Jamesoniane. N. O. Commelinez. 
TAB, DCLXV. 
TRADESCANTIA HIRSUTA. H. B. K. 
Caule ascendente ramoso glabro, foliis oblongo-lanceolatis acu- 
minatis subundulatis subtus preecipue vaginisque hirsutis laxis 
margine serrulato-scabris, pedunculis solitariis v. geminis ple- 
rumque bifloris, floribus brevissime pedicellatis bracteatis, 
sepalis glanduloso-hirsutis petalis (purpureis) duplo minori- 
bus, anthere loculis approximatis, 
Tradescantia hirsuta. H. B. K. Nov. Gen. Am. v. 1. p. 263. 
Has. Mountains of New Grenada, about 6000-7300 feet, 
Humboldt, Pichincha, El Equador, 9000 feet, Dr. W. Jameson. 
Sent by my valued friend, Dr. Jameson, under the above 
name; and it appears quite to agree with the character and 
description of Humboldt, It has an extensive range in South 
America. The flowers. are large for the size of the plant, 
and the petals a very bright purple, which colour is retained 
in drying. The anther-cells are approximate, white; the 
filaments purple, with copious long white hairs at the base. 
