C 1598 ] 



Tradescantia crassifolia. Tuberous- 

 rooted Spiderwort. 



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Generic Charatler. — Fide No. 1435. 



Specific Character and Synonyms. 



TRADESCANTIA craffifoUa; {dijlachya; corolla rotate ; Jlamina 

 uniformia t ) radice tuberofa, perenni ; foliis multis, divari- 

 catis, ovato-oblongis, acuminatis, decrefcentibus, coriaceo- 

 craflis, a fupino papillofo-nitentibus, a prono et margine 

 denfe fericeis, nervis pellucidis, vagina petiolari brevi ; 

 caule procumbente, multiarticular, tereti, lanuginofo^ 

 ramofo ; racemis umbellato-aggregatis, plurifloris ; invo- 

 lucro flores lequante vel breviore, caulis bifoliacco ; 

 bradcis occultatis; pedicellis calycibufque villofis; corolla- 

 laciniis ovato-orbiculatis ; ftaminibus quarta circitcr bre- 

 vioribus, alternis fublongioribus j filamentis nifi apice 

 hirfutis, antheris tranfverfis, lunulads, difl'epimemo com- 

 preflo, loculis latiore; genuine hirfuto; ftigmate fubtrilobo- 

 explanato, glandulofo-pruinato. G. 



TRADESCANTIA crajfifolia. Cavan.Ic. 1. 54. tab. 75. Parad. 

 Land. tab. 59. liort. Kezv. ed. 2. 2. 204. W:Ud. Sp.Pl 2. 17, 



In the fpecimens we have feen, the Hems have been from 

 two to four, about three feet long, and about as thick as a large 

 quill ; branches from the axils of the upper leaves, fhort, 

 patent ; of thefe the inflorefcence was monoftachyous, of the 

 ftem diftachyous ; leaves of a dark green colour when the 

 plant has been kept during the fummer in an airy greenhouie, 

 but the reverfe when it has been continued in the (love, lower 

 nearly three inches long and one and half broad, upper two- 

 thirds \ck-„ joints of the item 2—3 inches long ; calyx and pedicle 

 green; corolla purple-violet, about an inch in diameter, opening 

 early in the day, of only three or four hours duration : a 

 yellow. Blooms from July to November. Native of Mexico. 



Introduced 



