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5n the way, and afterwards to the end of the voyage to 

 India or China. Thefe iflaiids are feparated by a fpace of 

 about I 500 miles from any land to the well ward or north- 

 ward of them They are fituated in that part of the fouthern 

 hemifphere, in the neighbourhood of which a continent, to 

 balance the quantity of land in the northern hemifphere, 

 was once expefted to be found ; but where it has fince 

 been difcovered that there is none. The fpot where the 

 Lion anchored was determined by good meridional obferva- 

 tions, and by accurate time-pieces, to be in S. lat. 37°. 

 W. long. I 5° 40'. 



TRISTANIA, in Botany, from TfEi,;, three, and ij]%f;.a.i,, 

 or la-lxvc.i, tojiand ; in allufion, as we prefume, to the ternate 

 difpofition of the flowers and their ftalks ; the three-forked 

 inflorefcence of this, doubtlefs very diftinft, genus, being 

 ftrikingly different from all to which it is nearefl allied in the 



partsof fruftification Brown in Ait. Hort. Kew.v.4. 417. 



— Clafs and order, Polyadelphia Icofandria. Nat. Ord. Hcf- 

 perldetc, Linn. Myrl'i, Juff. 



Gen. Ch. Cal. Perianth fuperior, of one leaf, turbinate, 

 in five deep, triangular, nearly equal fogments. Cor. Petals 

 five, roundifh, inferted into the rim of the calyx between its 

 fegments. Stam. Filaments numerous, in five fets, oppofite 

 to the petals, and about the fame length, moflly palmate ; 

 anthers roundifh, incumbent. Piff. Germen inferior, tur- 

 binate, fomewhat angular ; ftyle thread-fhaped, about the 

 length of the flamens ; fligma obtule. Pcric. Capfule 

 roundifli, more or lefs completely coated, of three cells and 

 three valves, the partitions from the centre of each valve. 

 Seeds numerous, minute, angular. 



EfT. Ch. Calyx fuperior, in five deep fegments. Petals 

 five. Stamens numerous, in five palmate parcels, oppofite to 

 the petals, and fcarcely longer. Style one. Capfule of 

 three cells. 



This genus is felefted from MELALEUCA, (fee that arti- 

 cle,) whofe charafter however may (land as it does, dif- 

 linguifhed by the great length of its ftamens. Our 4th, 

 5th, and 1 8th fpecies belong to Trtfiania, with one more 

 already publifhed, and probably feveral others, known as 

 yet to Mr. Brown alone, deflined for the fequel of his Pro- 

 drotnus. All the true Melahucie have perfeftly feflile, ge- 

 nerally crowded,_/?ow.-rj. Having already defcribed the above 

 three fpecies, we (hall here merely enumerate them, with 

 the appropriate fpecific charafters of Mr. Brown, as far as 

 he has driven any. 



1. 'y.nernfoUa. Oleander-leaved Triftania. Ait. n. i. 

 (Melaleuca neriifolia ; Sims in Curt. Mag. t. 1058. M. 

 lalicifolia ; Andr. Repof. t. 485. ) — Leaves oppofite, lanceo- 

 lite. Stamens from three to five in each fet. — Obferved by 



*Ir. Brown, in New South Wales, from whence its feeds 

 were fent to England, about the year 1804, according to 

 Mr. Alton, who marks it as a greenhoufe flirub, flowering 

 from July to September. Thejlamens are much fewer than 

 in any other fpecies which has come to our knowledge, and 

 their connexion at the bafe is but flight. The flavour of the 

 plant is faid to be bitterifh and aftringent, fcarcely aromatic, 

 in which it differs from the Melaleuca. 



2. T./uaveolens. Swcet-fcented Triftania. (M. fuave- 

 olens ; Gsertn. v. i. 173. t. 35.) — Leaves alternate, ellip- 

 tical. Calyx and ftalks downy. Capfule entirely inferior. 

 — Native of New Holland, near Endeavour river. Sir J. 

 Banls. Not as yet introduced into our gardens. 



3. T.lnurina. Laurel-leaved Triftania. Ait. n. 2. (Me- 

 Jaleuca laurina ; Sm. Tr. of Linn. Soc. v. 3. 275. Willd. 

