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TRADESCANTIA 



TRADESCANTIA 



EE. Plants glabrous. 

 F. Blades ovate. 



5. navicularis, Ortg. Stoloniferous: st. creeping, 

 geniculate-ascending, glabrous: Ivs. sessile, ovate, acute, 

 glabrous: fls. bright rose, in terminal umbels which are 

 sessile; sepals spreading, keeled; petals broadly ovate. 

 Peru. Gt.26:901. 



FF. Blades linear to lanceolate. 



6. reflexa, Raf. Slender, glabrous or nearly so: Ivs. 

 narrow, linear-attenuate from a lanceolate base : umbels 

 terminal; bracts soon deflexed: fls. blue; sepals ovate- 

 lanceolate, glabrous or with a tuft of hairs. Wet places, 

 Ohio to Mich., Minn., Kans., Texas, and S. C. 



7. virginiana, Linn.; also spelled virginica (T. mon- 

 tana, Shuttlw., not Heyne. T. tumida, LindL). COM- 

 MON SPIDERWORT. Erect, branching, 1-3 ft., glabrous 

 or nearly so: Ivs. conduplicate, very long linear-lan- 

 ceolate (6-15 in. long), clasping: umbels several-fid., 

 terminal, the pedicel recurving when not in bloom : fls. 

 violet-blue, in various shades, 1-2 in. across, produced 

 freely nearly all summer; sepals villous. N. Y. to S. D., 

 Va., and Ark. B.M. 105; 3546 (as T. caricifolia). 

 L.B.C. 16:1513 (as T. elata). J.H. III. 49:373. B.R. 

 26:42. H.U. 2, p. 129. An exceedingly variable 

 plant. Var. alba, Hort., is a white-fid, form. B.M. 

 3501. Var. alba grandifldra, Hort., is offered in the 

 trade. Var. alba major, Hort., appears in the trade. 

 Var. atrosanguinea, Hort., has dark red fls. Var. caerii- 

 lea, Hort., has bright blue fls. Var. caerftlea plena, 

 Hort., is a double-fld. form. Var. carnea, Hort., is 

 offered in the trade. Var. coccinea, Hort., has bright 

 red fls. Var. congesta, Hort., has purple fls. Var. deli- 

 cata, Hort., pale mauve. Var. grandifldra alba, Hort., 



is known in the trade. 

 Var. major, Hort., has 

 double fls. which are 

 about the size of the 

 type. Var. purpftrea, 

 Hort., is offered in the 

 trade. Var. rftbra, 

 Hort., has dark rosy 

 pink or red fls. Var. 

 violacea, Hort., has 

 purple-blue or violet 

 fls. 



3831. Tradescantia 

 Warscewicziana. 



3830. Three kinds of wan- 

 dering Jew. A, Tradescantia 

 fluminensis: tender, sheaths 

 hairy at top; flowers white. B, Ze- 

 brina pendula: tender; sheaths hairy 

 at top and bottom; flowers rose-red. 

 C, Commelina nudifiora: hardy; 

 sheaths glabrous; flowers blue. ( X J 2) 



8. occidentalis, Smythe (T. virginiana var. occiden- 

 tdlis, Brit.). Slender, 1 ft. high: Ivs. narrowly linear, 

 involute, base often enlarged and scarious: fls. blue or 

 roseate; sepals glandular-pubescent. Iowa to Neb., 

 Texas, and New Mex. 



DD. Infl. peduncled. 

 E. Fls. white. 



9. geniculata, Jacq. (T. hypophsea, Koch & Bouch6). 

 Procumbent, sts. geniculate, elongate, pilose: Ivs. ovate- 



oblong, 7-10 x 4-6 lines, pilose, violet-brown beneath: 

 fls. small, white, terminal; sepals ovate-lanceolate, base 

 cuneate. Trop. Amer. G.W. 13, p. 558. 



EE. Fls. rose or purplish. 

 F. Stamens unequal, 3 long and 3 short. 



10. elongata, Meyer. Nearly glabrous, procumbent 

 and rooting at the base, then suberect to the height of 

 1-2 ft. : Ivs. lanceolate or oblong- 

 lanceolate, acuminate, sessile, light 

 glaucous-green above and striped 



with silver, reddish purple beneath : 

 peduncles 1-5, terminal: fls. rose- 

 colored, the sepals green. Trop. 

