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2. Trichomanes pusillum.—Fronds simple, linear, gashed; 
shoot creeping.—Native of Jamaica. 
3. Trichomanes crispum.—Fronds pinnatifid, lanceolate; 
pinnas parallel, subserrate.—Native of Martinico. 
4. Trichomanes reptans.—Fronds cuneate-ovate; gash- 
pinnatifid; shoot creeping.—Native of Jamaica. 
5. Trichomanes asplenioides.—Fronds pendulous, lanceo¬ 
late, pinnatifid, very smooth; segments two-lobed; lobes ob¬ 
tuse; fructifications two-valved—Native of Jamaica. 
6. Trichomanes polypodioides.—Fronds lanceolate, pin¬ 
natifid, repand; flowers solitary,Terminating.—Native of the 
East Indies. 
II.—With a compound frond. 
7. Trichomanes crinitum.—Fronds subpinnate, hairy ; 
pinnas ovate, pinnatifid ■ segments bifid; subdivisions blunt; 
fructifications bristle-bearing, on an upright rough-haired 
stipe.—Native of Jamaica. 
8. Trichomanes lucens.—Fronds bipinnatifid, pendulous, 
lanceolate, hirsute, shining; pinnas parallel; segments round¬ 
ish, subserrulate; stipe extremely hirsute.—Native of Ja¬ 
maica. 
9. Trichomanes hirsutum.—Fronds pinnate; pinnas alter¬ 
nate, pinnatifid, hairy.—Native of America, Japan and Co- 
chinchina. 
10. Trichomanes sericeum.—Fronds bipinnatifid, pendu¬ 
lous, lanceolate, tomentose; pinnas alternate ; segments linear, 
obtuse, entire; the lower ones bifid; fructifications termi¬ 
nating, hirsute.—Native of Jamaica. 
11. Trichomanes pyxidiferum.—Fronds subbipinnate; 
pinnas alternate, clustered, lobed, linear.—Native of America. 
12. Trichomanes Tunbrigense.—Fronds pinnate; pinnas 
oblong, dichotomous, decurrent, toothed.—It was first disco¬ 
vered near Tunbridge, in moist clefts of rocks and stony 
places. 
13. Trichomanes adiantoides.—Fronds pinnate; pinnas 
ensiform, acuminate, gash-serrate; serratures bifid.—Native 
of the East Indies and of Africa. 
14. Trichomanes fucoides.—Fronds bipinnatifid, ovate, 
smooth; pinnas ovate; segments two-parted ; subdivisions 
serrate, obtuse; fructifications two-valved, inserted above 
the base of the pinnas.—Native of Jamaica. 
15. Trichomanes ciliatum.—Fronds erect, bipinnatifid, 
deltoid; pinnas ovate; segments linear, obtuse, ciliate; 
fructifications terminating, bivalved, rough-haired; stipe 
margined.—Native of Jamaica. 
16. Trichomanes lineare.—Fronds subbipinnate, pendu¬ 
lous, lanceolate, smooth; leaflets remote; pinnules linear, 
two-parted; fructifications terminating, two-valved; stipe 
capillary.—Native of Jamaica. 
17. Trichomanes strigosum.—Fronds bipinnate ; pinnules 
rhombed, hairy, serrate; fructifications solitary below the 
serratures.—Native of Japan. 
III.—Willi a super decompound frond. 
18. Trichomanes undulatum.—Fronds tripinnatifid, or 
bipinnatifid, pendulous, lanceolate; leaflets and pinnas al¬ 
ternate, decurrent; segments linear, retuse, crenulate-waved; 
fructifications terminating, two-valved.—Native of Jamaica. 
19. Trichomanes scandens.—Fronds superdecompound; 
leaflets alternate; pinnas alternate, oblong, serrate,—Native 
of America, common in the woods of Jamaica. 
20. Trichomanes Chinense.—Frond superdecompound ; 
leaves and pinnas alternate, lanceolate; segments of the 
pinnas wedge-shaped.—Native of China, where it was found 
by Osbeck. 
21. Trichomanes rigidum.—Fronds four-times pinnatifid, 
erect, deltoid; leaflets spreading; pinnas lanceolate; seg¬ 
ments linear, gashed at the end; fruit-bearing cups pedi- 
celled, axillary.—Native of Jamaica. 
22. Trichomanes polyanthos.—Fronds four times pinna¬ 
tifid, deltoid, erect; pinnas and pinnules decurrent; seg¬ 
ments linear, obtuse; fructifications two-valved, numerous; 
stipe margined.—Native of Jamaica. 
