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Tradescantia subaspera. Lyon's new 



Spiderwort. 



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Generic Charatlcr. — Vide No. 1435. 



Specific Character and Synonyms. 



TRADESCANTIA fubafpera ; (dijlachya ; corolla rot at a > Jlamim 

 umformia;) radice perenni; foliis recurvo-divaricatis, paucis, 

 ovato-lanceolatis, complicato-patentibus, longiusacuminatis, 

 carinatis, nervofis, villo breviflimo afperiufculis, margine 

 ciliato-fcabratis, deorfum laxe undulatis, ore petioli vagi- 

 nantis pilis aliquot ad fperfis; caule erecto, patule ramofo, 

 pauciarticulato, compreffo-tereti, glabro, internodiis Ion- 

 giufculis ; racemis pluriHoris, umbellato-contraclis, invo- 

 lucro bifoliaceo aliquoties brevioribus ; braQeis occultatis; 

 pedicellis flore brevioribus, craffiufculis, villofis, poft 

 anthefin rugofis ; calyce villofo, fegmentis ovato-oblongis; 

 corolla triplo majore, laciniis ovatis, obtufis ; filamentis 

 duplo brevioribus, nifi prope apicem hirfutis ; antheris 

 tranfverfe renato-didymis ; ftylo ftamina alterna fubbreviora 

 aequante; ftigmate pufillo, fubcapitellato, aperto. G. 



TRADESCANTIA crijlataf ereBa, fubtevis, ramofior, foliis 

 longioribus, recurvis, fubciliatis, floribus caeruleis, con- 

 geftis, antheris aureis, pedunculis latcralibus terminalibuf- 

 quc. Walt. Flor. Carol. 120; (nee aliorum.) 



Desc. Root foboliferous, fiems many growing in a tuft or 

 fafcicle, two feet or more high, about the thicknefs of the finger 

 towards the bafe ; branches (fometimes only one) (lightly patent ; 

 leaves of an opaque dark green colour, roughifh to the touch, 

 efpecially at the edge, about fix inches long, one and half 

 broad ; in the fpecimens we faw, the umbels were two, decufTatcly 

 difpofed, the one terminating the Item, the other the branch; 

 pedicle s purple, fcarcely an inch long; corolla violet-coloured; 

 anthers deep yellow ; Jligma white. Evidently diJUncl from 



