TliADESCAXTIA 



last is hardy in tlir hih-h ^.-i-imiiuI in oenrral New York. 

 All of: them aiv usr.l for liaski-ts aii.l vasrs. 'I'lie twa. 

 first are best known ami are the pianl^ eeninajniy known 

 as Wandering: Jew. All of tluin may have stviiM-d 

 foliage. Si^e Coiinjul/H'i i\\\d Ztbii)ii( . 



A.v. Plant i'ri'Ct. or iixi\lnlili<l tr.'iii <i Jccil mljiiit but:'.'. 



B. S/iCfi'cs firoini pyi iiin ri I ii /',ir Hic v'hirej fnUaflc: 

 grr,,,h<>u.. l;i,„ls. 



c. stall iioiw. (!)■ .seoivi^v //.swi;,. aliorc the (jrviiiid . 



fuscata, Lodd. {properly Piirrlu'iina L,.'i,J,i;,/i'.<ti\ 

 Has^k.i. StemU'ss, In-own-Tonu'ntoso or ha!r\" ; l\-s. oh- 

 long-ovate, entire, ahont 7-nerved. ^horr -petioh-d : ds. 

 blue or blue-purple. I in. or more aeross, borne in tin- 

 midst of the Ivs. mi verv ^hort pedicels, stamens il. 

 y. Amer. L.B.C. i:o:+. H.R. t;:4,s2. B.M. 2:i:i(l. -Lv^. 

 li-S in. lon.g. Now referred to Pyrrheinn\, being ttie 

 only speeies. 



oc. Stem ei-i'J'iit. KKiiiiltii t'l-'.i iii'Jiiiig. 



D. Lr.^. di.^t icJiiiii^ {ill J roir.^). 



Keglnse, Lind. i Rod. Stiff-growing upright plant: 

 Ivs. laueeolate-aeuminate, sessile, set closely on opposite 

 sides of tlje stem and spreadlm:: nearly lioriz<mtallv, 

 about t> iu. long, the center pnrpli-h crimson, with 

 feathered tiorder, the space towards the margins silvery, 

 the verv edge of the leaf darker, the under side ]>nr]de, 

 Peru. I.H, 39:147; ■40:17:^31; 41. p, 14. G.t'.III. ll:r.!i;); 

 13:477. R.B. 19: 113.-IntrO(l. into Belgium from Peru 

 iti 1S70. Named for the Queen of the Belgians. Perhaps 

 a Dichorisandra. 



DD. ici. Iliit ,'-/V(»/,-i (7. 



E. Staiiieu.s alt ':q"at uiid .^iiiiijnr. 



Warscewicziina, Knnrh iV: Bonidu- [ Dicliorixiiml ni 

 Wiir^ceifirzidiiii , Planch. I. Fi^:. ^.14-. l)icln;n-i^andra- 

 like, having a stotit camiex or trunk, marketl liv leaf- 

 scars and finally branching: Ivs. green, stilfish, i ft. or 

 less long, clustered at the top of the sti-nt. rectirving, 

 lanceolate-acuminate: ris. lilac-purple, nnmerotis in 

 stnall crowded clusters alonic the ln-;inches of a panicle- 

 like duster. Guatemala. P.. 51. .5LsS. R.Il. lSi;0, p. 13b. 



TRAGOPOGON 



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2541. Wandering Jew— Tradescantia fluminensis. 

 X;itnr;il size. 



EE, Stamc)>s iiihq/i'iI.—J Io)i'j av1 .'! sliorf. 



elongata, Merer. Nearlv i^.^labrou'^. procumheut and 

 rcKiting at the b;ise, tlicu suberect to the lieight of 1-2 

 ft-: Irs. lanceolate or oblonff-laneeolate, ae-Lmiinate. 

 ses.^ile, lia^ht ^laiicon.^-Lrreen abov and striped ^itii 

 Sliver, reddish purple beneath : i)edunr)es ]-,". terminal : 

 fls. rose-colored, the sepaN ^rreen. Tropical Anier. 



2542. Tradescantia 

 Warscewicziana. 



RR, Sprrirs ,/nur>i ,,s !ni nl r r phn, f s fn,- //,,/;■ tlnwt'r.<- 



n.l/irr Jdiuls. 



r. rnih< !s stssilt. 



Virginiana, Linn, Cm_mm.>n Spidkkwi.mt. Errct, 

 liraiirbiii-, ]-:; ft., -ialiL-dus or nearh- so: |\s. cMndnpl i ' 



rati.', VI TV I.pIil;' il]K^;ir-hincrn|;itO 



(i'-b". in. 1mii-'|, chispini;': nni- 



Ix'ls sr\rral-ll(L, tmiiinab lliu ^ 



ju-tliiTl rreuf\ inir w lim n^t in ^ 



blonni: llv. vi>,l,.t-!dnr. in ^■;^ri- -^-'^ 



y\ur,'i\ Ir.'.-Iv nr:i|-l\- ;,II sun'inip)'. 

 X. V. toS. ]);ikuta."Aa. and Ark. 

 H..M. 1(1,-.: :;.',|-i; las T. an-iri- 

 fnlia \. b.B.(.', Ill: b"ii;; (,js T. 

 <:l<'fo. I.— An rx<'i-edini:ly ^-aria- 

 blc phint. \ia\ occidentalis, 

 L-U-itt.. is in tin- tradr. It has 

 inneh nari-i>\vrr ivs. ami snwdlMr 

 lis. and is usually dwarf. Tbrre 

 are several hortii-ultnral fnnns. 