 Amer. 



FF. Stamens all equal or nearly so. 

 G. Lvs. narrowly linear: sts. tufted. 



11. r&sea, Vent. Slender and 

 nearly or quite simple, glabrous, 

 12 in. or less tall: Ivs. very nar- 

 row-linear: bracts short and scale- 

 like: fls. J^-M m - across, rose- 

 colored. Md. to Mo. and south. 

 Mn. 2, p. 36. 



GG. Lvs. lanceolate to ovate- 

 lanceolate. 

 H. Plant with a stout caudex. 



12. Warscewicziana, Kunth & 

 Bouche (Dichorisdndra Warsce- 

 wicziana, Planch.). Fig. 3831. 

 Dichorisandra-like, having a stout 

 caudex or trunk, marked by lf.- 

 scars and finally branching: Ivs. 



green, stiffish, 1 ft. or less long, clustered at the top 

 of the st., recurving, lanceolate-acuminate: fls. lilac- 

 purple, numerous in small crowded clusters along the 

 branches of a panicle-like cluster. Guatemala. B.M. 

 5188. R.H. 1860, p. 136. 



HH. Plant without a stout caudex, more or less decumbent 

 at base. 



13. dracaenoides, Greenm. Roots fascicled, tuberous: 

 sts. erect or nearly so, 8-20 in. high, simple or sparingly 

 branched: Ivs. lanceolate-attenuate to ovate-attenuate, 

 4-6 x %-l M m v villous-pubescent, strongly ciliate : 

 infl. an open, oblong racemose panicle: fls. rose; sepals 

 oblong, apex rounded; petals obovate. Mex. 



T. aiireo-striata, Hort., is offered in the 

 trade as a form with green Ivs. striped with 

 yellow. T. bengalensis, Hort., occurs in 

 the trade, having small, red, fleshy Ivs. and 

 blue fls. T. crassifMia, Cav. (T. iridescens, 

 LindL). Something like T. virginiana, but 

 Ivs. short and broad, oblong-ovate, ciliate, 

 as also the st. : fls. 1 % in. across, blue-purple, in terminal and 

 axillary sessile umbels, the stamens all equal. Mex. B.M. 1598. 

 G.W. 7, p. 91. T. Crdssula, Link & Otto. Somewhat suc- 

 culent, ascending: Ivs. thick, oblong and nearly or quite 

 obtuse, glabrous except on the edges: fls. about K~Min. 

 across, white, in terminal and lateral often stalked umbels, the 

 calyx and pedicels hairy. Brazil. B.M. 2935. L.B.C. 16: 1560. 

 T. decora, Bull. Foliage plant: Ivs. long-lanceolate, dark 

 olive-green, with a central gray band. Brazil. T. discolor is 

 Rhceo discolor, which see. T. dracsensefolia. "A noble and 

 rapid-growing plant, with luxuriant and handsome foliage. The 

 Ivs. in many respects resemble a draca^na and are a deep green, 

 marked with chocolate or black. . . . When fully grown the 

 plant will send out long runners, bearing out tufts of Ivs. at 

 the end." John Lewis Childs, catalogue 1900. T. Isekertensis, 

 Hort., is offered in the trade as a form with green and pink Ivs. 

 T. lanceolata, Hort., is offered in the trade as having large, 

 green, downy Ivs. T. multicolor, Hort. See Zebrina. T. quad- 

 ricolor, Hort. See Zebrina. T. spathacea, Swartz., e_quals Rhceo' 

 discolor. T. sup&rba, Lind. & Rod. , has oval-oblong acuminate, ses- 

 sile Ivs., which are dark metallic green with a white band on either 

 side of midrib and are purple beneath. Peru. I.H. 39: 155; 40: 173, 

 fig 6. Gt. 46, p. 163. Perhaps not a Tradescantia. T. thurlngia r 

 Hort., is said to have green-and- white Ivs. ; offered in the trade. T. 

 tariegata, Hort., is Rhceo discolor var. vittata. T. verslcolor, Salisb.,. 

 is Rhceo discolor. T. vulgaris, Hort., occurs in the trade. T, 

 zebrina, Hort., is Zebrina pendula. L H B 



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