 Sp. PI. v. 3. 1429,) — Leaves alternate, obovato-lanceolate ; 

 iapering at the bafe. Calyx, ftalks, and branches dov/ny. 



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Capfule half fuperior.— Gathered by admiral PhiUip in New 

 South Wales, and introduced, from feed, at Kew in 1798, 

 by fir Jofeph Banks. It is a greenhoufe fhrub, but has not 

 yet flowered, yl'iton. 



4. T. conferta. Pittofporum-leaved Triftania. Brown 

 MSB. Ait. n. 3 — " Leaves ahernate, elliptical, or fome- 

 what lanceolate, acute ; the terminal ones crowd d. Seg- 

 ments of the calyx acute, leafy." — Found by Mr. Brown in 

 New South Wales, and introduced at Kew in 1805. A 



greenhoufe flirub, flowering from July to Septembtr We 



have feen no fpecimen of this luft fpecies, nor have we any 

 account of the colour of in, foivcrs, which are probably 

 vvliite, like thofe of the two immediately precedn g. 



TRISTE, in Geography, an ifland near the coaft of Ame- 

 rica, on the fouth fide of the bay of Campcachy, fituated on 

 the weft of Port Royal ifland, from which it is feparated 

 only by a narrow channel, about 18 miles in circumference. 

 N. lat. 18° zo'. 



TnisTE, a name given by the Spaniards to the gulf 

 of Paria ; which fee. This gulf, according to Depons, is 

 twenty-five leagues from E. to W., and fifteen from N. to 

 S., and has anchorage in that whole extent, but its depth 

 varies from eight to thirty fathoms. Upon the coaft of 

 Paria its foundnigs are much lefs. This gulf is, in fact, a 

 real port, which for excellence and extent vies with the 

 handlomeft in the world. It has a muddy bottom, except 

 near the coaft of Terra Firma, where are fhoals and banks 

 of fand. Its waters are as fait as thofe of the fea, though 

 fome have eiToneoufly reprefented them as frefh. This 

 gulf is difficult of entrance ; and the wind muft be from 

 the S.E. to enter it with any profpeft of fafcty. The tide 

 is formidable, and has a violence inconceivable by thofe who 

 are not well acquainted with the great ebbings and flowings 

 of the fea. 



TRISTEMMA, in Botany, from i^'a-, three, and rffi/na, 

 a crown, " becaufe the fruit is furmounted by a triple per- 

 manent crovfn ;" a genus mentioned by DeTheis, but with- 

 out reference to any author, nor have we met with any 

 indication of it elfewhere. 



TRISTEN, m Geography, a town of Germany, in the 

 county of Feldkirch ; 11 miles S.S.W, of Feldkirch. 



TRISTO, a word ufed by Paracelfus, to cxprcfs what 

 he calls the material fire, lodged in the matter of all the four 

 elements, and exerting upon occafion its influence, under 

 the form of the proper eflefts of each element. 



TRISTONBOROUGH, in Gfo^rfl/)/y,a town of Straf- 

 ford county, in the ftate of New Hampfhire, containing 709 

 inhabitants. 



TRISTRA, Trustpa, or TrlJIa, in our old La'ui- 

 Books, an immunity, by wnicli a man is excufed from at- 

 tending on the lord of the foreft, when he is difpofed to 

 chace within the foreft ; fo that he cannot be compelled to 

 hold a dog, follow the chace, nor ft.ind at the place ap- 

 pointed, which otherwife he might be, under pain of 

 amercement. 



" Sint quieti, &c. de chevagio, hondepenny, buckftcl, 

 et triftis, et de omnibus mifericordiis, &c." Privileg. de 

 Semplingham. 



TRISULA, in Hindoo Mythology, the name of one of 

 the commoneft attributes of the Hindoo deity Siva. In 

 piftures of him, it is reprefented as a tridentated implement, 

 fimilar to that feen in the hands of the Neptune of the Weil. 

 The feA of Hindoos who are Saivas, that is, cxclufive wor- 

 ftiippers of Siva as the deity, maintain that the Trifula is fyn-.- 

 bolical of his triad of powers : n-ieaning that he compre- 

 hcnls thofe of cjeation, prefer* ation, and deftrudion. Otliers 



explain 



