lUADICSCANTIA* uiulata. 

 Waved-leaved Spiderwort. 



HEXANDRIA MONOC.YNIA. 



Nat. ord. CoMMF.LiNK.T. R. Br. — {Introduction to the natural system 

 of Botany, p. 2.j5.) 



TRADESCANTIA.—Supn), vol. 6. fol. 482. 



T. undata ; erecta, caule linea longitudinali pilosa, foliis ovatis basi ang;iis- 



tatis uiuluhitis supra pilosis, vaginis ciliatis, racemis tcrminalibus umbel- 



latis, pedicellis calycibusque glanduloso-hirsutis. 

 T. undata. Willd. emnn. hart. herd. 347. Humh. ct Kunth nov. g. et sp. 



pi. 3. 263. Rumcr et Schultes sijst. veg. 7. 1061. 



Anriua? Caulis ercctus, ra7nosiis, tripcdalis, lined longitudinali pilosd a 

 basi vaginarum ortum diicente latcra alterna caulis {ut norma est) deciirrente. 

 Folia atroviridia, ciliata, suprcl puhesccntia, suhtiis impubia. Raccmi in 

 pedvnculo tcrminali insidentcs, partibus omnibus viridihus villosissimis, pilis 

 glandulosis. Petala violacea, sepalis concavis, sublinearibus, paulh longiora. 



A native of various parts of the hotter regions of America, 

 fliimbohlt and Bonpland found it by the sides of moun- 

 tains in Cumana between Caripe and Santa Cruz; it has 

 also been observed near Chapulte})ec in Mexico by Kar- 

 winsky. The seeds from which the plant now represented 

 has been raised were gathered in .Mexico bv Mr. Graham, 

 and presented to the Horticultural Society. 



Owing to the wetness of the summer of 1830, the species 

 did not flower till late in October, and consequently pro- 

 duced no seed ; but in more favourable seasons, it would 

 probably become a hardy ornamental autumn plant. It is 

 described by all writers as an annual ; and we are not able 

 to contradict the statement, the frost having destroyed it 



* Named ill honour ol Mr. .John Tiadcscant. Gardcnt'i to Charles the 

 First. 



