tradescantia

IPA: trˈeɪdeɪkˈɑnʃʌ

Examples of "tradescantia" in Sentences

With the tradescantia similar results were obtained.
The fuchsia and tradescantia contained bundles of raphides of the same form and equally as fine as those of the acrid plants.
= -- Into some tumblers of moist sand put cuttings of several kinds of plants that root readily (Fig. 18), geranium, tradescantia, begonia, etc.
In expressing some juice from the stems and leaves of the fuchsia and tradescantia it was found to be quite unlike that of the Indian turnip and calla.
Kenilworth ivy, tradescantia or wandering jew, _Festuca glauca_ (A) othonna, _Isolepsis gracilis, _ (A) English ivy, _Selaginella denticulata, _ and others.
The crystals, found in grape, rhubarb, fuchsia and tradescantia were identical in form, fineness and chemical composition with those found in the plants of the Arum family.
In the case of the Indian turnip the crystals were contaminated with starch, while the crystals from the fuschia and tradescantia were embedded in an insoluble mucilage from which it was found impossible to separate them.
= -- Take two wide-mouthed clear glass bottles (Fig. 16); fill one nearly full of water from the well or hydrant; fill the other bottle nearly full of water that has been boiled and cooled; place in each bottle a slip or cutting of Wandering Jew (called also inch plant, or tradescantia, and spiderwort), or some other plant that roots readily in water.