Tradescantia, HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 119 
deep, beautiful, blue purple. Calyx membranaceous, 
three-parted.  Corol one-petalled, funnel-formed ; tube 
cylindric, twice as long as the calyx. Segments three, cor- 
‘date. - Filaments six, the length of the corol, and inserted 
into its tube near the base; toward the apex Swelled 
into an oblong pellucid body, and a little below sur- 
rounded with beautiful, jointed hairs. | Anthers incum- 
‘bent. Germ superior, three-sided. Style the length of 
the stamens, and near the apex swelled like the flarsents. 
Cattle are very fond of this plant. 
2. T. tuberosa. . Corom. pl. 2. n, 100. 
Perennial, creeping ; radical leaves ensiform, cauline, 
lanceolate, and downy. Spikes crested. Corol one pe- 
talled. Filaments bearded and clubbed. 
A native of moist vallies. 
Root tuberous, perennial. Stems ‘giver: creeping,, ‘a 
round, jointed, from six to thirty inches long; there 
is a tuft of three or four, liliaceous, sword-shaped leaves, 
issuing immediately from the heads of the tuberous 
roots or rather Se i nei ee 
whence the roots and procumbent stems issue. Leaves. 
of the stems linear-lanceolate, sheathing, striated, under. 
side tinged with purple and downy. Spikes terminal, or , 
_ from the interior axills, one or two together ; peduncled, , 
beautiful, imbricated as in F. cristata, with two rows of, 
falcate, ciliate bractes._ Flowers one in the axill of each 
bracte, small, blue purple, — Corol one-petalled, &c. asin ~ 
the last described. Stamens and pistil as in T. axillaris. 
3.T. paniculata. R. 
Annual, partly erect. Leaves lanceolate. Panicles ier-» 
minal. Corols three-petalled. Filaments naked, 
‘Teling. Kanda amadikada. | 
A native of moist vallies. i bis 
Root i Stems creeping, isuitle their 2 
