TRADESCANTIA. 



9. T. Sfrolor. Putple-leaTed Spider-wort. L'Heiit. 

 ScTt. Acgl. 8. t- 12. Wrtld. n. 5. Ak. n. 6. SwarLz 

 Ind. Occ. T. I. 607. Sm- Ic. Pid. t. 10. Cnrt. Mag. 



t. 1193. Redout- LOiac- t. 16S Smooth, witt fcarcely 



auT ftem. Bracieas compreffed, embraciDg each other. 



Leaves lanceolate, colonred on the iiDder fide ^Natrre of 



South America, about the gTilf of Mexico. Naturalized 

 in .Tamaica, aud now verv common in otir ftoves, flowering 

 earlv in the daT throughout th? fnimner. The leirofs, form - 

 inc- a lar^ tuft, are rerr confpicnotis and handfome, in 

 cocfequeDce of the rich riolet hue of their under fide, con- 

 trafted with the fine ETeen of the upper. Flomjcrs Terr 

 copious, fmzU, white, in flalted axiDaTT umbels, much 

 ihorter than the leaves, and fubtended by a pair of ftrongly 

 compreSed and keeled purple hraSias. 



10. T. Ttudaiaricj. Grafs-lea-red Spider-wcHl. Linn. 

 Sp. PI. 412. Willd. n. 6. Ait. n. 7. (Tali puHu ; 

 RJieede Hort. MaL v. 9. 125. t. 63. )^Stem« ereS., an- 

 g;alar ; hairr at one fide. Lezre? linear, channelled, re- 

 craved, clafpinsj the ftem. FIcwer-fralts lateral and ter- 

 minal, hairr, two or three together. — Native of the Eaft 

 Indies. Perennial, fiowering in our floves in June and 

 Jnlr. About a foot high, with many flender, flightlT 

 branched, ficms, moft leafr in their lower part, and iinall 



jlvatcr:. The calyx is haiiy. Ca^vli eiquifitely poHihed, 

 as if vamiihed. 



11. T. Svarkaa. Spreading Spider-wort. " Vahl 

 Edog. V. I. 54." Willd. n. 8. (ConnneliDa hexandra ; 

 AubL Guian. ^j. t. 12) — Stem branched, trailing. Leaves 

 ovate, fomewTiat ftalked, fmcxjth, with bearded fhealhs. 

 Panicles terminaL Filaments naked. — Found by Aublet 

 about rivers in Cavennc and Guiana, floweriEg almoft all the 

 year. Ram percnniaL StcrRs rifing to the height of ten 

 feet, fupporring themfelves upon the neighboiiiii^ bnflies. 

 Ltatiti two or three inches long. Fhvom Uoe, ia oom- 

 pound dnfters, or panicles. Their fiamau are isA to be 

 finooth, white, and fle&y. 



12. T. gsmadata. Knotted Spider-wort. Linn. Sp. 

 PI. 412. WiDd. n. 9. Ait. n. 8. Jacq. Amer. 94. 

 t. 64. (Ranunculus ant I>amafoninm repens, pamafiz 

 foliis vjHofis; Plum. Ic io5. t. 116. f. 2.) — Stem decum- 

 bent, with a hairy lateral line. Leaves orate, fliaggy at 

 the bafe and iheath. Panicles terrmnal, compound, capil- 

 lary, nearlv fmooth. — Native of the Weft Indies, in ihacy 

 moift places, flowering in our iloves about July and .\uguft. 

 Root perennial. Stam weak ; decumbent and creeping at 

 the bottom ; branched and leafy above. Leav^ rather 

 above an inch in length, pointed, hairv, efpeciaDy at the 

 margin and bafe ; their fiieaths tumid, membranous, denfelv 

 ftiaggy at the border. Fh-iucrs fmall, white, in loofc di- 

 varicated panicles. Calyx finooth. Cafjids peDncdd, po- 

 fiihed. 



13. T. mnaaira. Small Monandrous Spider-wort. 

 S-w^rtz Ind. Occ v. i. 597. WiM. n. jo. — Stems dif- 

 fufe, with a hairv lateral line. Leaves orate-hesrt-fliaped, 

 linooth. Stalks axillary, maEy-fiowered. Stamen folitary. 

 — ^Dilcovered by the fcruthiiziEg eyes of Dr. Swartz in 

 bufliy places on hiDs in the weftem part of Hifpaniola, 

 fiowering from June to March. A dehcate tierennial herb, 

 creeping by means of long fibrous radicles. The ha^u are 

 not an inch long, verv fmooth, pointed, finely reticulated 

 when dry, with pale fringed Jhsmsn. Flomisn minute, 

 white, in little axillary umbels. Caijx hairy. Stamen tat 

 one, ilender, fmooth. 



14. T. muhifiBra. Many-flowered White Spider-wort. 

 Swartz Ind. Occ. v. 1. 599. WiUd. n, 11 — " Stem erect, 

 branched. Leaves heart -ihaped, febg'ed at the margin and 



fheaths. Flower.£alks axilkry, crowded, nany-Sowered. 

