Tas. 5079. 
TRADESCANTIA pisconor; var. variegata. 
Purple-leaved Spiderwort ; variegated var. 
Nat. Ord. Commetyne#.—Hexanpria Monoeynia. 
Gen. Char. Flores regulares. Sepaila 6, libera, patentia; tria exteriora navyi- 
cularia, persistentia ; tria interiora majora, petaloidea, breviter unguiculata, mar- 
cescendo-persistentia. Stamina 6, subhypogyna, omnia fertilia. Filamenta libera, 
pleramque barbata. Anthere conformes, loculis reniformibus, connexivo varia 
forma distinctis, interdum tres sepalis exterioribus opposite robustiores, loculis 
replicatis extrorse filamentisque brevioribus sustente. Ovarium sessile, trilocu- 
lare; ovula in loculis 2, superposita. Stylus 1. Stigma simplex, obtusum, in- 
fundibulare vel peltato-ampliatum. Capsula trilocularis, trivalvis; valvis medio 
septiferis. Semina bina, superposita, angulata.—Herbee Americane, erecte vel oo 
diffuse, sepe repentes. Folia indivisa. Vagine integra. Peduneuli axillares et 
terminales, solitarii, gemini v. plures, apice umbellato-pauci-multiflori, sepe brevis- — 
simi, subnulli, Solioque duplici involucrati. Kth. 
TRADESCANTIA discolor ; aloidea, caule brevi erecto, foliis lanceolatis acuminatis 
subtus violaceis, pedunculis axillaribus, bracteis insigniter equitantibus 
compressis flores omnino involucrantibus. S. .: , 
TRapuscantra discolor. L’Hérit. Sert. Angl. v. 8. t. 12. Ait. Hort. Kew. v. 5. fe 
p. 403. Smith, Ic. Pict. t.10. Willd. Sp. Pl. v. 2. p. 18. Ker in Bot. — 
Mag. t.1192. Red. Liliae. t. 168. Kth. Enum. Pl. 0. 4. p. 85. 
TRapEscant1a spathacea. Sw. Fl. Ind. Occ. v. 1. p. 607. 
Var. variegata ; foliis supra flavo-vittatis. (Tas. Nosrr. 5079.) 
TRADESCANTIA variegata, Hort. 
We cannot say much in praise of the figure of the ordinary 
State of this ee pesilit plant, published at Tab. 1192 - = 
work, by Mr. Ker, and we are glad of an yen a 
more justice to it, in representing a state of the oe t — 
lately been cultivated in gardens, imported, we believe, a 
Belgium, under the name of Zrad. variegata. It is aes ab 
for the rich colour of the under side of the leaves, Be : e a 
gated yellowish lines on the dark-green upper side. e spec 
inhabits Mexico, where it is considered to ee Se Fes 
it is cultivated in various of the islands in the ssi tore = 
and in the East as well as the West Indies. It is eas 
by cuttings, and this state of the plant especially is worthy of 
— OoToBER 1s7,1858. ‘ 
