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Stamina: in the hermaphrodites, filaments five capillary, 
very short. Anther cylindrical, tubular. Pistil: in the 
hermaphrodites: germ oblong. Style filiform, length of 
the stamens. Stigma bifid, slender, reflexed. In the females: 
germ oblong. Style filiform, length of the hermaphrodite. 
Stigma bifid slender, reflexed. Pericarp, none. Calyx 
unchanged. Seeds in the hermaphrodites solitary, linear, 
compressed, a little shorter than the calyx. Down with 
five, erect, acuminate, unequal chaffs. In the females, like 
the others. Receptacle, naked, small flat.— Essential 
Character. Calyx, one-leafed, five-toothed, tubular. Flo¬ 
rets of the ray five, permanent. Down with firm erect 
chaffs. Receptacle naked. 
1. Tagetes patula, or French marygold.—Stem a foot and 
half high, almost upright, smooth, diffused. Leaves deeply 
pinuatifid, the segments lanceolate, serrate smooth, dark- 
green ; paler at the back; flowers solitary, terminating, 
gold-coloured, on a long upright peduncle. Calyx eight- 
grooved, eight-toothed, smooth and even. Corolle'ts in the 
ray about thirty, grooved and plaited. Seeds blackish. 
There are several varieties of the French Marygold, differing 
in size, and greatly in colour, some beautifully variegated, 
and others quite plain. 
2. Tagetes erecta, or African marygold.—Stem three or 
four feet high, straight, round, green, dividing from the 
middle into many branches, each bearing one large flower. 
Leaves long, pinnate, leaflets dark-green. Flowers yellow, 
from brimstone to orange colour.—Of this there are the 
following varieties:—Pale yellow or brimstone-colour; deep 
yellow ; orange-coloured : all these with single, double and 
fistulous flowers; middling African, with orange-coloured 
flowers ; sweet-scented African.—It is a native of Mexico. 
3. Tagetes minuta.—Stem simple upright, peduncles 
scaly many-flowered. 
4. Tagetes rotundifolia. — Stem simple upright, leaves 
cordate simple, peduncles naked one-flowered.—It grows 
naturally at La Vera Cruz, in New Spain. 
Propagation and Culture. —These plants being annual, 
must be propagated from seeds every spring; they may be 
sown upon a moderate hot-bed the beginning of April; and 
when the plants are come up, they should have plenty of 
fresh air, for if they are drawn too much, they will not after¬ 
ward become handsome, notwithstanding they have all 
possible care taken of them. When their flowers appear, 
if any should prove single, the plants should be de¬ 
stroyed. 
TAGGAH, a ruined town of Algiers, in Africa. On the 
opposite side of a rivulet is the town of Zamah; 50 miles 
south-west of Constantina. 
TAGGAL, a town of the island of Java, on the north 
coast. It is prettily situated on a broad river. The coun¬ 
try around is extremely fertile; and the whole of this part of 
Java, and farther to the east, is the rice granary, not only 
for the supply of Batavia, but for exportation to the Eastern 
isles; 244 miles east of Batavia. Lat. 6. 44. S. long. 108. 
55. E. 
TAGGIA, a small town in the north of Italy, province 
of Genoa, with an extensive cultivation of wine in its vi¬ 
cinity. 
TAGHMON, a village of Ireland, in the county of Wex¬ 
ford, which was a borough previous to the union of Ireland 
with Great Britain, returning two members to the Irish par¬ 
liament; 82 miles south of Dublin, and 7 west of Wex¬ 
ford. 
TAGLIACOZZI, or Taliacotius (Gasparo), a famous 
physician. See the introduction to the article Pathology. 
TAGLIACOZZO, a small town in the north of the king¬ 
dom of Naples, in the Abruzzo Ultra; 18 miles south-west 
of Aquila, and 35 east-north-east of Rome. 
TAGLIAMENTO, a large river of Austrian Italy, in the 
government of Venice, which rises on Mount Mauro, near 
the Alps, in the south of Tyrol, and flows southward till 
reaching the Adriatic. It is navigable from the small town 
of Latisana. 
TAGLIO, a river of the north-west of Italy, in the pro- 
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vince of Genoa, which flows into the Mediterranean; 4 
miles east of San Remo. 
