COMMELINACEA. $91 
1. Tradescantia amplexicaulis, Klotzsch, ex C. B. Clarke in DC. Monogr. 
Phanerog. iii. p. 304. 
Tradescantia multiflora, Kunth, Enum. iv. p. 96, pro parte, non Swartz. 
Souta Mexico, Orizaba (Botteri, 531, 892), Vera Cruz to Orizaba (Miller, 1607), 
Chiapas ((Ghiesbreght, 887); GuateMaLa, Volcan de Fuego at 7000 feet (Salvin). 
Hb. Kew. 
2. Tradescantia andrieuxii, C. B. Clarke in DC. Monogr. Phanerog. iii. 
p. 291. . 
Sourn Mexico, Tequisixtlan, between Oaxaca and Tehuantepec (Andrieur, 53). 
Hb. Kew. 
8. Tradescantia commelinoides, Rem. et Schult. Syst. Veg. vii. p. 1176; 
C. B. Clarke in DC. Monogr. Phanerog. iii. p. 295. (Tab. XCVI. figg. 12-18.) 
Sourn Mexico, Orizaba (Botteri, 965), Sierra San Pedro Nolasco &c. (Jurgensen, 685), 
valley of Cordova (Bourgeau, 1872); Honpuras (Armstrong). Hb. Kew. 
EXPLANATION OF TAB. XCVI. Fiee. 12-18. 
Fig. 12, portion of a plant of Tradescantia commelinoides, natural size; 18, an expanded flower ; 
14 and 15, stamens ; 16, a hair from the filament; 17, pistil; 18, a seed: all enlarged. 
8. rotundifolia, C. B. Clarke, 1. c. p. 296. 
Costa Rica (Hoffmann): Panama (Pavon). 
“4, Tradescantia crassifolia, Cav. Ic. Pl. i. p. 54, t. 75; C. B. Clarke in DC. 
Monogr. Phanerog. iii. p. 293; Salisb. Parad. Lond. t. 58; Bot. Mag. t. 1598. 
Tradescantia herba-ratti, Nees in Linnea, xix. p. 699. 
Tradescantia lanuginosa, Hassk. Commel. Ind. p. 67. 
NortH Mexico, Sierra Madre, Coahuila (Palmer, 2016), region of San Luis Potosi 
6000 to 8000 (Parry & Palmer, 902); South Mexico, San Felipe (Andrieux, 52), 
Aguas Calientes (Hartweg, 236), Sierra San Pedro Nolasco &c. (Jurgensen, 701), 
Chiapas &c. (Ghiesbreght, 824), Zacatecas (Coulter, 1591), Pedregal (Bourgeau, 421). 
Hb. Kew. 
B. glabrata, C. B. Clarke, in DC. Monogr. Phanerog. iii. p. 293. 
Tradescantia speciosa, H. B. K. Nov. Gen. et Sp. i. p. 263, non Linn. Suppl. 
Tradescantia humboldtiana, Roem. et Schult. Syst. Veg. vii. p. 1172. 
SoutH Mexico, near Chapultepec at 6000 feet (Humboldt & Bonpland). 
y. acaulis, C. B. Clarke, 1. c.; Mart. et Gal. in Bull. Acad, Brux. ix. (reprint, 
p- 4) (species). 
Tradescantia iridescens, Lindl. Bot. Reg. 1838, Misc. p. 86, et 1840, t. 34; Schl. Hort. Hal. t. 11. 
Sout Mexico, Cerro Ventosa, Real del Monte 7500 to 8000 feet (Galeotti, 4943), 
without locality (Bates). Hb. Kew. 
