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TRADESCANTIA VIRGINICA.
VIRGINIAN SPIDER-WORT.
Hexandria Monogynia, Linn. y und, Juss. Commelineæy R. Brown.
GENERIC CHARACTER.
Calix 3-leaved. Petals 3. Filaments villous. Capsule 3-celled, few-seeded.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Erect; leaves lanceolate, long, smooth; flowers pedunculated; umbels crowded,
pubescent. Willd.
SYNONYM.
P h alangium ephemerum Virginianum, Park. Paradisus. 152.
R oot large, fasiculated, consisting of thick succulent fibres, perennial.
Stem somewhat cylindrical, smooth, striated, often geniculate,
particularly in luxuriant specimens, grass-green, with reddish
stripes at the base of the leaves. Leaves lanceolate, from