 Stamens three." — Found in fliady woods on the mountzms 

 of Jamaica. Sinn one or two feet high. r:>ur d. fcnxted, 

 fmooth. Leases an iodi haa^ acute, ■»ri\- nii&. 



Flo'suers finall, white, &cnt'.£vBd, in Httle : ^ _ _;:LDdf, 



from the fheaths of two or three of the urper leaves. 



15. T. carekfoBji. Heart-leaved Wiute Spidfrr-wort. 

 Swartz Ind. Occ. v. i. 601. WiQd. n. 12. — " Stets 

 creeping, thread-fliaped. Leaves heart -ihaped. Stalks ter- 

 minal. foHtarv, many-flowered." — Native of morft, fimdr, 

 grafly Ipols, on the lofty mountams of Jamaica ; annnil, 

 flowering in autumn. A very fmall herb, with numeroizs, 

 white, capillary rants, and fiender, branched, demmbeni, 

 creeping Jietm. Leases fmall, nearly ieffile, pellucid. 

 Fh'::j:rs nunute, white, tranfient, ■with fix fiiort, mnforTii, 

 naked^aTBjnjj. 



16. T. prorvnAem. Procumbent White Spider-won. 

 WiDd- n. 13. (T. muHflora ; .Tacq. ColL t. 3. 226. Ic. 

 Rar. t. 355. ) — Stem procnmbert, creeping. Leaves ovate, 

 fringed at the bafe. Stalks axillarT, cymcfe, marr-frv-ere i. 

 Three of the ftamens fhort and beardJels. — Fou : 

 fitcatJons at the Caraccas. It flowers ia the i: - ■ • -_ 

 AugTtft to December, and is perennial. Jacquxu. Tfcf 

 appears to be a much larger and ftouter plant thar the -nrr- 

 ceding, the _fixms being four feet long ; then- - _r: ■ ; _ 

 flowering branches alcending. Leantei an inci. ;-.:^ :._: 

 or two inches in length, dark green, with ribbed £het.th=.. 

 Flowers in many axillary, as well as tertmnal crmefe tufts. 



fmall and white ; their three longer ftamens onlv bearded at 

 the fummit. 



17. T. asillaru. Grafs-leaved Axillary Spider-w^ort. 

 Lian. Syft. Veg. ed. 13. 260. Willd. n. 14. ? -- ;- 

 tnaaxJUaris; Lum. Sp. PL 61. Fphemerum pr . - : ;r; 

 madera^taranmr' TmniTn-RTn, fecundum canlem qua:, t^ utn- 

 cdas *""*""' ; Pliik. Piyt. t- i -4. f. 3. " Nir-pullc ; 

 Rheede Hort. MaL v. 10. t. 2S. f. 13.")^" ^ : 

 decitmbent. Leaves linear, acute ; with . ; . 

 tumid iheaths, which are longer than tfe astL^: 



felks. — Native of the Eafi Indies. Reat teal 

 annual. Stem much branched, decumbent, taking rciji ii 

 the iomts, leafv, finooth, a foot long or more. Leair: 

 graffv, fmooth, from three to fix inches in length, and ;:if. 

 third of an inch in breadth : their fhealhs coloured, fm:i;.— . 

 but ffcroEglT fnnged. Fhiuers rather fmall, blue, Hightlv 

 iialked, fcarcelv proje&ng beyond the flieaths of the leaves, 

 not alwavB ftljtary in our fpecimens. CaJvx-leaves lanceo- 

 late, but half as long as the tube formed by the united 

 bafes of the petals. Stamens, according to Koenig, fix, 

 withjainted hairs. 



18. T. errata. Crefied Spider-wort. WiUd. n. 36. 

 Ait. n. 9. Jacq. Hort. Vind. v. 2. 64. t. 137. (Gam- 

 ""•^i"^ oiftata; Linn. Sp. PL 62. Bncm. lad. 18. t. 7. 

 f. 4. Epbemerum zeylanicum procnmbens rrin^nrm ; 

 Henr. Farad. 148. ) — Stem branched, decumbent. Leaves 

 lanceolate, reflexed. Spikes terminal, recurved, with im- 

 bricated creicent-ihaped bracteas Native of Ceylon ; ic- 



troduced at Kew m 1770 by M. Richard. Itisami^, 

 flowering in the iove from July to September, and s ae- 

 markable for its long-iialked braaeated recnrved^iio, uf 

 pretty iinle bright blue fio'aer:, whole fix tanem am d 

 bearded at the fummit. The habk of the herb it like the 

 lafi, bat with fhorter, broader and blunter, deflexed 

 leaves. 



1 9. T. pc^ttkanacea. PapiHonaceons Spider.afon. T-in-n. 



Mant. 61. 



WiRd. n. 1-. Vahl Svmb. 



(CommeHna papjbonarfa ; Bonn. Ind. 



Stem branched. 



Leaves linear. 



V. 1. 



f. I. 



recnrved. 

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