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lobed, pointed ; foftly downy on both fides. Stem erecl. 

 — Native of the ifland of Mauritius. We have a fpecimen 

 from thence, given by Thouin to the younger Linnaeus, 

 which we conceive muft be Vahl's plant, though, being in 

 feed, the hiflorefcence has a raccmofe appearance, the floral 

 leaves having perhaps fallen off. Thejlem is round, downy. 

 Leai'fs alternate, ilalked, two or three inches long, more or 

 lefs evidently five-ribbed, unequally ferrated, clothed with 

 foft ftaiTy hairs on both fides, but much the mod copioufly 

 on the under ; the bafe is undivided, not heart -Ihaped. Sti- 

 piilas lanceolate, tapering, fringed, of a rully hue. Fh-wcrs 

 from the bofoms of the upper leaves, according to Vahl. 

 In our fpecimen, which anfwers in other refpefts to his de- 

 fcription, the capfules, fmaller than a pea, form compound, 

 terminal, interrupted clujlers ; their partial ftalks aggregate, 

 deflexed, from a quarter to half an inch long. The prickles 

 of each capfuU are copioufly barbed with minute, reflexed, 

 pale hairs. 



5. T. procumbem. Procumbent Triumfetta. Forll. 

 Prodr. 35. Willd. n. 5. — Leaves roundifh-heartlhaped, 

 obtufe, nightly three-lobed ; very downy beneath. Stem 

 procumbent. — Native of the Society ifles. Our fpecimen 

 is from Otaheite, gathered by the younger Forfter. The 



Jlem is woody, round, downy and hoary ; the younger 

 tranches leafy. Leaves about the fize and ihape of thofe 

 of a goofeberry, bluntly ferrated, ufually three-lobed, on 

 long downy ftalks ; their upper fide green, nearly even, 

 clothed with fcattered, fimple, deciduous hairs ; the under 

 paler, covered with foft ftarry hairs, and reticulated with 

 prominent veins. Of the flowers or fruit nothing is men- 

 tioned, nor does the fpecimen before us (hevvf traces of 

 either. 



6. T. hirta. Hairy-panicled Triumfetta. Vahl Symb. 

 Y. 3. 63. Willd. n. 6. — Leaves three-lobed, acute ; 

 fmooth above. Panicle terminal, compound, hairy. — 

 Found by Von Rohr, in the Weft Indian ifland of St. 

 Martha. Stem fhrubby. Leaves three or four inches in 

 length and breadth, fcven-ribbed, unequally ferrated ; three 

 or five of the lowermoft ferratures glandular ; the bafe 

 rather heart-fliaped ; the extremity divided into three ovate, 

 diftant, pointed lobes : the under fide is clothed with very 

 minute ftarry pubefcence, and its ribs with long Icattered 

 hairs. Footjlalks moft hairy when young. Panicle diffufe, 

 with alternate, twice or thrice forked, branches, moft hairy 

 in the lower part. Flowers fmall, ftalked, folitary at the 

 forks of the panicle, but otherwife aggregate. Calyx 

 hoary. Vahl. 



7. T. fcmitriloba. Mallow-leaved Triumfetta. Linn. 

 Mant. 73. Willd. n. 7. Ait. n. 3. Jacq. Amer. 147. 

 Hort. Vind. v. 3. 41. t. 76. (T. n. 2; Browne Jam. 

 233.) — Leaves divided half way down into three lobes. 

 Panicle terminal, compound, downy. — Native of the Weft 

 Indies. Introduced at Kew in 1773, by John earl of 

 Bute. It flowers in the ftove in July. Thejlem is fhrubby, 

 bufhy. Leaves clothed on both fides with fine, foft, filky 

 hairs. FFowers yellow, not many together, in more or lefs 

 compound terminal panmes. Browne fays, the leaves, 

 fteepcd for fome time in water, give out a copious clear 

 mucilage ; and that the fibres of the bark ferve, in the in- 

 land parts of Jamaica, to make ropes, &c. We do not 

 by any means underftand Linnxus's comparifon of this 

 fpecies to T. Lappula. He had no authentic fpecimen of 

 either. 



