1826 TKACHYCAEPUS 



nur(i.f:till Ill-ill I'leif of Trurli ijcii rpiis. 



A. Tniiil; rhillnj iritli uUJ 1, •if-sliraljis. 

 IJni.iihiiliiii .s-;.... •;,..■,•. 

 E. Tijix i.f li:-i.iln,<,jiiiiij: ?/■,-■. r. /■// n'""- 



rniix l.riii iilJi Martianua 



EB. Tij..-< of !rx. sinii'illil: /r,s. liiinlll/ 



qhiiitniix h, urn 111 Khasyanus 



AA. Trunk not rhitlioil irilli I. hi li-iif-xheiilhs. 

 Chilli xe mill Jiipoiii.ii' xpiriis. 



B. 'I'l/ii' of Irx. iii'iiiliiliiiix Fortunei 



BE. Tljis of Ins. xiriiijiil excelsus 



Folloiviiiij l.< tlio Liili'st r.otaiiirol )•;.'»' of 

 Tivcliijcdrpiis. 

 Martianus, H. W,-imH. ( T. KJiaxiihins. H. Wen.U. T. 

 Griffilhii. Dortir.). Trunk tor tlu' mnst part uiiknl, 

 anmilatc : female fls. soli- 

 tary, sessile: drupe oblorii^, 

 V\7V^ \ ^\ eiiiially rounded at lioth 



i4A ^?U ends: seed grooved tlirough- 



JiJvJ) ^^.-^ilU out its entire length; em- 



.V /Ulill bryo opposite the middle 



of tlie gj'oove. Himalayas. 

 )^ _;-—-'/< P..M. 7T2S. R.H. 1879, p. 



exc«3US, ri. Wendl. (T. 



LyV/^n;::;-^^,^ Fori n mi, H. Wendl.J. Fig. 



'^ ~"~~^^ li:i38. Trunk clothed 



t b rou g hout with the old 



leaf-sheoths: fls. clustered. 



2539. Three kirn 

 Wandering Je 



A. Traili'scantia flumiiiensis : 

 tender, sheaths liaii"y at 

 top: Howers white. B, Zc- 

 briiia pi'iidula : tender ; 

 sheaths hairy at top and 

 bottom; Howers rose-red. 

 C, Ooiiiiiii'lina niiflifhira : 

 h.'irdy; sheaths "lahrc.ns: 

 tlowei-s blue. 



2-4 fin atnberele: druyie reniLoiai 



on one side; embryo opposite th(^ ■ 



.Tapan, Upper Burma. B.M. .'i221. P.S. 22:2:i68. 



R.H. 18r,8::-;7n; 1S7II, p. .■'.29. till, 47, p. 312; 52, p. 400. 



li.C. li. 24::jCi.:; HI. 21:40,]; 24:420. tT. JI. 



Tnirliiitiirpiix Forlniiri is not a popnbir florist's palm 

 feu- throe r'as(.,ns: I ir>f, il is not as !M*:iutiful as Liiis- 

 loiiii Clihii'iixis: si.M-ond, it is :i slo\yer grower, and this 

 is an uniiardon:iblo f;oilt to tin- ayerage florisi : tliird. 

 there is a grealor demand, geiioi-ally speaking, for pin- 

 nate-leaved ]t:il)ii-. ilian for f;tii-l(.-:i\-(-'d ],;i]ms. The un- 

 dersigned lias net seen :i phmt of it for several years, 

 but it \\-;is eult. in Ann.'rie;i more tlnin 20 years ago. 



It is dwarf in habit, r;itlii'r slow-growing, the foliage 

 dark green ;ind somewhat stiff, and in texture deeiih-dly 

 tonuh. In a young state it bears much resemblance to 

 r,irixl,,iiii niixinilix. though the latter is more spiny and 



h:is longei footstalks 



W. n, Taplix. 



TRACHYMflNE (Greek, roiiijh mnnhrane: alluding 

 toihe fruit), L'niliellifern'. A genus of 14 species, 12 

 of which aie Australian annu:d, biennial or perennial 

 herbs, usually hirsute, with ternately divided le.ayes and 

 blue or white flower.s in terniinal uudiels. Calyx-teeth 

 minute ; pet,als entire, olituse, imbricated : fr. com- 

 pressed. Flora Australiensis, Vol. :i. 



CSBitilea, R. firah. {PUlisciii; enri'ili-iix, TX'.}. An 

 erect annual about 2 ft. high, .somewhat hairy: Ivs, 1-2- 



TRADESCAXTIA 



triparted, with linear, acute, .T-cut lohes : peduncles 

 long, bearing an nnibcd 2-:: in. across of very numerous 

 blue lis.; ealyx-teidh obsolete; petals unequ:il, the ex- 

 ternal being longer. .July-Oct. Australia. B. II. 287.5. 

