TR ee 
( 3501 ) 
TRADESCANTIA Vireinica, fl. albo. Vir- 
GINIAN SpipER- Wort, White-flowered var. 
Class and Order. 
Hexanpria Monoeynia. 
( Nat. Ord.—Commetines. ) 
Generic Character. 
Calyx et Corolla profunde tripartite. Filamenta plerum- 
que villosa. Capsula 3-locularis. Spr. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Trapescantia Virginica; caule erecto subsimplici, foliis 
oblongo-lanceolatis canaliculatis glabris, umbellis ter- 
minalibus, floribus congestis. 
Travescantia Virginica. Linn. Sp. Pl. p.411. Curt. Bot. 
Mag. t. 105. Willd. Sp. Pl. v. 2. p. 16. Spreng. 
Syst. Veget. v. 2. p. 116. Schultes, Syst. Veget. v. 7. 
p.1173. Mich. Am. v. 1. p. 195. 
(3.) flore albo. Schultes, l. c. p. 1174.—(Tab. nostr. t. 
3501.) 
‘The purple-flowered and more usual state of the Virginian 
Spiderwort is not uncommon in our gardens. Mr. Curtis 
in his description of it, under our tab. 105, has alluded to 
the white-flowered sort, which we have now the pleasure of 
presenting: it is one of the numerous varieties which are 
raised from seed, and may be continued by parting the 
roots. Although the species was originally introduced from 
Virginia, as its name implies, to our gardens, “ it bears the 
severity of a British climate uninjured,” observes Mr. Cur- 
gis, “ and being a beautiful as well as hardy perennial, is 
found in almost every garden.” The white-flowered variety, 
which is generally tinged with purple near the base of the 
petals, is equally deserving a place in our collections, and 
is quite as hardy as the purple. 
