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Stem from nine to eighteen inches high, folitary, fimple, 

 ereft, flender, fmooth, nearly naked. Lea-ues very few and 

 fmallj fcatterod, awl-(haped ; (heathingat the bafe. Flowers 

 white, feveral together, in a folitary termirial head the fize of 

 a large pea, interfperfed with fmall, awl-(haped, fcaly irac- 

 tens, (horter than the corolla. The wings which proceed 

 from the angles of the latter appear to be very flight. 



TRIPTHONG. See Triphtiiongue. 



TRIPTILlUMjin Botany, fo named in the Flora Peru- 

 T-'iana, from Tp^is, three, and ■ji'lArrj, a Joj't plume, or feather, 

 which is very defcriptive of the five denfe, white, ftalked 

 tufts, crowning the feed. — Fl. Peruv. Prodr. 102. t. 22. 

 Willd. Sp. PI. V. 3. 1626. De CandoUe Ann. du Muf. 

 d'Hift. Nat. V. 19. 67. t. 3. f. 3. — Clafs and order, Syn- 

 genejla Polygamia-iequalls. Nat.Ord. Compojitit femijlofculojiz, 

 Linn. Cinarocephali, JuiT. 



Gen. Ch. Common Calyx imbricated, nearly cylindi-ical, 

 of feveral lanceolate, keeled, fpinoiis-pointed, nearly equal, 

 leales, containing four or live flowers, in a fimple feries. 

 Cor. compound, uniform, radiant ; florets all uniform, per- 

 feft, fertile, monopetalous, tubular, two-lipped ; the lower 

 jip fpreading, ovate, three-toothed ; upper much fmaller, 

 ereS, oblong, entire. Stam. Filaments five, capillary ; 

 anthers united into a tube, fliorter than the corolla, fwelling 

 in the middle. P'tfl. Germen folitary under each floret, 

 obovate ; ftyle thread-fliaped, longer than the ftamens ; 

 lliginas two, oblong, fpreading. Perle, none, except the 

 permanent calyx. Seeds folitary, oblong, angular ; down 

 of five equal, linear, channelled feales, the length of the 

 calyx, each terminating in a denfe, oblong, pointed, fpread- 

 ing plvmie, about half as long as the fcale. Recept. fmall, 

 clothed with foft ihaggy hairs. 



EIT. Ch. Receptacle villous. Calyx imbricated, fpinous, 

 about five-flowered. Florets two-lipped. Down of five 

 «hurnelled feales, feathered at the fummit. 



1. T. lac'miatum. Blue and White Triptilium. Willd. 

 u.i. (T. fpinofum ; Cavan. MSS.) — Native of Peru and 

 Chili. We received a fpecimen from the late abbs Cava- 

 nilles in 1804. Few plants conftitute a more diftinft genus, 

 or .make a more elegant appearance, even after being fo 

 many years dried. The root is faid to be annual. Herbage 

 haid and rigid, befprinkled with fine, long, loofe, rather 

 copious, hairs. Stem round, {lender, branched, corymbofe, 

 brown, very leafy. Lea'ocs fcattered, nearly or quite fef- 

 Cle, fpreading, about an inch, long, pinnatifid, with three or 

 five fpinous-pointed, convex fegments ; paler, and moll 

 hairy, beneath ; accompanied by fliort, axillary, leafy 

 fhoots, whofc ha-ves are linear and undivided. Flowers nu- 

 merous, in a denfe, compound, level-topped, corymbofe, 

 leafy panicle. Calyx about one-third of an inch long ; its 

 feales flightly hairy, with membranous edges. Lower lip of 

 each floret of a bright permanent blue ; upper whitifli. 

 The leathery tips of the jeeJ-doivn, nearly the length of the 

 florets, are fnow-white, and, contrafted with their fine blue, 

 make a Angularly elegant appearance. We have not heard 

 of this plant in any European garden. 



TRIPTIS, in Geography, a town of Saxony, in the 

 circle of Neuftadt ; 4 miles E. of Neuftadt. N. lat. 50° 25'. 

 E. king. 1 1° 50'. 



TRIPTOLEMUS, in Mythology. See Ceres. 