 ^■ar. dlba lias while Hs. B.M. 

 :'.M)\. \";ir. atrosanguinea bas 

 dark red fls. Var. cocciaea lias 

 liri-ht ri'd fls. V;ir. cserulea 

 has briirbt l.)lno ti,s. Some of ibe 

 fnrnis would better be regarded 

 as speries. See Rose. Contr. 

 Nat. Herb. 5:204. 



hrevicatilis, Raf. Vinous. 1 ft. 

 or less high, semetimes ni arly 

 acaulescrnt : Ivs. nio.sTly frcni 

 near the ground, lim-ar-lanci-o- 

 lat(\ more or less ciliate: Hs. 

 al>eut 1 in, atU'Mss. Idue or mse- 

 pur[de. Ky, t" ?iIo. 



re. CnthfU prJidirJcJ. 



rosea, Vent. Slendi^r and ueariy or i]nit.-> simj")]e, 

 gla))rons. 12 in. or less tall : Ivs. -^M-rx' nari-ow-liiie;ir ; 

 liraots slnn-t and sr:i|r-like: lis. ^.i--.^'u\. a-Tovs, m-c- 

 coiorecl. 31d. to Mo. an<l s,,uth. Mn. 2, p. :.;G. 



T. crar.:<ito}ia. Onv, Sometliia^' like T, Vlr-iniana, Imt Ivs. 

 slmvt aud broad (oljloiig-ovatf, eiliute, as also the stem: tls. 

 !';> in. across, lihie-puriile, lu terminal and axillary se.^sile 

 nmliels, the stann.*ns all ecinab ^lex. ]-.'..M. L'lUS, — T. ('rassTht, 

 Link ct <")tti'. SuHiewlwd sui.-culeiir, iismulin-r b,>, tl]i<-k, nil- 

 long and iii-;u-ly >-r quite el.iii--r, ^'lalimu- exn-iil- en tin- eI.l^<■s: 

 lis, about bi-^.i in. ai.-ross, -wliiie. iu tHVuiin.-d .■iiid b'iri r;il (ifuai 

 stalked und..els, the calvx aud iirdie.K li^irv. Brazil. E.;\[. 

 2!,i:;5, L.B.C. li;:l,".60.--7\ d'-rurt,. P,nll FnlL-iee pl'iat; Iv. 

 lougdanceolate, d.ark nUve-^Tiin -wiili -a r^-wWwX isv.w IkhuI. 

 ^rA7l\.~T. fUscahn-\^ Klmo di -^.'nlor, a\ lu-di >'■!■ ( p. l.'iJi; i .- /'. 

 draccena^f'.'lia. "A imlilc ;i!iil i-;ipi[l-;;,frnwiiiL; ]il;niT, "^\ il li luxuri- 

 ant and handsome foli;i!^'i'. Tie- leaves iu nuiny resiicrt-^ revi-]ii- 

 hle ,1 (.lrae;Hua aud are a deep green, nuirked \vith cdiocobite 

 or I'kirk. . . Wlit-n full.v gro-ivn the idaut will send out lou^c 

 ninut'fs, liearius ouf tufts of leaves at tVio end." .Toliu Lewis 

 Childs, Catalogue 1900, — r, ini'ltn-ttlor. blnrt. Sre Zeluina ,— 7'. 

 ncciodaris, Ort. Mneh like T. Virginiana: sTolnuifernus: 

 stem mufdi branched: Ivs. nvate-ar-ute, sessile, lioa i-.sliaped : 

 unihel terminal, mauy-tld., with 2 frdiaet-ous In-aets: lis. rose- 

 colored, the stamens all eQual. Peru. Meutinued in Eviroperui 

 literature as a warndmuse snliieet.- T. iiimdnrolur, H(U't. See 

 Zelirina.— /', su/u'-rha, Lind. tt Rod. Lvs, ovaboliloug-acuniiunte, 

 sessile, x'urple lieneatli, dai'k metallic green with a white liaud 

 on either side of niidril). Peru. I.H. ;iO:l.^,'.: 40:17:; (t;i, (nt. 

 -Iii. p. ]ti:;. perhaps uot a Tradesi-anlia.-J. ce^ri/?<7, linrt., is 

 Zebrina i>eudula, L_ J] _ ]_->_ 



TKAGOFOGON (Greek for </e,//-,. innnl). C'-'w/'^sHtr, 

 i"e).\T's BeakI'. Between :;(i and 4ii speeies of erect Id- 

 eiiiiial or ]a.-rennial herlis wi(h narrow g'rass-like leaves 

 and heads of y.-||ow fv purjde tiowers, ludon-ine- to the 

 ligulate ser-tion "t the composite family (tribe C/cJ/or/- 

 aci'it:). Florets ]ierfeet. witb ^lender style-hranches and 

 sagittate anthers ; }>a)^pus enniposetl <.if bristles in a 

 single seriir-s and nn'sily raised <iu a beak; involnere^ 

 eyiindrie (n- nearly so. witb a]>]n-oxiniately e(|nal bracts 

 in a sinLTJe rc'W. The Trau'ojioe-oiis aj-e mostly weeily 

 plants witli a tap-root. They are native to otithern 

 Europe, northern Africa and central and sontheru 

 Asia. One of tbmn is cultivated for its edilde tap-ro-.t 

 I salsify) ami anorlier is now a freipient weed in this 

 country. The Howers of these open o]tly in the morn- 



