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TRIGLO'CHIN* *. 
Linnean Class and Order. HEXA'NDRiAf, Trigy'nia. 
Natural Order. Juncagi'nete. Richard. — Lind. Syn. p. 252 ; 
Introd. to Nat. Sys. p. 290 . — Alisma'ce^e, Section Juncagi'nEjE. 
Rich by Macgilliv. p. 399. 
Gen. Char. Calyx (fig. 1. a.) inferior, of 3 roundish, blunt, 
concave, deciduous sepals. Corolla of 3 egg-shaped, concave, 
bluntish petals (fig. 1. b.), a little longer than the sepals. Filaments 
6, very short, 3 opposite to the sepals, 3 to the petals. Anthers 
(fig. 2. a.) large, roundish, 2-lobed, shorter than the petals, their 
backs turned towards the pistil. Germen (fig. 2. b.) superior, large, 
egg-oblong, with 3 or 6 furrows. Styles none. Stigmas (fig. 1. c.) 
3 or 6, reflexed, feathery. Fruit (figs. 3 & 4.) strap-shaped, or 
egg-oblong, blunt, formed of 3 or 6 1-seeded, indehiscent capsules, 
united by a longitudinal receptacle, from which they separate at the 
base. Seeds (fig. 5.) solitary, oblong, pointed, triangular. 
The Calyx of 3 sepals, Corolla of 3 petals, and Fruit opening at 
the base, with 3 Valves, will distinguish this genus from others in 
the same class and order. 
Two species British. 
TRIGLO'CHIN PA'LUSTRE. Marsh Arrow-grass. 
Spec. Char. Fruit 3-celled, nearly linear, tapering at the base. 
Eng. Bot. t. 366. — Hook. FI. Lond. t. 98. — Huds. FI. Angl. (2nded.) p. 
152. — Sm. FI. Brit. v. i. p.398. Engl. FI. v. ii. p. 200. — Lindl. Syn. p. 252. — 
Hook. Brit. FI. p. 171. — Gray’s Nat. Arr. v. ii. p. 219. — Lightf. FI Scot. v. i. 
p. 191. — Sibth. FI. Oxon. p. 119.- Abbot’s FI. Bedf. p. 83.— Purt. Midi. FI. 
v. i. p. 187. — Relh. FI. Cant. (3rd ed.) p. 151. — Hook. FI. Scot. p. 114. — Grev. 
FI. Edin. p. 84. — Johnson’s FI. of Berwick, v. i. p. 83. — FI. Devon, pp. 65 & 
127. — Walk. FI. of Oxf. p. 104. — Mack. Catal. of PI. of Ireland, p. 35. — Jun- 
cajo palustris et vulgaris, Ray’s Syn. p. 435. — Gramen aquaticum spicatum, 
Johnson’s Gerarde, p. 13. not the figure. Gramen maritimum spicatum, 
Johnson’s Gerarde, p. 20. the figure only. 
Localities. — Boggy places, wet meadows, and pastures. Not uncommon. — 
Oxfordshire; Common about Oxford, Cowley Marsh: Dr. Sibtiiorp. On 
the side of the canal going to Woolvercot ; on the south side of Shotover-hill ; 
abundant in the meadows near the canal beyond Heyfields-hut ; and in the bog 
under Bullington-green, near Oxford; also in the bogs on the north of Upper 
Heyferd. — Bedfordshire; Hassock’s Meadow, and Ampthil) Bogs : Rev. C. 
Abbot. — Cambridgeshire ; Granchester Meadow, Teversham Moor, See. : Rev. 
R. Relhan. — Devon; Marshes about the river F.x near Exmouth, and about 
Torquay; Rev. J. P. Jones. — Lancashire. ; Bootle near Liverpool : Dr. Bos- 
tock. — Surrey ; In Battersea Marshes, between the Bridge and the Red 
House: Mr. W. Pamplin, jun. — Warwickshire ; Near Tamworth : Dr. 
Withering. Alcester, in Mr. Bloxam’s field at the edge of the water ; and 
above the village of Great Alne, in some boggy ground : Mr. Purton. Bogs 
Fig. 1. A Flower, a. Calyx, b. Corolla, c. Stigmas. — Fig. 2. The samp, 
with the Sepals and Petals removed, a. The 6 Stamens, b. Pistils. — Fig. 3. 
Fruit. — Fig. 4. The same magnified. — Fig. 5. A Seed. 
* From treis, Gr. three, and glochin, Gr. a point; the fruit opening in 
three points, like the barbs of an arrow, 
t See Galanthus nivalis, p. 33. notei. 
