Tritonia (tritonia)

[NL., Tritonia plebeia. (Line shows natural size.) with such species as T. plebeia.-2. A genus of lepidopterous insects. Geyer, 1832.-3. (Ker, 1805.) A genus of monocotyledonous plants, of the order Irideæ and the tribe Ixieæ. It is characterized by an ovoid or oblong capsule and by a slender perianth-tube not enlarged at the summit, with a concave regular or oblique border, upon the Triumfetta such teeth as a type of dentition; trituberculate; of or pertaining to trituberculism.