856 CLXXXIIL COMMELINACEJE. [Tradescantiec, 
Species 1, Ameriez centralis ineola?, olim ex ore Mosquito in Jamaieam allata, unde in hortis 
variis tam Asie ot Africe quam Europz et Ameriem transmissa, jamdiu. ornamenti gratia culta. 
Specimina sylvestria in herbariis nostris desunt. C. B. Clarke in DC. Monogr. Phanerog. iii. 316. 
Lhér. Sert. Angl, t. 19. Sm. Jo. Pict, t. 10. Red. Lil. 1.168. Bot. Mag. i. 1192, 5079.  Saund. 
Ref. Bot. t, 48, (Ic. omnes sub Tradescantia.) 
23. Leptorhoeo, Hemsl.; C. B. Clarke im DO. Monogr. Phanerog. iii. 917.—8Sepala 
distincta, ovata, subeequalia, viridia. Petala paullo majora, distincta, ovata, subzequalia. 
Stamina 6, hypogyna, omnia perfecta, filamentis filiformibus nudis; antherarum. loculi 
curvuli, tivum latum i Ovarium sessile, 3-loculare, loculis 1-ovulatis. 
Capsula ovoidea, loculicide dehiscens. Semina in loculis solitaria, a dorso complanata, 
subquadrata, hilo parvo centrali, testa foveolato-rugosula, embryostega dorsali.— Herba 
tenera, ramosa, radicans, habitu fere Callisic sect. Leptocallisie. Folia parvula, lanceo- 
lata. Pedunculi filif axillares. terminalesq cymam parvam fascieuliformem 
ferentes, rhachi brevissima v. rarius breviter evoluta. ^Bractea sub cyma interdum 
complicata spathiformis, swpius tamen parva; braetew in cyma minim:e, membranace:e, 
subhyalinc. Flores minimi, tenuiter pedicellati. Capsule parve. 
Species 1, Americze tropica incola, a Brasilia usque ad Mexieum extensa. 
DER 
24. Zebrina, Schnitz. in Bot. Zeit. 1849, 870.—Calyx memb Pup j 
superne 3-fidus, v. 2-fidus lobo altero latiore 2-nervi. ^Corolle tubus tenuis, calyce 
longior; lobi ovati, patentes, subzquales. Stamina 6, fauci affixa, omnia perfecta, 
filamentis filiformibus nudis v. barbatis; antherarum connectivum transversum, quasi 
divaricato-2-lobum, lobis angustis brevib iremi loculiferis. Ovarium ovoideum, 
3-loculare, loculis 1-2-ovulatis. Capsula subgloboso-3-quetra, szepe stipite recurvo e basi 
perianthii lateraliter exserta, loculicide dehi: Semina in loculis solitaria, fere 
hemisph:zrica, hilo parvo oblongo, testa rugulosa, embryostega laterali .—Herb:z laxe 
decumbentes scandentes v. pendulz, ramos: Folia ovato-lanceolata. Spathze in pedunculo 
terminali geminze, plicatze, sspe inzquales, lati 1 Cym:e in spathis sessiles, 
fasciculiformes, pauci- v. multi-florze, bracteis parvis. Flores parvuli, breviter pedicellati. 
Adest etiam interdum flos solitarius in axilla folii caulini. 
Species 2, regionis Mexicano-Texanw incole. C. Z. Clarke in DC. Monogr. Phanerog. iii, 817. 
JDene, in. Bev. Hortic, 1855, 141, cum dc, 
25. W'eldenia, Schult. in Flora, 1829, 3, t. 1. (Lampra, Benth. Pl. Harlw. 95.)— 
Calyx membranaceus, longe laxeque tubul , Swpius spath fissus, apice breviter 
3-fidus. Corolle tubus tenuis, calyce mulio longior; lobi lati, patentes, sub:equales. 
Stamina 6, fauci v. sub apice tubi affixa, filamentis breviter filiformibus nudis ; antherze 
erectze, oblongo-lanceolate, loculis linearibus ivum parum dilat; i il 
Ovarium ovoideum, loculis co- (ad 6-) ovulatis. Capsula . . .—Radix tuberosa, fasci- 
culata (Schiede). Caulis brevis, simplex, basi vaginis 1-2 laxissimis instructus, Folia ad 
apicem caulis co, conferta, calyces duplo superantia, circa flores quasi involucrum 
formantia. Florum cyma densissime fasciculiformis, inter folia sessilis. Calyces sessiles, 
1j3-pollicares v. paullo longiores.  Corolle tubus 3-31-pollicaris. 
Species l1, in summis montibus Mexiei et Ameriez centralis rarissime lecta. Nos specimen 
unieum Hartwegianum vidimus. C. J. Clarke in DC. Monogr. Phanerog. iii, 319. ^ Hook. Ie, PI. 
t. 1236 (Lampra). 
