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PI. 250. Willd. n. I. Ait. n. I. Purdi 11. 1. (Triof- 

 teofpermum latiore folio, flore rutilo ; Dill. Eltli. 394. 

 t. 293.) — Leaves oblong, combined. Flowers feffile, 

 whorled. — In rich rocky grounds, principally on a lime- 

 ftone foil, Irom New England to Carolina, but rai-e. Pe- 

 rennial, flowering from June to Auguft. Flowers and berries 

 dark purple. Purjh. A hardy perennial, fometimes fecn 

 in our more curious botanic gardens. Thejtem is two feet 

 liigh, ereft, round, hairy or downy, like the rell of tlie 

 herbage, and bearing feveral pairs of connate, oblong, acute, 

 entire lea'ucs, three or four inches long, fpreading widely, 

 and croffing each other. Flowers downy, many in each 

 whorl. 



2. T. angujlifolium. Narrow-leaved Fever-root. Linn. 

 Sp. PI. 250. Willd. n. 2. Ait. n. 2. Purdi n. 2. (Pe- 

 riclymenum herbaceum reAum virginianum ; Pluk. Phyt. 

 t. 104. f. 2.) — LeaveB elhptic-lanceolate, (lightly combined. 



Flowers axillary, folitary On the borders of woods, in a 



fandy foil, in Virginia and Carolina. Perennial, flowering in 

 June and July. Flowers and berries yellow. 



3. T. triflorum. Three-flowered Fever-root. Vahl 



Symb. V. 3. 37. Willd. n. 3 Leaves ftalked. Flower- 



ftalks oppofite, three-flowered Suppofed to be a native of 



Madagafcar. A dried fpecimen, as it appears, was given to 

 Vahl by Thouin. The Jlem is fimple, finely downy, eighteen 

 inches high. Leaves two or three inches long ; fmooth 

 above ; downy beneath ; but half the breadth of the firft; 

 fpecies. 



TRIP, a fea-term ; a fliip is faid to bear her topfails 

 a-trip, when (lie carries them twitted up to the higheft. 



Trip is alfo a cant-term, denoting an outward-bound 

 voyage, particularly in the coafting navigation. It alfo 

 denotes a fingle board in plying to windward. 



Trip, among Sheep-Fanners, is a term which, when ap- 

 plied to colleftions of thefe animals, fignifies a fmall flock 

 or (lock of them. 



TRIPALL, or Trippall, in Geography, a river of 

 England, in the county of Northumberland, which runs 

 into the South Tyne, 7 miles W. of Hexham. 



TRTPALORE, a town of Hindooftan, in the Carnatic ; 

 24 milfs .S. of Madras. 



TRIPARITY, a town of Hindooftan, in the circar of 

 Cuddai)a, with a celebrated pagoda ; 28 miles N. of 

 Combam. 



TRIPARTITE, Tripartitus, fomething divided into 

 three parts, or made by three parties ; as an indenture tri- 

 partite, &c. 



TRIPARTITION is a divifion by three, or the taking 

 of the third part of any number or quantity. 



TRIPATORE, in Geography, a town of Hindooftan, 

 in Marawar ; 20 miles N.E. of Madura. N. lat. 10° 8'. 

 E. long. 79° 39'. — Alfo, a town of Hindooftan, inMyfore; 

 40 miles W.N.W. of Pondicherry. N. lat. 12° 2l'. E. 

 long. 78' 45'. 



TRIPAWANUM, a town of Hindooftan ; 10 miles 

 E.S.E. of Madura. 



TRIPELA. See Tripoli. 



TRIPENTAHEDRA, derived from Tfi;, thrice, ■ait%, 

 jive, and "i^x, ajxde, in Natural Hiftory, the name of a genus 

 of fpars. 



The bodies of this genus are fpars, compofed of thrice five 

 planes ; being made of a pentangular column, terminated 

 at each end by a pentangular pyramid. Of this genus we 

 only know one fpecies ; this has a moderately long column, 

 and very fhort and broad pyramids ; it is found in Derby- 

 fliire, Yorkfliirc, and Cornwall, and is very frequent about 

 GolTelaer in Saxony. Hill. 



