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TILLjE'A* * 
Linncan Class and Order. TRi-TETRA'NDRlAf, Tri-Tetra- 
gy'nia. 
Natural Order. Crassula'cE/K +, De Cand. — Lindl. Syn. p. 63 ; 
Introd. to Nat. Syst. of Bot. p. 161. — Rich, by Macgilliv. p. 514. — 
Loud. Hort. Brit. p. 516. — Don’s Gen. Syst. of Gard.and Bot. v. iii- 
p. 97. — Mack. FI. Hibern. p. 59. — Cra'ssulje, Juss. Diet. des. Sc. 
Nat. v. xi. p. 369. — Succule'nta?, Linn. — Vent. Tabl. v. iii. p. 
271. — Semperviv/e, Juss. Gen. PI. p. 307. — Sm. Gram, of Bot. 
p. 162. — Rosales; sect. Crassulin^e ; type, Crassulaceve ; 
Burn. Outl. of Bot. v. ii. pp. 614, 730, & 735. 
Gen. Char. Calyx (see fig. 3.) inferior, of 3 or 4 deep, spread- 
ing, egg-shaped, succulent segments. Corolla (see fig. 3 ) of 3 or 
4, egg-shaped or spear-shaped, pointed, flat, thin petals, which are 
rather smaller than the calyx, and alternate with its segments. 
Nectaries or Scales none, or very small. Filaments (see fig. 3.) 
3 or 4, simple, awl-shaped, upright, shorter than the corolla. 
Anthers roundish, of 2 cells. Germens (see fig. 3.) 3 or 4, egg- 
shaped, superior. Styles terminal, very short. Stigmas blunt. 
Capsules (fig. 4.) 3 or 4, oblong, pointed, recurved, somewhat 
constricted in the middle, bursting lengthwise at their upper edge, 
each of 1 cell and 2 valves. Seeds (figs. 5 & 6.) egg-shaped, 2 in 
each capsule. 
The 3- or 4-parted calyx ; the corolla of 3 or 4 oblong, pointed, 
petals ; and the 3 or 4 capsules, each somewhat constricted in the 
middle, and 2-seeded ; will distinguish this from other genera in 
the same class and order. 
One species British. 
TILLiE'A MUSCO'SA. Mossy Tillaea. Mossy Red-Shanks. 
Spec. Char. Stems branched and decumbent at the base. 
Flowers axillary, sessile, mostly 3-cleft. 
Engl. Bot. t. 116. — De Cand. PI. Grass, t. 73. — Linn. Sp. PI. p. 186. — Rose’s 
Elem. App. p. 448. t. 2. f. 2.— Huds. FI. Angl. (2nded.) p. 73.— Willd. Sp. PI. v. i. 
pt. i. p. 721. — Sm. FI. Brit. v. i. p. 201. ; Engl. FI. v. i. p. 242. — With. (7th edit.) 
v. ii. p. 209. — Gray’s Nat. Arr. v. ii. p. 539. — Lindl. Syn. p. 63. — Hook. Brit. FL 
p. 78. — Maer. Man. Brit. Bot. p. 87. — Don’s Gen. Syst. of Gard. and Bot. v. iii. 
p. 98. — Irv. Lond. FI. p. 226. — Bab. Prim. FI. Sam. p. 40. — Tillea muscosa, 
annua , perfoliata, flore albo, Mich. Gen. p. 22. t. 20. — Sempervivum omnium 
minimum, repens, muscosum, polygoni facei, Bocc. Mus. v. ii. p. 36. t, 22. — 
Polygonum muscosum minimum, Bocc. Sic. p. 56. t. 29. 
Fig. 1. Two of the Leaves. — Fig. 2. Flowers. — Fig. 3. A separate Flower, show- 
ing the calyx, the corolla, the stamens, and the pistils. — Fig. 4. Capsules. — Figs. 5 
and 6. Seeds. — All, except figs. 2 and 5, magnified. 
* So named in honour of Michael Angelo Tilli, M. D. F. R. S., born 1653, 
Professor of Botany at Pisa ; author of Horti Pisani Catalogus, 1723, fol. with 
50 plates. It contains a few rare plants, observed by him iu his voyages to Con- 
stantinople and Tunis. Martyn. 
f See folio 45, note +. 
} See folio 364, a. 
