118 HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA,  Tradescantia. — 
and beautiful. Bractes ensiform, one at the base of each 
pedicell. Calyx superior, subcylindric, amply three- 
winged, mouth six-toothed, the three alternate, (Corol 
of Linnzeus,) very small, and ensiform. Filaments short — 
in the mouth of the calyx, Anthers three-pair, Germ — 
inferior, Style rather shorter than the calyx. Stigma — 
three-cleft. Segments emarginate, adhering to the stami- 
na. Capsule three-celled, Seeds numerous, minute, 
attached to the inner angle of the cells. 
TRADESCANTIA. Schreb. gen. n. 543. 
Calyx three-leaved, or three-parted. Filaments Lead 
ed, or naked. Germ three-celled. Cells few-seeded; at« 
tachment inferior. Capsule superior, three-celled, threes _ 
valved. Seeds few. Emoéryo inthe back of the ample 
perisperm, centrifugal. jig 
1. T. axillaris. Willd. 2. 20. Ka 
Annual, creeping. Flowers axillary. Calyx atten - 
ed. _Corol one-petalled, Filaments bearded, and club« — 
bed. ame nil: eh 
Nir puila. Rheed. Mal. 10. p.2.¢.13, .. 
Hind. Baga nella. 
-‘Teling. Gola gandee. a0 
Annual, a native of moist pasture ground, pears ik 
of rice fields, &c, appearing and flowering during the — 
wet and cold season. at 
Root fibrous, Stem, there is in young plants an erect A 
one, but in old ones it is depressed, and appears like one 
of the many long creeping branches that issue fromits — 
base, all are round, smooth, jointed and often coloured. 
Leaves alternate, sheathing, lanceolate, spreading, striat- 
ed; mouths of the sheaths ciliate, Flowers axillary two or _ 
three, but in succession, so that there is never more than 
one expanded at a time, they are pretty large ; colons: Oe. 
