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406. HEXANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. LILIACE®. 
LIL'IUM PEREGRI'NUM. | Want, j? |j Hardy bulb, probably from China, be- 
NARROW-SEPALLED WHITE LILY. II Flower, 3 inch II fore 1768, flowers in July, white. 
Lilium from the Celtic Li, whiteness ; an allusion which has been proverbial in 
all ages. Peregrinum, signifying foreign. Somewhat like Lilium candidum — the 
common white, but more densely flowered, and narrower sepals, flo.gar.367. 
407. GYNANDRIA, MONANDRIA. ORCHIDACE®. 
ONCI'DIUM PAPI'LIO. II ®' a P e ’ 1 4,*“^ II Stove perennial, from Trinidad, 1823, 
BUTTERFLY ONCIOIUM. II Flower, 3 inch II flowers in June, yellow and brown. 
Oncidium, see No. 57. Papilio, the Latin name of a butterfly, which insect 
the flower resembles. A beautiful and singular epiphyte, growing upon trees, but 
not like the parasitic tribe, deriving nourishment therefrom. botanist, 10. 
408. ICOSANDRIA, POLYGYNIA. ROSACE®. 
RO'SA SI'NICA. II Leaflet U iiich 1 Frame shrub, from China, in 1759, 
three-leaved china ROSE. II Flower’ 3 inch II flowers in May and June, white. 
This Rose holds the same place in China, as the Dog-rose w’ith us. It is a spe- 
cies in common cultivation in the south of France and in Italy, but is rather too 
tender for open cultivation in our more northern climate. bot. reg. 1922. 
409. TRIANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. IRIDACE®. 
SISYRIN'CHIUM specio'sumJ ££“*• inch I Greenhouse bulb, from Chili, in 1832? 
SHOWY SISYRINCHIUM. II Flower, 2 inch II flowers in June, blue and yellow. 
Sys, hog; rhygchos, a snout ; perhaps because pigs search for the bulbs. A 
very handsome species. It grows on sandy hills in its native country, and with 
us requires a very light soil and sunny situation. bot. mag. 3544. 
410. HEXANDRIA, MONOGVNIA. COMMELINACE®. 
TRADESCAN'TIAcaricifo'liaI f°°* || Frame herbaceous perennial, Texas, 
SEDGE-LEAVED SPIDER-WORT. II Flower, lij inch II in 1834? flowers in August, purple. 
Named in honour of the celebrated John Tradescant, botanist to Charles the 
first. See Botanic Garden, 363. This species is much like Tradescantia Virgin- 
ia, but is rather smaller, and also of more slender habit. bot. mag. 3546. 
411. CYNANDRIA, MONANDRIA. ORCIIIDACE®. 
TRIGONI'DIUM OBTu'sum. || [ i“'j] || Stove herbaceous plant, Demerara, 
BLUNT-PETALLED TRIGONIDIUM. H Flower, 1} inch II 1834, flow, in Aug. yellow and orange. 
Named from its triangular parts; the sepals form a three-cornered cup, the 
gland on which the pollen masses rest is an obtuse-angled triangle ; and the stig- 
ma is a triangular excavation. This is a novelty amongst novelties, bot. reg. 1923. 
412. HEXANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. LILIACE®. 
TRITELE'IA UNIFLO'RA. II p la "'> , 8 UIC !' II Frame bulb, from Mendoza, in 1830? 
one-flowered TR 1TELIA. II Flower, l| inch II flowers in June, delicate sky-blue. 
The name of this plant is derived from treis, three, in allusion to its stigmas. 
A flower of pretty neat appearance ; discovered in its native habitat, by Dr. Gil- 
lies. Its odour is unfortunately, like that of Garlic. bot. reg. 1921. 
413. HEXANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. LILIACE®. 
TULBAG'HIA ludwigia'na. || Sca^e, | .fee t | Greenhouse bulb, native of Africa, not 
Ludwig’s tulbagiiia. II Flower, inch II introduced, flowers green and yellow. 
Tulbagh, a Dutch Governor at the Cape of Good Hope. Ludwigiana, a name 
given in honour of the Baron von Ludwig. Pretty but not showy. It flowered 
in the Ludwigsburg Garden, Cape of Good Hope. bot. mag. 3547. 
