

 yond the t^jx. 



5. T. uumt. Hoary-Aalked Go3t's-besid. WiDd. n. 5. 



Waldli. 