23. Trichomanes clavatum.—Fronds four times pinnatifid, 
oblong-lanceolate, loose; pinnas and pinnules decurrent; 
segments linear, emarginate; fructifications terminating, two- 1 
valved, roundish; stipe roundish.—Native of Jamaica. 
24. Trichomanes Canariense.—Fronds superdecompound, 
three-parted; leaflets alternate; pinnas alternate, pinnatifid. 
—Native of the Canary Islands, and also of the sides of 
mountains in Portugal. 
25. Trichomanes Japonicum.—Fronds superdecompound; 
pinnules gash-trifid, acute.—Native of Japan. 
26. Trichomanes capillaceum.—Fronds superdecompound; 
pinnas filiform, linear, one-flowered.—Native of South Ame¬ 
rica. 
27. Trichomanes aculeatum.—Frond superdecompound, 
scandent, very much branched; leaflets palmate; segments 
linear, obtuse ; stipe prickly.—Native of Jamaica. 
Propagation and Culture. —See acrostichum and adian- 
tum. Most of the species are stove plants. 
TRICHOPUS, a new genus of fishes, described by 
Ceped; the characters of which are, that the body is com¬ 
pressed, and that the ventral fins have an extremely long 
filament. These fishes are natives of the Indian seas and. 
rivers, and are distinguished, one species excepted, by the 
remarkable length of one ray of the ventral fins, which ex¬ 
tends the whole length of the body, or even beyond it. 
1. Trichopus goramy, or rufescent trichopus.—With a 
silvery cast on the sides, and the second ray of the ventral 
fins extremely long.—Native of the fresh waters of China, 
where it is greatly esteemed as an article of food, and known 
by the name of “ Goramy.” It is a prolific species, and 
easily introduced into new situations; having been imported 
into Java, and many other of the eastern islands. 
2. Trichopus Arabicus, or greenish trichopus.—The labrus 
gallus of Linnaeus. See Labrus Gallus. 
3. Trichopus satyrus.—With sinking forehead, projecting 
chin, and extremely long, single-rayed ventral fins. This 
fish is' known in some countries by the name of “ Goramy,” 
or “ Gouramy.” 
4. Trichopus pallasii, or brown trichopus.—With pale 
undulations; a black spot on each side of the body and tail; 
and long single-rayed ventral fins. Described by Dr. Pallas 
as a species of labrus, and by Kolreuter, in the Petersburg 
Transactions, as a sparus. See Labrus Trichopterus. 
5. Trichopus monodactyl us, or silvery trichopus.—With 
brownish back; and short, single-rayed, rigid ventral fins. 
TRICHOSANTHES [from rioiE, hair, and avfto;, a 
flower], in Botany, a genus of the class monoecia, order 
syngenesia, natural order of cucurbitacese.—Generic Cha¬ 
racter. Male flowers.—Calyx: perianth one-leafed, club- 
shaped, very long, smooth; mouth five-toothed, re flexed „ 
small. Corolla five-parted, growing to the calyx, flat, 
spreading; segments ovate-lanceolate, ciliate; with very 
long branching hairs. Stamina: filaments three, very short, 
at the top of the calyx. Anther a cylindrical erect body, 
covered on all sides with a fariniferous line, creeping up and 
down. Pistil: styles three, very small, growing to the tube 
of the calyx. Females on the same plant with the males.— 
Calyx : perianth as in the male, superior, deciduous. Corolla 
as in the male. Pistil: germ oblong, slender, inferior. 
Style filiform, length of the calyx. Stigmas three, oblong, 
awl-shaped, gaping. Pericarp: pome oblong, three-celled; 
cells remote. Seeds many, compressed, obtuse, coated. 
—■Essential Character. Calyx five toothed. Corolla five- 
parted, ciliate. Male.—Filaments three. Female.—Style 
trifid. Pome oblong. 
]. Trichosanthes anguina, or snake gourd.—Pomes round, 
oblong, curved in. Stem obtusely five-cornered, rough¬ 
haired, climbing by tendrils.—Native of China. 
2. Trichosanthes nervifolia.—Pomes ovate, acute; leaves 
cordate-oblong, three-nerved, toothed—Native of the East 
Indies. 
3. Trichosanthes cucumerina.—Pomes ovate, acute; leaves 
cordate, angular.—Native of the East Indies, Japan and 
Cochinchma. 
4. Trichosanthes amara.—Pomes tubinate-ovate.—Native 
of the island of Dominica; annual, flowering there in De¬ 
cember. , 
5. Trichosanthes 
