ORDER 152.—SPIDERWORTS. 801 
Analysis of the Genera. 
§ Perianth greenish outside, yellow inside. Stamens 6. 
Stigma 1, Seeds many. Leaves sword-shaped. 
Scape nearly naked. Narthecium, Nartuxoiom. 
§ Perianth green orbrownish. Stamens 6. Stigmas8. 
Capsule: 3-celled, 8-seeded. Stems leafy, jointed. 
Leaves linear. Wood Rush. Lu/zura. 
§ Perianth green or brownish. Stamens 6, rarely 3. 
Stigmas 8. Capsule many-seeded. Leaves terete, 
or linear, or none, Rush, Bullrush, Jon’ovs. 
Fig. 665. Flower of Luzula, much magnified: p, the green peri- 
anth; 8, the 6 stamens; @, the 8 stigmas, 
Orver CLII. COMMELYNACEZA. Spiderworts. 
Herbs with flat, narrow leaves which are usually sheathing at base; 
perianth of 2 circles, outer of 3 green sepals, inner of 8 colored petals ; 
stamens 6, on the torus; ovary 2 or 8-celled; style and stigma 1; 
capsule 2 or 8-celled, with few seeds, 
Analysis of the Genera. 
§ Flowers irregular, clustered in a heart-shaped floral leaf. ComMELY/NA. 
§ Flowers regular, clustered, floral leaf like the rest. Spiderwort. Trapnscan/t1a. 1 
§ Flowers regular, solitary, axillary. Stamens 8. Moss-like herbs. 8. Maya/oa. 
TRADESOAN'TIA. Spiderwort. 
Flowers regular, in terminal, close umbels, subtended by 2 or 8 leaf-like 
bracts. Petals broad, larger than the sepals. filaments clothed with 
jointed hairs. Juice viscid, spinning into cobwebs. 
§ Leaves linear, sessile, not narrowed at the base, smooth....1, 2 
§ Leaves ovate or lanceolate, narrowed at base, hairy....3, 4 
1 T. Virgin’ica. Common S. Leaves broad-linear. Umbel many-flowered, ses- 
sile, terminal, with 2 leaf-like bracts. Petals large, blue or white. 
2T.ro’sea, Roseate S. Leuves linear, long. Umbel few-flowered, with 2 sub- 
ulate bracts. Petals twice longer than sepals, rose-colored. Penn. S. 
8 T.pilo’sa. Hairy S. Leaves lanceolate, long-pointed. Umbels both terminal and 
axillary, mauy-flowers. Petals small, bluish-purple. W. 
4 T. crassifo/lia, Thick-lv. S. Leaves ovate, some petiolate, acute, woolly be veath. 
Flowers small, rose-purple, terminal. Stem weak. Leaves striped. t 