TRIPTOTES, compounded of Tfiaj, three, and 

 ■alua-tf, cafe, in Grammar, defe(flive nouns, which have 

 only three cafes ; fuch is fors, forth, forte ; or dica., 

 dicam, dicas. 



TRIPUDIUM, in Antiquity, a fpecies of divination, in 

 v.-hjch omens, were drawn txoin the rebounvling cf corn 

 ihrowft to chickensi 



TRIPUNETAIRE, in Geography, a town ef Kin- 

 dooflan ; 35 miles E.N.E. of Cochin. 



TRIPURA, a city often mentioned in the mythological 

 relations of the Hindoos, as having been deilroyed, together 

 with its wicked lovereign Tareka, by their god Siva, who 

 is hence called Tripuranteka, or the deftroyer of Tripura. 

 See Sura and Tareka. 



TRIPURANTEKA, in Mythology, a name of the 

 Hindoo god Siva, fo called from a mythological relation 

 of his having deflroyed a city and tyraiu named Tripura. 



TRIPYRAMIDES, derived from Ty,>:, thrice, and 

 OTfj'z/iii-, a pyramid, in Natural Hi/lory, the name of a genus 

 of fpars. , 



The bodies of this genus are fpars compofed of fmgle 

 pyramids, each of three fides, ftanding on no column, but 

 affixed by their bafes to fome folid body. 



Of this genus there are only two kjiown fpecies : i. A 

 (hort and thick one, found on the fides of the ftacks of 

 ftone in Northamptonfhire, and elfewhere ; but this is not 

 common, and is ofually fmall. 2. A long one with a nar- 

 row bafe : this is not found in England, but is common in 

 the German mines. Hill. 



TRIQUETRA Ossa, in Anatomy, the fmall irregular 

 bones occafionally found between the regiJar bones of the 

 cranium. See Cranium. 



TRIQUETRUM Folium, among Botanijls. Set 

 Leaf. 



TRIRAPHIS, in Botany, from rpfi-, three, and fx^: , 

 a needle, or awl, becaufe of the three ftraight awns. — Brown 

 Prodr. Nov. Holl. v. 1. 185. — Clafs and order, Triandria 

 Digynia. Nat. Ord. Gramina- 



EiT. Ch. Calyx many-flowered, of two equal, avvnicfs 

 valves. Spikelet two-i-anked ; two, or more, of the lowed 

 florets periecl, the reft, male, or neuter. Outer valve of the 

 corolla with three terminal ftraight awns ; iimer awnlefs. 

 Neftary of two feales. Stigmas villous. 



A genus of grafles found within the tropics, akin to the 

 Tkiodia and rAPPorHORUM of Mr. Brown, (fee thofe 

 articles) ; and therefore to his ESro/ia, and the Chlaris of 

 Swartz, which are faid to be very little different from each 

 other. The jloiuers are panicled. Two New Holland 

 fpecies, gathered by the learned author in tlie tropical part 

 of that country, are all that occur in his Prodromus ; nor 

 does this genus find a place in Mr. Kunth's South Ame- 

 rican work. Probably however there may be Eaft Indian 

 Ipccies, unknown to us. 



1. T. pungeru. — " Panicle loofc. Outer valve of the 

 corolla coriaceous, minutely downy. Awns equal ; the 

 middle one fimple. Leaves involute, fpreading, ftraight," 



2, T, mollis " Panicle clofe. Outer valve of the corolla 



bearded with fpreading hairs. Middle awn furnifhed at 

 each fide with a briftle-like appendage," 



TRIREME, or TrireMIS, in Antiquity, a galley with 

 three ranks of oars on a fide. See Enneris. 



TRISACRAMENTARIANS, or Trissacra.men- 

 TARIANS, an appellation given to a U&. in religion, who 

 admit of three facramenis, and no more 



There have been feveral Trifacramentarians who allowed 

 of baptifm, the eucharift, and abfolution for facraments. 



The Englifh are often mifreprcfented by foreigners as Tri- 

 facramentarians, from an opinion that ihey albw ordinatien 

 to be a facrament. 



TRISACTIS, in Natural Utflory, the name of a genus 

 of ftar-fi(h, compofed of a body and three rays, the more 

 ufual number being five. 



TRISAGA, in Geography, a town of Italy, in the Ca- 

 dcrinj ja, nnles N.N.E. of Cadora. 



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