Tricuspis
ORD. Tiliaceae. A small genus (two species) of Chilian, greenhouse trees. Flowers rather large; calyx campanulate, truncate, obsoletely five-toothed, afterwards cut and deciduous; petals five, three-toothed or three-lobed, induplicate-valvate; stamens numerous, inserted above the torus; peduncles axillary, solitary, one-flowered. Leaves alternate and opposite, serrated. T. hexapetala, the only species introduced, is a very beautiful, greenhouse shrub. For culture, see Correa.
T. hexapetala (six-petaled). fl. red, on long peduncles. Capsule sub-rotund, silky-pilose. l. oblong-lanceolate, serrated or rarely entire. (Gn., Nov. 1880, under name of Crinodendron Hookerianum.)