8. T. grandijlora. Large-flowered Triumfetta. " Vahl 

 Eclog. V. z. 34." Willd. n. 8. — "Leaves ovate, un- 

 divided, fomewhat heart-fhaped, ferrated, rather hairy ; the 

 ^oral ones lanceolate. Branches hairy." — Native of the 



ifland of Montferrat. Corolla twice or thrice as large as 

 in any other fpecies with which Vahl was acquainted. 



9. T. macrophylla. Large-leaved Triumfetta. '" Vahl 

 Eclog. V. 2. 34." Willd. n. 9. — "Leaves ovate-heart- 

 fhaped, undivided, unequally ferrated, pointed, downy ; 

 glandular at the bafe." — Native of South America. Like 

 7". Lappula, but having a calyx, Vahl judged it to be a dif- 

 ferent Ipecies. We have already expreffed our di/belief of 

 the want of a calyx in any fpecies of this genus. Plumier 

 diftinftly reprefents one in his generic figures, taken frorti 

 T. Lappula itfelf. The macrophylla is faid to differ from 

 what we fhall next defcribe, in the fhape, as well as downi- 

 nefs, of its foliage. 



10. T. rhombifolia. Rhomb-leaved Triumfetta. Svvartz 

 Ind. Occ. 863. Willd. n. 10, misfpelt. (T. rhom- 

 boidea ; Jacq. Amer. 147. t. 90. ) — Leaves rhomboid, 

 nightly hairy ; the uppermoft ovato-lanceolate, nearly feflilc. 

 Flowers in axillary tufts. — Native of dry, wafte, bufhy 

 places in Jamaica, and other parts of the Wed Indies. 

 The Jltm is fiirubby, two or three feet high, ereft, branched, 

 downy. Leaves contrafled and entire at the bafe ; the 

 lower ones rhomboid, and fomewhat hexagonal, an inch 

 and half long, on foctjlalks nearly of their own length ; 

 all rugofe and more or lefs hairy. Flowers pale, in axillary 

 tufts, accompanying moft of the upper or fmaller leaves, 

 each tuft of about three three-cleft flower-ftalks. Petals 

 with hairy claws, and five neftariferous glands at their bafe. 

 Capfule of three iingle-feeded cells. Swartz. 



11. T. annua. Annual Triumfetta. Linn. Mant. 73. 

 Willd. n. II. Ait. n. 4. (T. foliis oblongo-ovatis, ob- 

 tufe ferratis, petiolis longiflimis ; Mill. Ic. v. 2. 199. 

 t. 298.) — Leaves ovate, acute, ferrated, undivided; rarely 

 three-lobed. — Native of the Eaft Indies, flowering with us 

 in Auguil and September. Miller cultivated this for cu- 

 riolity ; but it has nothing to excite popular admiration. 

 The root is annual. Leaves three or four inches long, on 

 long ftalks ; but it does not appear from Miller's defcrip- 

 tion, whether they are fmooth, downy, or rough. Flowers 

 fmall, deep yellow, in tufts at the ends of the branches ; 

 fometimes with only four petals and e\^tjlamens. Capfule 

 of four fingle-feeded cells. 



Triumfetta, in GanLning, furnifhes plants of the 

 flirubby and herbaceous kinds ; among which the fpecies cul- 

 tivated are, the prickly-feeded triumfetta (T. lappula), and 

 the annual triumfetta (T. annua). 



Method of Culture Thefe plants are increafed by feeds, 



which muft be procured from their native places, and be 

 fown on a hot-bed, or in pots plunged in the bark -bed of 

 the ftove : when the plants have one or two inches growth, 

 they fhould be removed into feparate pots, re -plunging them 

 in tlie bark-bed till well re-rooted. 



They afterwards require to be kept conftantly in the 

 ftove, or hot-houfe, and to have the management of other 

 ligneous plants of the ftove kind. 



They produce variety in ftove coUeftions. 



TRIUMPH, Triu^piius, a ceremony, or folemnity, 

 praftifed among tlie ancient Romans, to do honour to a 

 victorious general, by affording him a magnificent entry into 

 their city. 



The triumph was the moft pompous fpcftacle known 

 among the ancients : authors ufually attribute its invention 

 to Bacclius, and derive the term from Sfia^S'o?, one of his 

 titles ; and tell us, that he firit triumphed upon the conqueft 

 of the Indians ; and yet this ceremony was only in ufe among 

 the Romans. 



As long as the ancient difcipline of the repubhc continued, 

 no general could pretend to a triumph who had rot extended 



the 



