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TR ADESCANTIA CmSTATA. CREST-BUNCHED 



Spiderwort, 



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C/4/J ##</ Order. 

 Hexandria Monogynia. 



Generic Character. 



Cal. triphyllus. Cor. tripetalae (unguibus modo tubulofo- 

 connexis. G.) Stam. filamentorum pilis articulatis. Stylus 

 fimplex : ftigmate tubulofo. Cap/, fupera, 3-loc. Sew. pauca 

 dorfo vel lateribus embryonifera. Gccrtner Sem. 1. 51. 



Obs. Inflorcfcentia racemofa, /uccejffive ephemera, pauci-nuwerofiflira y 

 alterna, biferiato-fecunda, rcclinata s bracteis faliaceh minutijve interjlincla; 

 ex racemk obverfe binatis nunc fulumbeliate contraBis vei nunc /picatim 

 protraclis invoiucro 2 — %-phyllo magna conduplicata nunc faliofarmi vel 

 minima bracleaformi baft Jlipatls : diftachya ; aut ex ii/dem /ingularibus 

 allerne di/pertitis invoiucro monophyllo: monoftachya; rarius unlflora. G. 



A Tradesc a.nt 1 a fegreganda Callisia ob /lamina 3 v, pauciora: 

 nee nan /pedes unguibus pet v. 'irum connrun /cilicet Trad, axillaris, criit- 

 ata, aViaque inedita qua infuptr diver/a jtmt jeminum collateraJium altera 

 erect 0, altera pendula, umoilico ba/tlari^ embryone in extremitate appc/ita, 

 ideoque dijllnclum genus ffirmantes. Brown prod. fl. nov. holl. 1. 269; 

 in obf. 



Specific Characler and Synonyms. 



TR ADESCANTIA crijlata ; (monoftacbya ; cor. hypocra- 

 teri/ormis ;) caudice gracili tereti geniculate), difFufe fto- 

 lonizanti-ramofo, procumbente, internodiis folio fubae- 

 qualibus -nervis articulofis firiatis, latere folii laminae con- 

 trario villofis ; foliis oblongo-lanceolati? ftriatuiis ciliatis, 

 petiolo brevi vaginante in fii'lura pubefcente ; cauliculis 

 alteme fupernis; invoiucro herbaceo ovato-lanceolato S 

 racemo foliolofo, criftato-fpicato, imbricafo ; floribus 

 fubfcffilibus bra&ea femiovato-falcata oblicjuata fubinclufe 

 interftinftis, calyce herbaceo extrorfum pubefcente feg- 

 mentis naviculari-conduplicatis tubi floralis anguloa equi- 

 tantibus; corollae unguibus in tubulumprifmaticuir. li.nbo 



longiorem 



