. 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. 2567. Fructification of Tricho- manes. to which fact tlie cultivated species owes its ornamental appearance. Allied to Pauicum, from whicli it differs in having the second empty glume {which, on account of the first glume being small or wanting, is apparently the first) provided at the base with a conical callu


. 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. 2567. Fructification of Tricho- manes. to which fact tlie cultivated species owes its ornamental appearance. Allied to Pauicum, from whicli it differs in having the second empty glume {which, on account of the first glume being small or wanting, is apparently the first) provided at the base with a conical callus, and this and the third glume more or less awned between the cleft apex. rdsea, Nees (T. violAcea, Hort. Pdnicum Tener'iftm, R. Br.). First glume wanting; spikelets (second and third glumes) clothed with violet silky hairs; awns short or wanting; culm 2-3 ft. South Africa. A. S. Hitchcock. TRICH6MANES (Greek, soft Mir). Hynienophyl- l(iee(v. A genus of filmy ferns distinguished by its tubular, cup-like indusium and filiform elongate recep- tacle. Fig. 2567. Very delicate in texture and capable of being grown successfully only un- der shaded glass. Over 100 species are known. Various species may be found in the collec- tions of fanciers, but the following appear to be the only ones regularly in the Amer- ican trade. For cul- tvire, see Ferns. radicans, Swz. Lvs. 2-8 in. long, \-\% in. wide, bipinnatifid ; pinnae ovate, obtuse; indusia terminal, on short lobes. Tropical regions, extending into our southern states as far as Kentucky. Prieiirii, Kunze (T. dnceps, Hook.). Lvs. 12-18 in. long, 6-12 in. wide, tri-quadripinnatitid; pinniB ovate- lanceolate; sori 2-12 to a pinnule, small, axillarj^; indu- sium with a much dilated lip. Tropical America. L. M. Underwood. TRICHONfiMA. See Somulea. TEICHOPlLIA (Greek, liair and cap; the anther is concealed under a cap surmounted by three tufts of hair). Orchiddcece. About 20 species, ranging from Mexico to South America. Pseudobulbs crowd


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