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GEORG DANIEL, Transylvanian historian; born in Schässburg, Transylvania. He was bishop of the Saxons of Transylvania, and wrote: "History of the Transylvania Saxons" (2d ed. 1874); "Compend of the History of Transylvania"; "Documents for the History of Transylvania" (1857); "The Reformation in the Transylvanian Saxon- TEXAS in 1574.

The town was incorporated by Elizabeth

Tetragoniacee

a small order of plants, alliance Ficoidales. No petals, and several consolidated carpels. They are succulent, leaved, herbaceous plants, or small shrubs, chiefly natives of New Zealand.

Tetragraptus

in palæontology, a genus of Graptolitidæ from the Skiddaw and Quebec groups (Lower Silurian).

The polypary consists of four simple mono-prionidian branches, springing from central non-celluliferous connecting a process, which bifurcates at each end.

The celluliferous branches do not subdivide, and the base may be enveloped in a peculiar horny disk.

Tetragynia

an order of plants in Linnæus' artificial system. It consisted of plants having four pistils. The classes Tetrandria, Pentandria, Hexandria, Heptandria, Octandria, and Polyandria, have each an order Tetragynia.

Tetralogy

in Greek drama, the name given to a collection of four' dramatic compositions—a trilogy and a satyric piece-exhibited together on the Athenian stage for the prize given at the festival of Bacchus. The expression tetralogy is sometimes applied by modern authors to a series of four connected plays.

Tetraonyx

in zoölogy, an Asiatic genus of Emydæ, having five toes, but one on each foot without a nail. Twentyfive five marginal scales. Species, T. lessonii and T. baska.

Tetrolic Acid

C4H4O2; a monobasic acid prepared by heating chlor alpha crotonic acid with alcoholic potassic hydrate on the water-bath, decomposing the potassium salt formed with sulphuric acid, and extracting with ether. It crystallizes in rhombic tables, soluble in alcohol and ether, melts at 76.5°, and boils at 203°.

Africa, in the province of El Garb; on

Teudopsis

in palæontology, a genus of Teuthidæ, or a sub-genus of Loligo, with five species, from the Upper Lias and Oölite of France and Württemberg.

Pen like the Loligo, but dilated and spatulate behind.

Teutates

in mythology, a deity mentioned by Lucan as being worshipped with sacrifices not unlike those of Moloch.

Teuthidide

in ichthyology, a famlate ily of Acanthopterygii Perciformes, with a single genus. Body oblong, strongly compressed, covered with small scales; lateral line continuous; one dorsal, the spinou spinous portion being the more developed; anal with seven spines; ventrals thoracic, with an outer and an inner spine, with three soft rays between.

Teuthis

the sole genus of the family Teuthididæ, with about 30 species from the Indo-Pacific. They are small herbivorous fishes rather more than a foot long.

Teutonic Cross

in heraldry, a name sometimes given to a cross potent, from its having been the original badge assigned by the Emperor Henry VI., to TEUTONIC KNIGHTS (q. v.).