OanER nr. 
HEXANDIIIA TRIGYNfA. 
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TRIGYNIA. 
4046 A shrub with distichous branches. Leaves cirrhous at end 
4947 A rushy aquatic plant 
4948 Capsules 3-celled linear 
4949 Capsules 3-celled smooth linear narrowed at end 
4950 Capsules 6-celled ovate 
4951 The only species. Sepals very narrow 
4952 Leaves ovate cordate at base oblique 
4953 Leaves alternate ovate-lanceolate 
4954 Smooth, Flowers clustered in spikes. Sepals obtuse, Capsules oblong 
4955 Scape rachis and leaf-stalks downy all over 
4956 Leaves lanceolate bearded at base, Stem 3-flowered, Sepals sessile 
4957 Stemless, Leaves imbricated grassy, Flowers sessile 
4958 Leaves linear subulate, the upper dilated at base. Spike wavy. Sepals with claws 
4959 Leaves linear. Spike one-sided, Sepals with claws 
4960 Leaves lin. lane, longer than one-flowered stem, Sepals lane, with claws 
4961 Peduncles one-flowered cernuous 
*962 Leaves whorled in the middle of stem, in threes at the summit 
4963 Leaves of the stem setaceous 
4964 Spike many-flowered longer than leaves. Tube twice as long as limb 
4965 Leaves lanceolate channelled upright. Tube shorter than stellate limb 
4966 Leaves lanceolate hooded 
4967 Leaves oblong lanceolate cucullate 
4968 Flower sessile erect, Petals lanceolate erect twice as long as calyx 
4969 Flower sessile erect, Petals linear lanceolate erect a little longer than calyx 
4970 Stalk of flower nearly erect, Petals oval-lanceolate acute recurved aliout twice as long as narrow calyx 
4971 Stalk of flower erect. Petals oblong acute spreading a little longer than calyx 
4972 Stalk of flower erect. Petals scarcely longer than calyx. Leaves oval oblong obtuse sessile 
4973 Stalk of flower recurved. Petals lanceolate acuminate flat reflexed the length and breadth of calyx 
4974 Stalk of flower inclining. Flower nodding. Petals scarcely longer but much broader than calyx 
4975 Flower pendulous. Petals ovate with a short point. Leaves rounded rhomboid acuminate subscssilc 
4976 Flower cernuous. Petals spatulate-lanceolate erect at base much longer than calyx 
and Miscellaneous Particulars, 
845. Melanthium. A name applied by the Greeks to the Nigella of the Latins, What resemblance the 
modern plant bears to the ancient has not been stated. 
846. Medeola. A name in remembrance of Medea, the famous sorceress, given to this plant on account of 
supposed powerful effects in medicine, but which it is now thought not to possess. 
847. Xerophyllum. From dry, and (puXXov, & leaf: its leaves appear as if withered. An American 
plant with a long spike of white flowers, resembling Helonias. 
848. Wurmbea. So called by Thunberg, in gratitude for services rendered him at Batavia by one Wurmb, 
a Dutch agent there. Jussieu considers this not generically distinct from Melanthium. 
849. Androcymbium. From avS^a?, a man, or, in botanical language, a stamen, and «UiM?oj, a little 
boat, in allusion to the peculiar conformation of the stamens and their appendages. 
850. Trillium. From ?r«72,r, triple ; the calyx has three sepals, the corolla 3 petals, the pistil 3 styles, and 
the stem 3 leaves. These are curious little plants, somewhat difficult to keep. Sweet says, they do best on a 
bed of peat, and may be increased, though slowly, by the division of the root or by seeds. 
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