TRIPETALOIDEyE, in Botany, the 5th order among 

 the Fragmenta of Linnsus, confifts of Jiincus, Aphyllanthts, 

 Triglochin, Scheiichzeria, Elegia and Reftio in one feftion ; 

 tJien Flagellaria, Calamus, Bulomvs, Mifma and Sagittnrta. 

 Linnaeus has hinted, in a manufcript note, that the three 

 laft ought probably to be removed to an order near akin 

 to the Palmec, or a fubdivifion thereof. The name alludes to 

 the three petals, for fo we mud call them, though Linnaeus, 

 like the French botanifts, has fpoken of them, fometimes, 

 as petal-like leaves of the calyx. 



TRIPETALOUS Flowers, in Botany, fuch which 

 confift of three leaves, which are called petals, to diftinguilh 

 them from the leaves of plants. 



TRIPETTY, in Geography, a town of Hindooftan, in 

 the Carnatic, where was a celebrated pagoda, reforted to 

 by vaft crowds of pilgrims from all parts of Hindooftan ; 

 49 miles S.S.W. of Nellore. N. lat. 13*^ 45'. E. long. 



79° 30'- 



TRIPHACA, in Botany, was fo named by Loureiro, 

 from rp-if, three, and ipaxn, a lentil, or, as he takes the liberty 

 of faying, a legume, in allufion to the three leguminous feed- 

 veffels. — Loureir. Cochinch. 577. — Clafs and order, Mo- 

 noecia Polyandria. 



This is a large tree, found on the eaft.ern coaft of Africa. 

 Mr. Brown has fuggefted to us that it is undoubtedly a 

 Sterculia ; fee that article. In fpecies it fecms to come 

 near S. Balanghas and its allies. The number of the fol- 

 licles doubtlefs varies. 



TRIPHARMACUM, an ointment in the late London 

 Difpenfatory, fo called from its being compofed of three 

 ingredients : the prefcription is this : Take common plaller 

 four ounces ; oil ohve two ounces ; vinegar one ounce ; fet 

 them over a gentle fire, and ftir th.em continually till they 

 become an ointment. 



TRIPHASIA, in Botany, fo named by Loureiro, 

 Cochinch. 152, (omitted in his index,) from %fi(fncK:, three- 

 fold, becaufe of the three leaflets, petals, and calyx-teeth, 

 proves, by his fpecimens at fir Jofeph Banks's, to be no 

 other than Limonia frifoliata of Linnieus. 



TRIPHOLINUS MoNS, in JnrienS Geography, a moun- 

 tain of Italy, in Campania. Phny fpcaksof the vines which 

 grew upon the mountain, and calls the territory which pro- 

 duced them Tripholinus ager. Thefe vines are alfo mentioned 

 by Martial, lib. 13. epigr. 14. 



TRIPHTHONGUE, in Grammar, an aftemblagc, or 

 concourfe, of three vowels in the fame fyllable ; as in quae. 



Quinftihan, lib. i. cap. 6. denies the cxiftcncc of triph- 

 thongues ; and afferts, that there never was any fyllable of 

 three vowels, but that one of them was always turned into 

 a confonant: Scioppius .ifterts the contrary. However 

 this may be in the Latin and Greek, which were the only 

 languages Qninailian underftood, it is certain there are 

 feveral languages in Europe where triphthongues are in ufo. 



TRIPHYLIA, in yfnrienl Geography, a country of the 

 Peloponnefus, in the Elide. Strabo mentions its maritime' 

 town Samicum. 



TRIPI, in Geography, a town of Sicily, in the valley ot 

 Demona ; 8 miles S. of Pati. N. lat. 38° 10'. E. long. 

 ic° 15'. 



TRIPINNA, in Botany, fo denominated from the 

 triply-pinnate leaves — Loureir. Cochinch. 391— Clafs and 

 order, Didynamia Angiofpermia. . 



This appears to be a very handfome and large tree, with 

 panicled orange -coloured/cwOT, a berry of one cell, with 

 few feeds, and fmooth, ovate, pointed leaflets. It may be 

 referred to Juffieu's order of Vitiees, but whether to any 

 defcribed genus, we want materials to determine. Ihis 



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