118 HKXANDEiA. MONOGVNiA. Tradescautia, 



and beautil'ul. Bractes ensiform, one at the base of each 

 pedicell. Calyx superior, subcyliadric, amply three- 

 winded, mouth six-toothed, the three alternate, {Corol 

 of Linna?iis,) 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 c€lJs. 



TRADESCJXTIA. Schreb. gen. n. 543. 



Calyx three-leaved, or three-parted. Filaments beard- 

 ed, or naked. Germ three-celled. Cells few-.seeded. at- 

 tachment inferior. Capsule superior, three-celled, three- 

 valved. Seeds few. Embryo in the back of the ample 

 perisperm, centrifugal. 



1. T. axillaris. Willd. 2. 20. 



Annual, creeping. Flowers axillary. Calyx one-leav- 

 ed. Corol one-petalled. Filaments bearded, and club- 

 bed. 



Nir pulla. Rheed. Mai. lU. p. 2.j. 1. 13. 



Hind. Baga nella. 



Tclitig. Gola gandee. 



Annual, a native of moist pasture ground, borders 

 of rice fields, ficc. appearing and flowering during the 

 wet and cold season. 



Root fibrous. Stem, there is in young plants an erect 

 one, but in old ones it is depressed, and appears like one 

 of the many long creeping branches that issue from its 

 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 lime, they are pretty large ; colour a 



