. Cyclopedia of American horticulture : comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening; Horticulture; Horticulture; Horticulture. • the whole literature to date is cited. Charles Reid Barnes. TEKEBINTH TKEE. Terebhitliiis. TERMINALIA (alluding to the leaves being borne on the terminus of the shoot). Combrettlcea. Nearly 100 trees or shruhs. with mostly opposite leaves whicli ;iri- sometimes crowd
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture : comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening; Horticulture; Horticulture; Horticulture. • the whole literature to date is cited. Charles Reid Barnes. TEKEBINTH TKEE. Terebhitliiis. TERMINALIA (alluding to the leaves being borne on the terminus of the shoot). Combrettlcea. Nearly 100 trees or shruhs. with mostly opposite leaves whicli ;iri- sometimes crowded at the tops of the branches, giving them a whorled appear- ance. The flowers are small and sessile, mostly green or white, borne mostly in long spikes, per- fect or polygamo-dioecious; petals none; calyx tubular and constricted above the ovary, the upper part urn-shaped or bell-shaped and 5-lobed ; sta- mens 10. in 2 series: ovary 1, with a long style, 1-loculed. The fruit is a compressed winged nut- like body contain- 2488. Transformation of organs in a tulip flower. shell, containing an edible meat. Asia, but widely cult. 3004.—Cult, in South Florida. Useful both as a street tree and for its filbert-flavored nuts. The nuts are eaten either raw or roasted. Foliage Is usually brilliant in autumn. As seen in the market, the outer brown skin or covering of the nuts is often removed. T. Catappa is sometimes called "Olive-Bark ; The tree is extensively planted in Porto Rico, where the nuts are called "; l. h. B. TERNSTRCEMIA (Christopher Temstroem, Swedish naturalist; traveled in China, died 1745). Teryistraemi- iiceie. About 25 species of tender evergreen trees and shrubs mostly native of tropical America, a few being native to Asia and the Malay Archipelago. They have shining, leathery foliage and small, white, 5-petaled, drooping flowers, which are solitary or clustered ' and borr. eUiptu 2487. Normal columbine flower. the Old World.
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