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 TrAdescantja Discolor. Purple- 

 Leaved Spiderwort. 



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C/fl/i ##</ Order. 

 Hexandria Monogynia. 



Generic CharacJer.—*Vid* No. 105. 



Specific Characler and Synonyms. 



TRADESCANTIA dif color * (rbizoma caudefcens 1 herba 

 perennis ; ) foliis oblongo-lanceolatis, 

 canaliculato-explicatis, ftriatis, difcolori- 

 bus, numerofis, fparfis, deorfum con- 

 voluto - femivaginantibus, accumbenter 

 confertis, furfum ere&o-divergentibus, 

 fupremis fubcomofis ; fcapis quam haec 

 3 — 4-plo brevioribus, pluribus, axil- 

 laribus, compreflis, bafi vaginis (1 — 3) 

 mernbranaceis ftipatis j involucro ter- 

 minali, coriaceo-membranaceo, 2 — 3~ 

 valvi, mukifloro, naviculari- campanu- 

 las, ftriato, margine repando, valvis 

 rhombeo-cordatis, oppofite condupli- 

 catis, carinatim acuminatis ; floribus has 

 fubaequantibus, fubumbellato-aggregatis, 

 curvulo-pedicellatis, per brafteas folli- 

 culofas pellucidas fingulas interftincUs, 

 ephemeris, fucceffivis -, calyce corollas 

 conformi, paulo minore, conniventer 

 perftante, foliolis ovatis, concaviufculis ; 

 corolla teneriore, citius emarcefcente, 

 petalis rotato ■ explanatis, lato - ovatis, 

 acutis ; filamentis haec aequantibus, fili- 

 formibus, eredis, infra pilis creberrime 

 articulatis hirfutis ; antheris comprefle 

 lunato-didymis, tranfverfis, curyatura 

 prona; germine ovato-globofo, trilobo- 

 trigono; ftylo triquetro-fetiformi, api- 

 culo depreffiufculo. G. ■ .. - .. -•- 



* TRADESCANTIA 



