tube hairy in the throat ; five or six nearly 

 equal stamens rising from the corolla-tube 

 and protruding from it; and a two-pronged 

 stigma. Its fruits contain a hard four- 

 celled stoue, with a fleshy oily seed in each 

 cell. There are two species, both enor- 

 mous timber trees, with large entire egg- 

 shaped or elliptical deciduous leaves, hoary 

 with star-shaped hairs underneath, and 

 covered with rough points on fhe upper 

 surface, which renders them useful for 

 polishing wood. 



The Common Teak, T.grandis, is a native 

 of Southern and Central India, extending 



I TEESDALIA. A genus of humble an- 

 ' nuals belonging to the tribe Thlaspidece of 

 ; cruciferous plants, and distinguished by 

 j the following characters:— Pouch notched; 

 | cells two-seeded ; filaments having a little 

 scale at the base within. There are only 

 i two species. T. nudicaulis is an unimpor- 

 tant weed two to three inches high, with 

 a few spreading radical lyrate leaves, and 

 several generally leafless stalks, bearing 

 at the summit close corymbs of white 



Tectona grandis. 



as far north as the province of Bundel- 

 cund, and also of Bunnah, Pegu, and some 

 of the islands of the Indian Archipelago. 

 It has quadrangular young branches, oppo- 

 site leaves, terminal panicles of whiteflow- 

 ers, and round fruits about the size of 

 cherries, covered with spongy wool, and 

 enclosed in a kind of bladder formed of 

 the enlarged calyx. T. Hamiltoniana is 

 found on the banks of the Irrawaddy Puver 

 in Pegu and Ava, and also in the Philip- 

 pine Islands. It differs from the last by 

 its young branches being six or eight- 

 angled, with leaves in whorls of three or 

 four, by its blue flowers, and by its hard 

 nut-like fruits being destitute of woolly 

 covering, and having the enlarged calyx 

 adhering to it, not inflated. 



Teakwood is an invaluable wood to ship- 

 builders, and is very largely employed in 

 the construction of both merchant vessels 

 and ships of war ; its great strength and 

 durability, added to the facility with which 

 it can be worked, and its non-liability to 

 be injured by the attacks of Fungi, ren- 

 dering it peculiarly suitable for these pur- 

 poses. [A. S.] 



TECUM, or TECUM. A Brazilian name 

 for Astrocaryum vulgare. 



TEEE, TIL. Indian names for, 'Sesamum 

 orientate. 



flowers, in which two of the petals are 

 much larger than the others; it grows on 

 dry banks, but is not a common plant 

 T. regularis, a native of Southern Europe, 

 a plant of similar habit, has the petals 

 equal. [C A. J,] 



TEESOO. A yellow dye obtained in 

 India from the flowers of Butea frondosa. 



TEETA. The roots of Picrorhiza Kurroa. 



TEETH. Any kind of small marginal 

 divisions. 



TEFP, An African corn-plant, Poa abys- 

 sinica. 



TEG-MEN. The inner skin which covers 

 the seed ; the glumes of grasses. 



TEGMENTA. The scales of a leaf-bud . 

 they are tegmenta foliacea when modifica- 

 tions of leaves, t. fulcracea when of sti- 

 pules and petioles, t. petiolacea when of 

 petioles only, and t. stipulacea when of sti- 

 pules only. 



TEGULARIA. Didymochhe?ia. 



TEIL-TREE, or TIL-TREE. Tilia euro 

 pcea. 



TEINIER. (Fr.) Pinus Cembra. 



TE J-BUL. A North Indian name for the 

 warm spicy capsules and seeds of Xan- 

 thoxylon hastile. 



TEJ-PAT. The leaves of Cinnamomum 

 Tamala or C. malabathrum. 

 TELA. The elementary tissue. 



TELAKAL. A vernacular name in India 

 for Culilawan-bark. 



TELEKIA. A genus of Compositce, com- 

 prising a tall herbaceous plant, having the 

 habit of Inula Helenium. The ray-florets 

 are lignlate, the ligulas long and narrow; 

 the disk-florets are tubular ; the anthers 

 are provided at the base with elongated 

 appendages ; and the fruits are linear- 

 elongated many-ribbed triangular, and 

 surmounted by a crown-like toothed some- 

 what cartilaginous pappus. T. speciosa, a 

 native of Hungary, is sometimes met with 

 in gardens in this country; its flower- 

 heads are yellow. [M. T. M.] 



TELEPHIUM A genus of Tllecebracece, 

 inhabiting the Mediterranean region, and 

 also found at the Cape of Good Hope. This 

 genus has the leaves usually alternate, a 

 remarkable exception in the natural order 

 to which it belongs. It is distinguished 

 by having five persistent petals, five 

 stamens, three spreading recurved styles, 