 B.R. 1.3:122:5. p, -^y. Bakclay. 



TEADESCANTIA {.b.hn Trailescant, gardener to 

 Charles I.: died about 10::,si. Coijiiiiilim-iria'. Swder- 

 wiiET. Thirty-six species are admitted by C. B. Clarke, 

 the latest monographer, 1881 (DC. Jlonogr. Fhaner. 3). 

 This enmueration does not include T. liegince- and other 

 recent species. They are all Aniericim perennial herbs, 

 ranging from JIanitoba to Argentina. In habit they are 

 various, varying from erect busby species to trailing 

 plants rooting at the nodes. The plants are more or 

 less soft and succulent in texture, althoiigh ^^sual]y not 

 fleshy. The leaves are alternate, sheathing, varying 

 from ovate to loug-linear-lanceolate. The flowers vary 

 from red to blue and white, sometimes solitary but usu- 

 ally in simple cymes or umbels; sepals and petals each 

 3, free, the sepals sometimes colored ; stamens C, in 

 some species the alternate ones shorter, the filaments 

 usually^ more or less bearded at the base or above: 

 ovary 3-loculed, with 2 ovules in each locule, the style 

 single; fr. a 3-loculed dehiscent capsule. The genus 

 Zeljrina, usually confounded with this by gardeners, 

 iliffers, among other things, in having a tubular 

 perianth. 



To horticulturists, Tradescantias are known as hardy 

 herbs, coolliouse plants and warmhouse plants. T. 

 y'irginica is the best known of the hardy species, with- 

 standing the climate of the northern states. The Wan- 

 dering -Jew of greenhouses and hanging baskets, usu- 

 ally knovm as T. tricolor, is partly T. fitnniiiirnxi.'i and 

 partly Zehrina penduJa. T. liegince 

 is perhaps the best known warmhouse 

 species at present, although various 

 species may be expected in botanic 

 gardens and the collections of ama- 

 teurs. The glasshouse species are 

 essentially foliage plants. Several 

 have handsomely siripeil leaves. All Trades- 

 are free groovers, propagating with ease from 

 cuttings of the growing shoots. 



A. riant pro.itrale, rooting at the joiiils. 

 ' flumin^nsis. Veil. {T. mi'mchila and T. alUIUra, 

 Kunlh. T. lijiin.i, ripinx rilliila, riridis, riridis 

 riltata, proslruia, procii inhrns, striata, Hort. T. Iri- 

 r.ilor, Hort., in part). WANfEEiNG Jkw in part. Figs. 

 25:19-41. CTlabrous, with shining stems and leaves, tlie 

 nodes couspieuo\is, trailing, or tlie ends of the shoots 

 ascending: Ivs. ovtilc-aente, without distinct petiole, 

 ciliate at the very base, the sheaths 54-5^8 in. long: fls. 

 white, hairy inside, the 6 stamens all alike, borne sev- 

 eral together in a sessile cluster subtended by 2 un- 

 (M|ual Ivs. or bracts, the pedicels not all of same age. 

 Central I'.razil to Argentina.-One of the commonest of 

 greenhouse and basketplants. In greenhouses, usually 

 grown uuiler the benches. 'V\'hen the plants grow very 

 x-igorously and have little light, 

 they are usually greet), and this 

 is the form commonly known as 

 I7r/"i?('.5. There :ire forms with Ivs 

 strij.iMl yidlow and white, but these 

 cohu's tisually do not hold unless 

 there is abtmdance of sunlight 

 In li.gbt ]dacos, the Ivs, become red- 

 purple beneath. Very easily propa- 

 gated by cuttings or pieces of 

 shoots at any time of the year. 

 The plant needs plenty of itioistitre 

 in order to grow vigorously. Three 

 platits lire known as Wandering 

 Jew, and although they belon.g to 

 three genera, it is not easy to tell 

 tbent apart when not in flower 

 (Fig. 2.539). These plants are Tradesca-ntia ftuminn- 

 six. sheaths hairy or ciliate only at the top, fls. white; 

 Zehrina penrluUi, sheaths hairy throughout or at least 

 tit base and top, Ivs. redder beneath and always oolorea 

 above fls vose-i-ed; Cow Hic^/iin » »(7ifforrt , sheaths glS" 

 The two first are tender to frost; tne 



pecies 

 ;intias 



2540, 



Flower of Trades- 



cantia fluminensis. 



Natural size. 



fls. blue 



