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TRADESCANTIA CARICIFOLIA. SEDGE-LEAVED 
SpIDER-WORT. 
KER KEKE KEE EERE EERE E 
Class and Order. 
Hexanpria Monoeynia. 
( Nat. Ord.—CommetineEa. ) 
Generic Character. 
Calyx et Corolla profunde tripartita. Filamenta subvil- 
losa. Capsula 3-locularis. Spr. 
Specific Name and Character. 
Trapescantia caricifolia ; erecta glaberrima gracilis, foliis 
lineari-attenuatis subtus carinatis vaginis ciliatis, um- 
bella sessili terminali congesta, bracteis lineari-acumi- 
natis. 
Allied to the common Garden Spider-wort, (T. Virginica) 
differing, however, in its much smaller size, slenderer habit, 
much narrower leaves and bracteas, and in the entire free- 
dom from hairs of every part of the surface of the plant, 
the margins of the sheath alone being ciliated. The colour 
of the flowers is variable, for in some of the dried native 
specimens they are decidedly of a rose-colour, and if we 
look to the character usually given of T’. rosea, Micn., we 
shall find it to accord pretty well with our plant, though in 
reality no two species can be more distinct; the latter being 
very small in every part, with pedunculated umbels. Our 
plant is a native of Texas, where it was found b Mr. 
Drummonp. With us it has flowered in August and Sep- 
tember, under a cool frame. : : 
Descr. Stem a foot or more high, quite erect, simple or 
branched, rounded, glabrous, jointed. Leaves arising from 
the joints, eight to ten inches long, half an inch across in 
the widest part, linear-acuminated, quite glabrous, striated, 
sheathing 