TAGLO BAY, a bay on the south coast of the island of 
Mindanao. Lat. 6. 8. N. long. 125. 40. E. 
TAGLO POINT, a cape on the north-west coast of the 
island of Mindanao. 
TAGOAST, or Tagaost, a town of Western Africa, in 
the province of Sus, situated in a fertile district. It is large, 
and defended by a garrison of 400 men. 
TAGOLANDA, a small island, about 20 miles in cir¬ 
cumference, situated off the north-eastern extremity of Ce¬ 
lebes. This island is populous, and plentifully supplied 
with provisions. The Dutch formerly kept a few soldiers 
here, and a schoolmaster to convert the inhabitants, who 
are described as pork-eating Pagans, which is a grand dis¬ 
tinction among the Malay islands. Lat. 2. 10. N. long. 
125. 5. E. 
TAGOMAGO. SeeTAYOMAYO. 
TA'GTAIL, s. A worm which has the tail of another 
colour.—They feed on tagtails, worms and slugges. Carew. 
TAGUACAY, a river of Paraguay, which runs south, 
and enters the Parana. 
TAGUS, Tajo, or Tejo, the largest of all the rivers of 
Spain, issues from a great spring in the mountains of Alba- 
racin, between Arragon and Old Castile, at the distance of 
little more than 100 miles from the Mediterranean. Pursuing 
its course to the Atlantic, in a westward direction, a little 
inclined to the south, it passes the palace of Aranjuez, the 
cities of Toledo, Talavera, Alcantara, Abrantes, and Lis¬ 
bon, and flows into the sea, 7 miles below the capital of 
Portugal. Like the Guadalquivir, and other great rivers of 
Spain, it absorbs the waters collected between two long pa¬ 
rallel chains of mountains. Long before reaching Lisbon, 
it receives the tide, and becomes expanded into an estuary. 
Its volume of water is large throughout; but in so moun¬ 
tainous a country as Spain, river navigation is very limited, 
and that of the Tagus is not at present carried farther than 
Abrantes in Portugal. 
TAGYPEEL, a small island in the Eastern seas, near the 
north-east coast of Bornea. Lat. 6. 29. N. long. 117. 54. E. 
TAGZA, a village of Algiers; 12 miles south-south-east 
of Constantina. 
TAHA EL MODAIN, a village of Egypt; 5 miles 
south-west of Samalut. 
TAHEAN, a city of China, of the second rank, in Yunan. 
Lat. 25. 52. N. long. 101. 50. E. 
TAHEJ, a town of Hindostan, province of Cutch, of 
which, in the 16th century, it was the capital, but is now 
dwindled to a small village. Lat. 23.17. N. long. 76. 27. E. 
TAHI11AN. See Tehuaun. 
TAIIMOUR, a town of Hindostan, province of Oude. 
Lat. 27. 41. N. long. 81. 10. E. 
TAHNOON, a district of Northern Hindostan, province 
of Nepaul, district of the 24 rajahs. It is much covered 
with wood and long grass, but has not been explored by 
Europeans. 
TAHNUM, a town of Hindostan, province of Nepaul, 
situated 25 miles north-west from Gorcah. Lat. 28. 41. N. 
long. 84. 10. E. 
TAHOU, a village on the Grain coast of Africa. Lat. 4. 
50. N. long. 6. 50. W. 
TA-HOOROWA, one of the smaller Sandwich [islands, 
situated about 9 miles from the south-west part of Mowee. 
It is destitute of wood, and the soil appears to be sandy and 
barren. Lat. 21. 40. N. long. 199. 30. E. 
TAHRAH, a town and fortress of Hindostan, province of 
Cutch, situated about 10 miles from Luckport Bunder. Lat. 
23. 40. N. long. 69. E. 
TAHTA, a market town of Upper Egypt, on the Nile; 
32 miles south of Siout. 
TAHUK or TABUK, a town of Hedsjas, in Arabia, the 
first conquest made by Mahomet; 176 miles south-south-east 
of Jerusalem. 
TAHWAHNAHIOOKS, a river of North America, which 
runs south-west into the Col umbia; 110 miles above its mouth. 
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